Tag: mobility
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Several months have passed since our final session together and the data is in. I launched a book (Popular Song), I taught a new course on poetry for Killingworth Library and New Writing North and guided students through countless final projects and dissertations. Like any useful and actionable data reporting, it’s worth highlighting some of…
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Mobility, the body and new thinking In an interview in The Dark Horse, the poet Karl Knights who lives with Cerebral Palsy, spoke about his disability saying that as a young man, “I resented being told I should write about my hospital experiences … I wrapped my disability in imagery and metaphors,” and that the…
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Ooooooooo Fair warning: This post discusses death and end of life care. If that’s not for you, then perhaps skip this post and read the next one. When I was first asked about planning for eventual death, the mind wanders and you inevitably start thinking about how you might like to die yourself. Something involving…
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Rivers of Life and Meaning “Pathmaker, there is no path, You make the path by walking. By walking, you make the path … ” Antonio Machado Working in children’s theatre for the first time, I had to learn the ropes. First comes the writing, you open the computer and your fingers dart across the keys…