Linda M Hartley » Images

Move – a word for 2012

Linda — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:20:00 +0000

My word for the coming year is chosen. As part of Quinn’s 30 days of reflection and walking I pondered a number of words. Still unsure I took Andy’s advice and played around with a few images to help me choose. The first image jumped out from my journal and I knew it was right.

I have decided ‘move’ will be my watchword next year. It gives me all sorts of possibilities to play with and feels right. Sometimes it might be scary to ‘move’ but, like my little Viking longboat in the stormy sea, I think I can weather any storms ahead.

Online Drawing Course

Linda — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 17:47:50 +0000

I just signed up for a Tate online drawing course. I thought it would be interesting to revive an old skill but also as I run online courses too it might be helpful to see how someone else does it.
So far I’ve discovered they use Moodle. This is fun as I’m not actually using Moodle at the moment but I am considering installing it for my next course. Now I can try out the usability from the student perspective. Cool.
They are using a mix of screens with images and information and one video per module. The cost is a very modest £20. They have an online community but there’s no one much there yet although 18 hardy souls have signed up for the course.
I’ll be spending about 1/2 an hour a day on the course and I’ll blog my responses here.
This should be fun!

Cold Full Moon

Linda — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:54:40 +0000

See the flickr gallery for details of the individual images.

cold full moon dreamboard

In my board I see the clean, dry cold of a crispy morning, frozen rowan berries hiding their promise of life, the flash of a homecoming salmon. And 6 glorious weeks of not teaching! My relief and longing for the quiet calm of a frozen lake, my love of winter. I think it’s a time for taking stock and contemplation of what changes I’ll make in the coming year. A time to let my creativity recover and play.

I have a special love for that rowan berry felt bowl. I once had a coat made from fabric very like that. It was brought from Norway for me as a child and I loved it dearly. Seeing the bowl I could feel the rub of it against my fingers and just for a moment reconnect with that 8 year old who was fascinated by stories of the Sami. So I hope this month my creativity is going to spark and dance like the fires of the Sami on those long dark northern nights.

By the way, I’m not into the whole cosmic ordering stuff. I just see dream boards as a great tool for connecting with my much neglected, often ignored (both by me!) creative side.
You can see other people’s dream boards for this month via Jamie’s Blog