by StaceyW | Feb 20, 2010 | Art, Life, Psychology
I know for many of us that the winter has gone on a long time. This year’s jet stream has brought lots of snow to places that normally have very little or none of the white stuff. However, snow is an amazing thing. It has the power to transform what is normal and...
by StaceyW | Feb 7, 2010 | Life, Philosophy, Psychology, Weaving
I originally wrote this entry a year ago, and was thinking about this very subject this week when my son and I were having a philosophical discussion on “how do you know when you know yourself?” In trying to put down in words what we were discussing, I...
by StaceyW | Dec 23, 2009 | Art, Education, Life, Psychology, Teaching, Weaving
Just recently, I woke up and looked out of the bedroom window onto a beautiful morning – low winter sun shining on the willow tree forming a tracery of orange against the clear blue sky…. Orange?! Look again – yes! Orange! Bright, vivid, ineffably orange....
by StaceyW | Dec 5, 2009 | Jacquard weaving, Life, Philosophy, Psychology, Travel, Weaving
Sorry to republish this, but I was asked by Dusan from Arahne to make it clear that Arahne did not charge for my phone calls, but that I was referring to my telecoms provider. I am more than happy to clarify that, with my apologies if anyone read it that way. I also...
by StaceyW | Sep 20, 2009 | Education, Life, Philosophy, Psychology
In this quarter’s Philosophy Magazine, there is an article asking Where Are All the Women? Whilst there are roughly even numbers of men and women studying philosophy at undergraduate level, that number begins to have a male bias at MA level, and more so at PhD level,...
by StaceyW | Sep 13, 2009 | Life, Philosophy, Psychology, Weaving
In my Pyschologies magazine this month, there is an article about global and local thinking along with a questionnaire so you can find out what sort of thinker you are. Global thinking is where you think about the bigger picture and don’t sweat the details. Local...
