Today, art is my inspiration, at least as a starting point. The title of this blog post may seem whimsical, but it is both a practical description of our subject today and a reference to the art of centuries past. … Continue reading →
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 6 March 2011 entitled, "Shrines for Broken Hearts".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 2 May 2011 entitled, "B is for broken...".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 25 February 2011 entitled, "Broken....".
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 9 August 2012 entitled, "'The Broken Book' by Fiona Farrell".
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 11 April 2014 entitled, "On brokenness".The entry was downloaded on 3 November 2016.
An entry from Deb Robertson's blog for 2 September 2014 entitled, "The heart expands when it is broken [four years]".The entry was downloaded on 2 November 2016.
Caption reads: "People brought food to the area and we were grateful. It was a disaster but we were coping. Our house was broken but that didn’t mean we had to be."
A photograph captioned, "After the September earthquake, it was more a simple case of something gets broken and it gets repaired. Then came February, and June as well, and suddenly it's just not so straightforward anymore".
It came as a bit of a surprise when over 1000 fragments of broken stoneware jars were unearthed at an otherwise ordinary Christchurch archaeological site. But there, sitting under some old petrol tanks, was Christchurch history waiting to be found.What … Continue reading →
One of the most fascinating things about studying and interpreting the past is the possibilities it holds. Could the broken tea cup I’ve found been smashed against a wall in a fit of rage after a wife found her husband … Continue reading →