all kinds of stuff ... |
hello everyonei haven't posted here for a while. sometimes things get a little overwhelming. so let me catch up ...on my other site, i've posted a poem entitled all in the service of art, ...
Posted by isabella on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 12:36:00 PST |
darfur emergency |
for today, i want to interrupt our usual topics and post this letter here that my daughter just wrote to everyone she knows. the motto of my practice is making lives better, making better lives....
Posted by isabella on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 01:31:00 PST |
those who quit drinking ... |
i was intrigued by levy's comment on the art and alcohol posting a few days ago and thought it would be worthwhile to dedicate a blog entry to it. here is what he says:I can appreciate the turn ...
Posted by isabella on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 05:47:00 PST |
IT artists, creativity and ideas |
as commented on earlier, creativity is certainly not limited to artists. or maybe it's more that we need to enlarge our concept of who is an artist. these people here are IT/media artists.
doc searls,...
Posted by isabella on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 10:39:00 PST |
learning disabilities and art |
tonight i'm preparing a presentation to teachers about alternative learners. alternative learners are people whose learning processes are different from most of their peers. they're often called dysle...
Posted by isabella on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:49:00 PST |
alcohol and art |
these last few days i've been listening to quite a few people talk about their experience with alcohol misuse, either through their own struggles or because of alcoholism among their loved ones.what i...
Posted by isabella on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 11:30:00 PST |
telling our own stories |
internet lore has it that according to thomas cleary, one of the most prolific translators of buddhist and other eastern texts, yesterday's strawberry story originally has a different ending.in that v...
Posted by isabella on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 10:02:00 PST |
zen tales: the strawberry story |
skipping further along the path of storytelling, here is one of my favourite zen tales:a man walking alone in the wild suddenly finds himself chased by a tiger. he starts to run but soon arrives...
Posted by isabella on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 09:33:00 PST |
storytelling |
so &. we keep on weaving our way here through the arts. from remembrance day to courage to storytelling & okay, let's stay with storytelling for a while. i don't know who said the words, "...
Posted by isabella on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 12:07:00 PST |
courage, draft dodgers and storytelling |
continuing on the remembrance day topic, yesterday morning i caught the tail end of michael enright at CBC radio conversing with a historian and a soldier about the meaning of courage. one question wa...
Posted by isabella on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 03:26:00 PST |
