RSA Animate – Sir Ken Robinson Sir Ken Robinson, the world’s leading authority on creativity, is still questioning the methods born out of the industrial revolution that we continue to use to educate our children. Recently a friend sent me the video below! Hallelujah! Sir Ken speaks AND I am given visuals! I could ask for no more… I am a […]
Month: November 2010
New Life
“Dubito ergo cogito; cogito ergo sum. (I doubt, therefore I think; I think therefore I am)” Rene Descartes Is it Art? Science? Creationist? Fantasy? How can it help us? What can we learn? Does it have an educational purpose or is it purely for entertainment? I find Theo Jansen’s creatures clever and mesmerising but is it an animal? It doesn’t reproduce […]
Sculpture By The Sea
Sculpture monumentalises everyday life. 28 Oct – 14 Nov 2010 ‘Bondi’s spectacular coastline is transformed into an interactive canvas as an estimated 400,000 visitors engage with more than 100 sculptures.’ Dr Andrew Bell SC I love this annual exhibition because it’s always exciting to see how the artists use this extraordinary exhibition space. Which […]
Ode to Munich
(Sung to The Twelve Days of Christmas) And we’ll celebrate and buy another beer! On the first day in Munich, my new friends said to me, “We’ll celebrate and buy another beer!” On the second day in Munich, my new friends said to me, “Scrap the glockenspiel, And we’ll celebrate and buy […]