As usual,I’m in the midst of a few different processes at the same time,all self-imposed. I moved on from my last full-time job in March,and in the past couple of months,I’ve been going through a personal re-evaluation of my skills as well as my professional identity. It’s that whole “changing my job/career/identity”mental anguish process wherein,periodically,I rattle my own cage and see what settles out from the upheaval. . . . →Read More:On Design:Fulfilling the Urge to Learn and Create
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During my art education at Emily Carr College in the 80s,I took a unique opportunity to study visual literacy under the college’s Dean of Education,Tom Hudson. This research and study involved developing computer-based imagery research for Tom’s telecourse,“Mark and Image”. In practical terms,it was like having a world-class personal tutor. We . . . →Read More:On Design:Visual Literacy in Interface Design My second novel,tentatively named “The Two Sisters”,deals with some aspects of mental illness and alcoholism,through the lives of two sisters,Connie and Rose. Rose has a history of mental illness,as well as substance abuse issues,and when my main character,Jack (her nephew) encounters her for the first time,Rose is fairly heavily medicated and tied into a wheelchair so she doesn’t fall out. Rose is a long-term resident at Riverview Psychiatric Hospital,a slightly fictionalized version of the real hospital,which is located in Coquitlam,BC. . . . →Read More:Research:Photos and Feelings of Riverview Hospital  2 comments - (Comments are closed)  Learning,Life,Outsiders,Research,Writing  Culture,Life Story,Vancouver,Writing |    | ||||
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