Having left it too late to book on a ten-day Vipassana course this winter, I decided to create my own retreat. On December 29th, I am going to stay in a bungalow on the Pembrokeshire coast for a week. For the first three days, I am having complete silence. This will involve a full media … Continue reading Planning my own personal retreat
Do you start projects with people or ideas? Β Can the right combination of personalities do anything? Should you look for the right collaboration first? Or is it more important to let a group be led by an idea? Last week I was working in Hollywall Primary school with my Swiss friend and master musician, Bernhard … Continue reading Get the people right before the ideas
Do you often have to describe ideas to others? Do you ever have to sell your vision to someone?Β Here are some tips for explaining a new vision, or abstract idea to somebody for the first time. This is by no means an easy thing to do. Β How do you let someone else see what is … Continue reading How to describe your ideas
I have just been accepted onto the Graduate Mentoring Programme at the the Institute for Creative Enterprise in Coventry. The Institute, more commonly known as ICE, is owned and run by Coventry University. Β It offers hotdesking, networking opportunities, meeting rooms, a post box and lots of advice and mentoring to local creatives. This is great … Continue reading ICE and graduate mentoring for creatives
Would you like to turn a classroom into a imaginative world? Why not… …make the classroom entrance into a tunnel children must crawl through.. …paint a ‘black hole’ on the floor the children must walk around… …paint trees in the burning forest on the back wall that children can add leaves to… …turn one end … Continue reading Creative classroom spaces
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