Darwin’s finches
An attempt to look at “isolation” from a different perspective… If an original population is separated into two sub-populations through geographical isolation so that no more gene flow can take place, we speak of allopatric speciation. The gene pools of the two subpopulations now develop differently, since different environmental factors
Local Newspaper
The prompt was media. This one was difficult for me. Too few ideas, too many ideas, in a creative funk? I’m not sure the reason. Did I get the idea of creating a local newspaper while visiting my parents and reading their weekly, ultra-local newspaper The Grapevine? Or is it
Then till Now
The prompt of media and how it related to my travels last year prompted me to think about my parents doing a similar journey back in 1968 and 1970. Back then everything was written on paper, their air tickets, hotel bookings, planned itinerary and travellers cheques for their money. How
The Fabric of Our Lives
I love TV series and podcasts and my phone and music. The sounds and images are woven into my life.
Radio waves
Terry Grant When I was a child the radio was usually on in our house. My mother listened to the local station, KSEI, through the day as she went about her tasks. I learned the names of all the announcers, as we called them, and recognized their voices. They were
Untangle the News
The prompt “Media” made me think of investigative journalism right away. I’ve always been in awe of newspaper journalists that write diligently researched, sometimes risky and eye-opening feature articles on matters of importance to the social and political life of a country. In some countries it’s outright dangerous, and journalists
The Pen is Mightier than the Sword
Media as a way of communicating has been around since the stone ages but for as long as I have been around the one constant has been writing implements such as pens and pencils. One of my first memories was of ink blotted fingers as I was always a messy
Check
When writing my latest blogpost for Cloth in Common I came across the site of a museum in Antwerp I once visited, Museum Planing-Moretus. A printing office and house of more than 400 years old. I realized that fake news, perversion of the truth, explaining the facts differently, etc, is
“FAKTES” (facts vs. fakes)
Doerte-Ina Liebing “FAKTES” (facts vs. fakes) 40″x40″ hand dyed cotton, printing, machine quilting In our media age, it is wonderful that we can contact each other, connect with another, exchange information quickly and pass on knowledge immediately. The use of digital media brings us a plethora of advantages that we
Media Magical World
September 28 2020 Mikiko Takase My father bought a TV for my sick and elderly grandmother in 1960. She exclaimed, “There is some small person inside that box.” Now, years later, I am part of a generation that has lived with media for a long time, but still struggles to
Coming Together
Meeting by Zoom