Category Archives: stoking the creative fire

movie one

Click to play flash video 3.57 mb, duration 31 seconds I’ve spent most of this afternoon working on creating a small video of my Mum. Here’s a teeny tiny excerpt – the the video is still something of a work … Continue reading

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life

A week or so ago I noticed one of my colleagues drawing during a meeting. Who doesn’t draw at meetings – for some time I thought their sole purpose was to engage people in a reflective drawing interlude. Back to … Continue reading

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true colours, 2007

Loving long weekends lots. I noted that this time last year I wrote about sorting the colours for this space – and Dr. Max Lûscher said, ‘Your Existing Situation – Is seeking a solution to existing problems or anxieties, but … Continue reading

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I’m too sad to tell you

But you can see for yourself.

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words on lips…

I wrote recently about happiness at work. It’s quite interesting as there seems to be a number of New Zealanders, or at least people using New Zealand based domains coming to these pages to investigate further. Apparently a number of … Continue reading

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bloom, unseen

In A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Act ii. Sc. 1.), William Shakespeare wrote a few lines that, from the first time I read them have always painted a picture in my mind – this is somewhere I’d like to spend some … Continue reading

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wokfi for beginners

In the best drunk monkey stumble around the net tradition, I found something near and dear to my heart today – people reframing technology for their own purposes – in particular, reinventing low tech for high tech purposes. It all … Continue reading

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spring cleaning

It has been our tradition that we spend the time between xmas and new year working on our web sites and this year has been no exception. If the reading here is a little changeable I do apologise. I’m taking … Continue reading

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Tales from the Tao

Lurking in Dymocks a few weeks ago I was attracted to Tales by the graphic design work – beautifully set type, black and white photos, complemented by cinnabar red. I love that colour combination. While reading the book – the … Continue reading

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we are not a mused

A few years ago I used to teach video production. Mid way through the courses I read Four Arguments, and my world changed. I’d never been a big fan of tv, but I was a big fan of the making … Continue reading

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