incredible shapes in space. goldfish that don’t abide.

so much more interactive than the frozen movement of a photograph. a more human process. and the three-dimentionality. riusuke fukahori.

choreographic plastic bags

Reminds me of Torch and Fugit

Mind blown

Where are the peace stories?

It was an honour to meet Michael Morpurgo, author of “War Horse.” He affirmed a peace message I found to be much stronger than that which was represented on the stage. I look forward to reading the YA novel, which I hadn’t known is written from the horse’s perspective.
There was a Q&A after his talk at the Princess of Wales Theatre. I asked for his thoughts on why there are so few strong peace narratives for adults. He shared about how we are drawn to the dark stories, and cited Paradise Lost. He also shared about the difficulty of talking about the Israeli Palestinian conflict, and of inheriting struggles. His most recent book takes place near the dividing line. I understand he wrote it after his trip to Gaza.
I am sorry I was unable to go to Gaza in 2010. Our group in the West Bank was able to teleconference with the Gaza peace group that was working on a parallel project to the one we were learning about. I am sorry I have not been bolder in voicing the injustices I witnessed in that travel. It was heartening to have someone like Michael thank me for asking a difficult question and say he hoped we meet again. I hope so too.

this is a fascinating cultural moment

Oh Reinhold Niebuhrhttp://reinholdbieber.tumblr.com/post/22172991969

touch sensitivity

Always interested in human interface and interactivity, however, this is the first time it's given me a slightly creepy feeling like. If objects are constantly gathering information about our interactions…

Best-case scenario means we become more body-conscious beings. Worst case it's weaponized or used solely as marketing research. 

a concert to help us believe in the children

http://blip.tv/corinnemtl/kid-koala-s-space-cadet-headphone-concert-5258791

Okay that's a cheesy way of saying it, but when Eric San uses all his Early Childhood Education training and puts on an experiential concert at 918 Bathurst (peaked wooden roof with orbs of light brought in, and scenes of outer space painted on canvases along the wall), children are at the center of it. He got us to stand up and move our fingers like this and that, to grow like a shoot breaking out of a seed, and to chant "Terence" to tell New Yorkers Terence's name so they don't forget it. The magic was alive and I wish you were there with me.

Via Dolorosa in the Brown library

Supply teaching in a nice part of town I take my prep in the library, stumbling on “O Jerusalem” by Jane Yollen with John Thompson’s beautiful illustrations. Via Dolorosa pictured. We stayed there June 2010, and heard those singing along the Sorrowful Way, the path to Jesus’ crucifiction.

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Martha Steward stage? Age?

I have to say I'm simply SHOCKED at how many people are sharing "25 Ideas to Make Life Easier." Seriously. Seriously? Yes, of course it's hella clever (I suppose that should be "clevah"?) to rub a walnut on your scuffed furniture but…since when did we care about scuffed furniture? And I'm looking at you here, my brother, who is four years my junior and well-known in the Toronto battle rap community. But not just you–how did this become meme-like in its omnipresence? Are we all going to be travelling with our shoes tucked in a shower cap? I guess I'm incredulous that there seems to be something synchronized in our home-making. We're all making house, nesting, cozying down for winter and the winter years? Nay. These clever domestic tricks to finish, furnish and polish our lives are illustrated with just the right almost-perplexing photos (what's the ipod doing in a bowl? what's special about those purple wet-wipes?) to intrigue us and engage us in what I am sure are the Martha Stewart Years. Bring on the DIY.