Monthly Archives: February 2011
Roundabouts and Merry-go-rounds
I feel a little displaced at the moment, as the blog title hints at: it’s like being on a fairground ride for me right now. My studies can rapidly go from being a feeling of pleasure, enjoyment and satisfaction to, ‘I wanna get off I feel sick’. Everything is going round and round, and I am feeling [...]
Measuring that which makes life worthwhile – Robert F. Kennedy address
“Too much and too long, we seem to have surrendered community excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things. Our gross national product … if we should judge America by that – counts air pollution and cigarette advertising, and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage. It counts special locks for our [...]
Cherished memories and lessons learnt
Having been asked to bring in five items from home, I was really looking forward to this week’s class. I was intrigued and thought it would be a way of sharing a bit more about ourselves through our objects. We were separated into groups of four and asked to set our objects out on the [...]