A busy month which has been very kind to me and my projects. The SiQP 2007 Festival has been a resounding success, so much so that the committee decided to put the 2008 Festival on sale immediately to build on the success of this one. Not sure that people will buy this far out; more [...]
A week at Hervey Bay with all that accompanies “time out of time” times. Sea, starry skies, warm breezes, among passionate, creative people doing what they love best … and now, back home–grounded, refreshed, feeling pretty damn good, and ready to work. I think some time back I wrote about taking time out, and it [...]
Spending the week by the sea at Hervey Bay north of Brisbane, where the Shakespeare Festival has put down roots for its inaugural season away from home. The week has been full of media calls, watching the set emerge again (like magic, but really with the effort and expertise of the technical production team) from [...]
This has been the first week back at work; the academic year has opened for business and I’m in the thick of it. As a teacher, so much of what one does, breathes, thinks about in business and the wee hours has to do with one’s students. What this year, can I bring to the [...]
Why is it that it takes an outsider to make one stop the frantic round of life, step off for a bit, and take time to see things as they are or to rehearse what might be. These past three days a dear friend from many years past and far off has stayed with me, [...]
I’ve been reading far too much recently about the creative possibilities of digital photography software. I’ve also been taking dozens (hundreds?) of photographs with the new Nikon D-40. I’m liking Derek Story’s style and substance on the podcast The Digital Story and the fun stuff they talk about in the Photojojo newsletter. My curiosity piqued, [...]