KAIROS HADITHJohn Taylor Gatto has been an inspiring figure for me in the world of education. I have no idea how I first stumbled across John Taylor Gatto’s work.Was it on YouTube? Was it a quote somewhere that prompted me to find out more about him? I have no idea, but I’m fairly sure that one […]
Clive is an artist I know personally and has recently become an inspiration to me – not simply through his artwork but his encouragement. He was the first person to tell me that creativity requires containment. Creative work requires containment before it is shared with others. And even then, he encouraged me not to worry […]
Tamil Nadu is a large state in the southern tip of India. I spent a few months there in 2009 and took some photos (on my basic digital camera) mainly in the Pondicherry and Auroville area but also in Chennai and en route to the Nil Giris hills.
I went through and salvaged a few hundred of Oma’s Dias (the small squares with the transparent photos in the middle). Of those, I chose a few good ones. projected them on a AGFASCOP 200 which I also salvaged and cleaned. The photos were taken on my iPhone and I need to redo this with […]
I’ve been at home now for two weeks. I decided to self-isolate fairly promptly to avoid any risk to myself, my family or anyone else. I was pleased to see the advice from Nassim Nicholas Taleb was finally gaining traction: over-caution in pandemics is actually good. Currently there is a low risk to myself (the […]
I remember listening to a documentary about the Israel-Palestine conflict. They were interviewing some Israelis who were living comfortably in their gated communities somewhere in an occupied territory surrounded by olive groves and cypress trees. They described how they had put up with all sorts of shelling and bombs and gunfire. They could deal with […]
I’ve been to Morocco four times and here are some of my favourite photos.