Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Green-ness

I realized recently, I love planting seeds in earth and watching them peep out and stretch for the light, shed their husky seed and grow so perfectly. It is such a rewarding hobby and the best part is you get to water them and watch them over time. Next year, I must do some sort of time lapse of one growing. 
This picture is an old graffiti I found in Portobello, Dublin last year. Me likes. One day me have garden.

posted by Paula Henihan at 4:12 PM

Monday, March 30, 2009

Daylight saving scheme - I warmly welcome thee. May our serotonin levels rise for another climatic summer season. The darkness is behind us again. 
Image from Nigel Peakes blog.

posted by Paula Henihan at 4:22 PM

Friday, March 20, 2009

Learning about teaching...I think!

Teaching art is something I became qualified to do last year, and along with my qualification came an overwhelming sense of responsibility. Teachers can screw things up. I know I probably sound over-dramatic here but I fear committing every teachers main crime -  to not teach well. Something that is done so so easily and so often.  A teacher who practices his/her role well has the tool or method to ultimately change, or inspire a persons outlook on life, on a micro (or macro) level.

Robert Krulwich reckons that "teachers should be giving you more than just tension headaches. They should be giving you values, a deep respect for curiosity, for doubt, always doubt, for open mindedness. Teachers should encourage you to go wherever the data leads no matter how uncomfortable." 

posted by Paula Henihan at 4:55 PM

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

The Book of Flanders

When I was young I used to hang out lots with two nerdy neighbours, they were sisters and we shared hours of fun together. Thinking back I remember they regularly used the term doubting thomas to insult each other. It seemed weird to me in a kind of Rod and Tod Flanders kind of way back then; it seems so much weirder to me now.

posted by Paula Henihan at 10:46 PM