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This year I had an insight about myself: if I don't take a summer holiday, my brain will take one for me.
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You see, my partner and I prefer to do our travel in the off-season; I tend to work through the summer. But this year I found that my brain just started booking off early each day; work tasks I had scheduled for myself just didn't get done at quite my usual pace. I found myself just leaving my desk and sitting outside listening to the tanagers and chickadees. It wasn't a bad thing.
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Work has been fascinating, though. I have been working for several months with Ingenium and Double Dare Design on an interpretive master plan for Capilano River Salmon Hatchery; I am excited to begin the design phase of the Kebaowek Cultural Centre working directly on contract to Kebaowek First Nation; I am beginning an interpretive master planning process with Historic Joy Kogawa House in Vancouver (that one is gonna be thematically challenging), and I am on the home stretch of a design concept for a Marine Discovery Centre in Port Angeles WA, collaborating with the lovely and talented Doug Munday and MIG Design.
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I also decided to teach myself German this summer since I wasn't taking a holiday. Guess what? It's really hard. Wer hätte das gedacht (who knew)?
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It wasn't all brainwork, though. I managed to cross pollinate a ton of beautiful roses, and evaluate some dahlias that I crossed last year. We also got a full solar array installed on the house.
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Wishing you a productive but not too productive autumn,
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Articles
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Marketing: An Interpretive Approach
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Because nobody wants to read your dry announcements, Brenda.
As a visitor experience advisor, I find that a lot of my work revolves around helping parks, historic sites, and museums do a better job of communicating who they are in an inspiring way. Naturally, as a life-long interpreter, I am a huge believer in the content-based approach. I'm not alone in this; content marketing (the idea of using your …
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The World's Worst Interpretive Themes
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Writing great interpretive themes is not rocket science. Why do we make it so hard?
In the world of interpretation, we refer to messages as themes. The word ‘theme’ has different connotations and meanings. Sometimes I wish we didn’t use the term at all; it’s confusing, and this is one area that we really need to get right. Let’s see …
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Upcoming Gigs
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Changing the World in 100 Words or Less
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In this interpretive writing session you will take scientific abstracts and turn them into rich, evocative interpretive texts. You will offer and receive constructive feedback on your writing. Don will offer techniques and guidance on how to get there.
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Consultation 101: An Interpretive Approach
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How do we know what under-represented communities want and need from our interpretive programs? We ask them— using techniques that are sensitive, inclusive, and interpretive.
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Hey Gen Xers
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