Just in time for Christmas! I have been pleasantly surprised to find this recording by a young friend who I am watching grow. Creativity has been highly valued in her family and is nurtured daily alongside her academic and social growth. I first met Lilia as a budding visual artist when she was only 8 […]
Education Evolution
Are education systems adapting to meet the needs of students? In the words of arguably, the most famous Aussie political slogan of all time… It’s Time!!! Recently I asked a group of preschoolers to pretend they were taking a photo of each other. Every one of them confidently held their pretend camera away from their […]
Welcome to 2011
Change. It has the power to uplift, to heal, to stimulate, surprise, open new doors, bring fresh experience and create excitement in life. Certainly it is worth the risk.” Leo Buscaglia I have decided that it is time to steer my life in a completely different direction and follow a new passion… travel! I love travel! […]
Happy Christmas
“Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us, and the world will be as one.” John Lennon “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his […]
Changing Paradigms
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 […]
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 […]
Bohemian Rhapsody
‘Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality Open your eyes. Look up to the skies and see….’ Freddie Mercury All I could hear reverberating with every step were the words from Queen’s infamous song…. until finally all those voices in my head joined in one […]
Wanderlust
‘She soars with eagles and navigates by rainbows’ Lesley Hazleton I like to live in the moment and I find that nothing brings me into the present better than travel. Margaret Mead, anthropologist and world wanderer observed that the traveler who has once been from home is wiser than he who has never left his […]