Tag Archives: Poetry

Creative Voices: Performance

Posted on June 1, 2016 by julianstodd

Yesterday i wrote a reflective post about fragility and impermanence. Today, i want to explore a related idea: performance. These pieces relate to a ‘Creative Voices’ session that i ran at the Social Age Safari, which used performance poetry and … Continue reading →

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Beware The Kraken Of Despair

Posted on March 25, 2016 by julianstodd

Beware the Kraken of despair, he splashes, crashes, claws the air, Resenting change, he tears his hair, He mopes and cries and screams and shares His misery for all to see. Just left alone he’d rather be. “Oh leave me … Continue reading →

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Words About Learning: Sand

Posted on February 10, 2016 by julianstodd

You can draw a line in the sand: the final sanction, the ultimatum. You can make castles from it: fanciful and free. In your eyes, sand is bad, and to build a house upon it, pure folly. The sands run … Continue reading →

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What’s With Words?

Posted on May 28, 2015 by julianstodd

It was with some pride that i first introduced myself as a writer, although it took a number of years before i stopped feeling too fraudulent. It was a badge, i figured, i had a reason to take. I write … Continue reading →

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Reflections from Learning Technology conference 2015: Day 2

Posted on January 29, 2015 by julianstodd

Community: surrounds and supports us. It’s ‘sense making‘, both through challenge, reflection and the import of new ideas. When we share values and purpose, the two foundation stones, we are made more effective through being more connected. The medium is … Continue reading →

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Language

Posted on October 1, 2013 by julianstodd

I’m in Singapore today, immersed in a culture that is so totally familiar to anyone English, yet so very far from home. United by a language and history, divided by the seas. As i sat in the taxi from the … Continue reading →

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Co-Creating a live learning narrative

Posted on April 25, 2013 by julianstodd

I’m at a conference today where we’re using a live Twitter stream to co-create a shared learning narrative, using a range of media to explore innovation and creativity. There’s poetry, presentations, yoga and films, interviews, a book festival and conversations … Continue reading →

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The languages of learning: poetry

Posted on November 2, 2012 by julianstodd

On this journey through the languages of learning, many of the examples we’ve looked at would often be considered to be ‘arts’, to be somehow informal, to be less rigorous than ‘formal’ communication. We can all see how video is … Continue reading →

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The languages of learning: dance

Posted on October 30, 2012 by julianstodd

I was lucky enough to catch Sioned Huws’ ‘The Aomori Project – of landscapes remembered‘ whilst in Singapore over the weekend. It’s an hour long modern dance, featuring two principles, whose dance is mainly synchronised, one solo performer, a quartet … Continue reading →

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Practicing poetry: Things you never finish learning.

Posted on January 10, 2012 by julianstodd

Poetry has been part of my life for as long as i can remember, but i’ve never consciously learnt how to write it. In fact, i’m not sure you ever can. My interest has resurged of late as I have … Continue reading →

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