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Tag Archives: Exploration
Apollo
The Saturn 5 rocket, the one that lofted Armstrong, Collins, and Aldrin, into space and set them on the path to the moon, had more than three million parts to it. It’s sometimes reckoned to be the most complex machine … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure
Tagged Apollo, Apollo Landings, Buzz Aldrin, complexity, Exploration, Failure, Michael Collins, Neil Armstrong, Rockets, Saturn V, Space, Systems
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The Dereliction Walk: early stage #WorkingOutLoud
I’m working on the design of a ‘Dereliction Walk’ in New York: it’s a group activity that explores ideas of innovation, failure, and the mechanisms of community driven change. You may have seen that much of my more recent work … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Learning
Tagged Dereliction, Exploration, Failure, Innovation, New York, Walk
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Fire and Fury
I have to say that when the two Falcon Heavy boosters touched down, in perfect synchrony, after shooting their record breaking payload into orbit, i felt pretty emotional. It wasn’t just the wild applause, or the bursts of Bowie’s ‘Space … Continue reading
Posted in Exploration, Learning
Tagged Exploration, Hope, Inspiration, Mars, NASA, Space, Tesla
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Iceland: Transitions
Transitional spaces seem to have particular importance and prominence on islands: harbours, estuaries, and airports being the touchpoints between the island and elsewhere. Both functional and metaphorical, they are the gateways. It’s from these spaces that all roads and rivers … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Writing
Tagged Airports, Exploration, Harbours, Iceland, Journey, Transitions, Travel Writing, Writing
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Iceland: Abandoned
I made the trek out to the plane wreck to take the iconic photos: aluminium undimmed by age, bright against the black ash, silhouetted by the distant mountains, decaying under a clear blue sky. There were no casualties when the … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Walking, Writing
Tagged Adventure, Exploration, Iceland, Planes, Purpose, Second World War, travel, Travel Writing, Wreckage
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Iceland: The Battle Of Fire And Ice
Systems seek stability, a levelling of energy, an erosive calm. Heat sinks towards the temperate, erosion claims the highest peak. The fire and fury of the eruption is ultimately frozen as ragged rubble, fractured and tumbled, lying calmly in the … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Writing
Tagged Adventure, Change, Erosion, Exploration, Fire, Ice, Iceland, Reflection, travel, Travel Writing, Volcano, Writing
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Switzerland: Tunnels and Bridges
I have an irrational fear of disused industrial spaces: large abandoned warehouses freak me out, especially when they have derelict, decaying doors. Don’t ask me why: i already caveated it with ‘irrational’. Once i stayed in Belgium at the end … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Writing
Tagged Architecture, Bridges, Building, Exploration, Landscape, Longreads, Railways, Switzerland, travel, Travel Writing, Tunnels, Writing
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