Nick Barry is a lifelong jotter of ideas, scribbler of jokes and sketcher of Dawgs. Nick’s art-form lives in a colourful, hand-drawn world where reside the iconic ‘Dragon-Dawgs’.
Welcome to the Coromind magazine’s blog. You can find our printed version everywhere from Waihi Beach up to Great Barrier Island or you can access this online version anywhere in the world! Thanks, internet.
Write just one word. Then another. Write another. Draw that line. Mark that page. Make a dot, a squiggle, an imperfect circle. So what if it’s wonky? So what if it looks more like a weird elephant’s ear? Play that chord. Sing that note. Sing another. Sing three in a row. Start something. Do it. In the words of avant-garde composer John Cage: ‘Begin anywhere.’
How are you with time?
Different people perceive time differently. To some of us time is a finite, measurable,
tangible commodity. Like a loaf of sliced bread, it can be shared around very simply and
specifically. To others of us time is a much less tangible item. In fact, it is more like a large
bowl of soup, difficult to divide according to any set of rules and difficult to distribute evenly.
Aotearoa is a Pacific Island nation coming to terms with its whakapapa. Our whakapapa includes pre-Treaty strands originating in Te Moana Nui a Kiwa² and post-Treaty strands from Europe and the rest of the globe. In 2019, Tuia 250 – Te Pōwhiri ki Wharekaho, was a singularly impactful event for bringing these strands together in celebration of our national and local identities in Pare Hauraki³.
Nick Barry is a lifelong jotter of ideas, scribbler of jokes and sketcher of Dawgs. Nick’s art-form lives in a colourful, hand-drawn world where reside the iconic ‘Dragon-Dawgs’.
Welcome to the Coromind magazine’s blog. You can find our printed version everywhere from Waihi Beach up to Great Barrier Island or you can access this online version anywhere in the world! Thanks, internet.
Write just one word. Then another. Write another. Draw that line. Mark that page. Make a dot, a squiggle, an imperfect circle. So what if it’s wonky? So what if it looks more like a weird elephant’s ear? Play that chord. Sing that note. Sing another. Sing three in a row. Start something. Do it. In the words of avant-garde composer John Cage: ‘Begin anywhere.’
How are you with time?
Different people perceive time differently. To some of us time is a finite, measurable,
tangible commodity. Like a loaf of sliced bread, it can be shared around very simply and
specifically. To others of us time is a much less tangible item. In fact, it is more like a large
bowl of soup, difficult to divide according to any set of rules and difficult to distribute evenly.
Aotearoa is a Pacific Island nation coming to terms with its whakapapa. Our whakapapa includes pre-Treaty strands originating in Te Moana Nui a Kiwa² and post-Treaty strands from Europe and the rest of the globe. In 2019, Tuia 250 – Te Pōwhiri ki Wharekaho, was a singularly impactful event for bringing these strands together in celebration of our national and local identities in Pare Hauraki³.
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