It is now obvious that when life gets busy blogging hasn't been my greatest strength. FB and Flickr no problem. I think that possibly my feeling that a degree of analysis and more detailed explanation is needed has led to a snowballing effect, which has left me with a mountain of things to show and say, creating a blockage that obviously needs to be flushed away with the beginning of a new year.
I will therefore purge myself with a cross section of the tastiest delights from a memorable year that involved working with many wonderful people. Thought I might group things together unexpectedly to bring some new order of enlightenment but seem to be trying to make things more difficult before I even start! It might be best to just begin wherever the feeling takes me and end when I have nothing more to show or say. Could take all year or just a few posts with a sprinkling of detail where absolutely necessary ....
Lets start with a joyous video of the Garratt Park School students enjoying the music section of Balham Library, preparing for our first 'Out of Place' iPad session early last year ...
.. and then maybe Pocklington Arts Group having a round of applause for libraries directed by film maker Stephanie Webber. Can't help but love them!
Some wonderful iPad drawings by Sally Booth ...
Handprint Theatre working with children from Oak Lodge School at Balham library.
And maybe finally from Balham a video by Tahmina, a year 11 student from Oak Lodge School capturing the sound and movement of our first visit to the library (when it was closed to the public), working with musician Antonio Testa exploring the space through rhythm.