What is the present? Even the photograph, the much glorified conquerer of time and record, cannot capture the present. No exposure is short enough to seize what is already beyond reach.
Read MoreBack into the swing of things
Too long delays make for disenchanted readers.
Read MoreHiatus
I’m in Philadelphia to work on a video for Culture Xplorers for the next week or so. I may not have a lot of time for blogging this week.
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This is an aside.
Read MoreAwareness
In the two years or so that I lived here I was harassed multiple times in my own yard by people wanting money or trouble. I was cursed at by a man who wanted to park his car (blocking the exit) of our private lot. I’ve seen eight or ten police cars at once outside. There have been multiple murders in within blocks of this house in the time I was here. One of my house-mates was robbed at knifepoint nearby.
Read MoreHigh writing
I’m in the air (11200 meters according to the display) on my way back to Philadelphia. Nothing especially important to relate at the moment; there’s just something about the novelty of having internet access aboard an airplane (Lufthansa–favourite airline).
Read MoreGoodby Kruiningen
I realize I’ve not written much about this place; in the past several months, and the several times I’ve been here before, I’ve enjoyed many hours of walks and bicycle rides. It’s a place of meadows and sheep, the sea and big sky. I will miss it and will enjoy coming back to visit someday.
Read MoreWriting across borders
The major challenge in editing material such as this is compressing down the broad topics it considers into just these few sessions. For example, we propose to cover world religions in one session. Obviously, the participants are not going to develop an in-depth understanding of the history and complexities of world religions in an hour and a half session with games and a snack. However, we do hope they will at least gain an initial introduction; that they will pick up some key points that can be called upon later (either in later sessions or in a life situation where they must either discern the difference between people’s beliefs or call upon their own).
Read MoreBridgebuilders Nutshell
I am currently revising a cross-cultural youth curriculum for Atlantic Bridge in the Netherlands. I was asked yesterday to write a one-page summary of the concept for general distribution.
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