Yesterday, the world froze mid-breath. Here it is, so you can breath some more of it… … because when I saw it turn into the sun … …I stopped breathing … … […]
More Beautiful Water
The Beauty of Water
First … wonder, then … more wonder.
Environmentally Friendly Rototiller
Yes, no more do you have to zip on down to the gas pump to fuel up your tiller with refined tar sand goo. No more do you have to sit in […]
Dandelions, Awake!
Ladies and Gentlemen, may I introduce you to the neighbourhood quail doing their tra la la back in the sweet time of flowers and weeds. At night, this stretch belongs to the […]
Aboriginal Ways of Science
There is a way of organizing thought that uses human observers to rigorously observe the things of the world, deduces from them patterns of behaviour and organization and draws from those further […]
The Incubator Part 2
On Friday, I introduced the Cube, an experimental art space in Campbell River, as a model for a new type of art mentorship. If you missed it, here’s the discussion. For almost […]
The Incubator
For four years I knocked around in the Vancouver Island city of Campbell River, an old pulp mill and fishing town that has met hard times. It contains, however, two remarkable artists. […]
Rebuilding the University
What do you do when the only university in your country is dependent upon the intellectual ideas of the management class of a different country and trains your country’s young people in […]
The Best Classroom Ever
I’ve been thinking about how to teach earth writing. I think I’ve found the place. Earth: A Good Place to Get Down to Work This is the view from Bella Vista towards […]
The Ethics of Nature Photography
Humanly created machines are great at capturing light and holding it tight for another day. It’s not so special, though. Everybody in the neighbourhood is into it. The juniper people, for instance […]
Okanagan Okanogan 