It is a privilege and an honour to represent the City of Edmonton as its 5th Historian Laureate, 2018-2020. I am delighted and feeling a bit daunted, but here’s one of those situations where my years as Audio/Visual Archivist at the Provincial Archives of Alberta will probably come in handy. 172 more words
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Art Basics Clear Gesso
Anyone who has done a fair bit of painting would have come across the word gesso. It’s just an acrylic based paint which helps other paints adhere better. 438 more words
When I wanted to start reviewing supplies,I didn’t know where to begin, there were too many to be used and too many favourites that I wanted to do them all but I had to remind myself to take baby steps. 695 more words

Notes for a Tutorial
Installation : Final Major Project
MA in Photography, Falmouth University, Module 5
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I was able to book an online face to face with Wendy McMurdo on 3rd April to reflect and frame my way forward in terms of exhibition production and refinement. 447 more words
Stephen Hawking funeral - photo relation
When I came to United Kingdom I set in Cambridge, the city where Stephen Hawking used to live for over 50 years. During the 3 years stay in this university city I hoped, that maybe I will be fortunate to see this wonderfoul person. 1,086 more words

The ACE Article and Those Confounded Effect Sizes
There is a kind of psychology research article I have seen many times over the past 20 years. My pet name for it is the “ACE” because it goes like this: 1,542 more words
Yalluk -- My ways, Defined, In Clarity
My path is not an easy one. Let that be known, before anything more is said about my life. It is not something that everyone can live fully while involved in, and despite my ravings I would never dream of forcing anyone into a lifestyle such as this. 2,431 more words