In the bottom left corner you can see a butterfly. This butterfly is flying peacefully by the lake, enjoying the beautiful atmosphere and warm weather. The butterfly has very bright colours that can be seen from a distance. The butterfly represents beauty and peace. In the centre of the collage stands a very scary owl […]
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Spring Equinox Collages!
Examples of ESL Students’ Written Responses to Their Collages
In the right corner, you can see a shark. He seems to represent fear. In the top left corner, this is a cute dog. It’s something kind, something good, something positive. You can also see the butterfly. And there’s a man who try to reach the stars. This collage is about my thoughts about my […]
Winter Pilgrimage to Sugar Ridge Retreat Centre
Wind-Animated Tarp, Scarborough
Wintry Plants and Tree Scenes, Scarborough 2019
WInter River Walk: North York
Ice Impressions, Martha Lafite Thompson Sanctuary
Organic Ice Sculpture Attached to a Branch Discovered in a Creek at Martha LaFite Thompson Nature Sanctuary
Turning the ice sculpture to find new angles revealed an astonishing variety of shapes and images: a skull, a bird’s beak, a face composed of vegetables like a 16th-century Arcimboldo painting, a baby elephant, a complicated internal organ, a collection of single-celled organisms, and an antelope. What else may be seen in this versatile and […]
Midwestern Winter Sunset on the Liberty Square
The Missouri River and the Hotel Frederic, Boonville
Eglinton Ravine, Wexford Woods and Reflective Library Wall, Scarborough
Visual Visits from Ottawa, Upstate New York, Toronto, and Scarborough
Thank you, Montréal (September 2018)
Overcoming Barriers with Collaborative Collage-Making (Session for Centennial College’s Teaching and Learning Symposium)
It was a pleasure to share a paper-strewn table with seven participants who made collages on the theme of Equity and Inclusion. As we gathered, talked, cut, and glued, the discussion centered on how to apply collage-making to a variety of learning tasks, such as presentations, vision boards, and reflective practice. In a post-workshop […]
Green Dappling and Reflections at Blue Ridge Park, North York
Walks by the Water
Nails in the Tree: A Reflection on Trauma
I want to heal from the damage caused by two nails that have pierced me. Over the years, they have twisted themselves into cracked pockets of partial burial, digging in, holding fast to their reluctant host. “Brace yourself,” well-wishers advise. “Just rip those rusty old bastards out and you’ll be free.” It is easy for […]