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Maps

Posted on March 29, 2023 by julianstodd

My work is filled with landscape metaphors, which leads me into thinking about maps. Maps that show:

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Lost in the Story

Posted on February 17, 2022 by julianstodd

A thing i love about being a father is bedtime stories: we choose a book (or two…) from the shelf and settle in, with a favourite teddy, to read together. We have special seats to do this in, special cushions … Continue reading →

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Switzerland: Lost And Aimless

Posted on August 18, 2016 by julianstodd

There is something most wonderful about being both lost and aimless. Lost in a new world, a new space, exploring and questing, spontaneously discovering, roaming and wandering. With just a map and travel card, and an old-fashioned, old world, curled … Continue reading →

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Lost

Posted on April 29, 2016 by julianstodd

Madrid is new to me: my first time in the city, my first time in Spain in fact. I speak no Spanish and have no mental map of the city. The best i’ve got it Google Maps and Wikipedia, which … Continue reading →

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The Serendipity of Lost

Posted on November 17, 2014 by julianstodd

It only counts as ‘lost‘ if you intended to be somewhere. Our notion of lost is outdated: originating in a time when losing your way in the forest was a deadly affair. Today, as i explore Bangkok for the first … Continue reading →

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Familiarity: never stop exploring

Posted on November 10, 2014 by julianstodd

It’s seven PM here, but my body is telling me it’s late morning and it hasn’t slept since Sunday. The perils of travel: disorientation, fractured routines, a sense of the unknown. Except this trip is to Singapore, a place i’ve … Continue reading →

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Taking the long way around: circular routes to learning

Posted on March 19, 2013 by julianstodd

I am forever getting lost in Amsterdam, which is odd as it’s quite a small city. The problem comes from the way it’s arranged in a series of concentric horseshoe shapes around the canals. This makes it very pretty, you … Continue reading →

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The rebirth of knowledge: part 1 – discovery

Posted on January 28, 2013 by julianstodd

I’m on holiday this week, skiing in Finland, so instead of the usual fare, i present a five part series on ‘the rebirth of knowledge’. It’s a light hearted look at how our relationship with knowledge is changing: from something … Continue reading →

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A week of writing: Day 5 – exploring and getting lost

Posted on June 29, 2012 by julianstodd

My fifth day of writing led me to complete the section on ‘exploring’. Exploration is the third stage of the learning methodology, sitting after ‘Context’ and ‘Demonstration’, and it’s where we get to play with what we are looking at. … Continue reading →

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