Embedded Files
collecting data:
for the love of words and pictures and true stories
Adding to personal memories and found memorabilia, my search for generational histories includes discerning the confliction of facts and fictions writ deep within the crevices of collecting data.
In the process, if a picture is worth a thousand words so, I've discovered, might a thousand photos reveal an untold story.
COLLECTING DATA
archives
As a social researcher, accessing relevant archives is a fascinating journey of discovery. Digging deeper, connecting the dots, one trail leading to another.
artifacts
Artifacts reveal interesting details and tell astonishing stories: the street someone lived on, the year the railway came to town; beliefs, affiliations, occupations.
BACKSTORIES
"How fiercely they competed against each other and, at the finish line, how joyfully they were the closest of brothers." (Richard Horner, schoolmate)
Fractal art digitally created, collaged, and coloured; applied to kimono styles for digital dye-printing on silk satins and broadcloths.(Sheila Martineau Designs Ltd.)
booklets to celebrate
I plan to create several biographic booklets during the years ahead. My first offering, The Boys (2021), draws on memories of my deceased twin brothers and the words, pictures, and stories collected from their friends, teachers, and coaches, as well as from media clippings and photographs, school books and records.
backstories to explore
Personal essays will emerge from research, anecdote, memory, and insight. Most will illuminate my parents' histories, alongside stories about my grandparents and great-grandparents (some will find their way into my memoir-in-process). Others will draw on my personal journeys and encounters.Google Sites
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