Posts Tagged ‘Rumble Strip’

Woodrow Phoenix, who travelled to India with the Lit Sutra project last November, has produced this fantastic, exclusive piece of artwork for the British Council, inspired by his experience. Read about his journey here.

 On November 15th the road safety NGO, Arrivesafe, held an event as part of the United Nations World Day of Remembrance for victims of traffic accidents. The British Council teamed up with Arrivesafe in Chandigarh as Woodrow Phoenix delivered a presentation on his graphic novel about road accidents, Rumble Strip, and judged entries in a competition to design a road safety awareness poster. Read more about the work of Arrivesafe here.

day three – teaching through graphics

I write the word "contrast" on a flipchart in the Party Room of the Hotel. Thirty-five teachers write the word "contrast" in their notebooks. I’m showing them how they can use symbols in their day to day teaching. Smiley faces. Stick figures. how they can create a huge variety of moods and styles with very simple changes. How two dots and a line can transform almost anything into a face. And then I show them how to structure a very simple story that can involve everyone in the class in making decisions about what happens next. They aren’t too sure how this works so I make them do it with me, and we create the story of a tree and a piece of chalk. Tree wants to get water for her roots. Chalk is scared of water. Tree gets water and while watering her roots she spills some on the chalk who is partially dissolved. Read the rest of this entry »

day one – new delhi: endangered species

The man next to me on the plane was trying to sleep, contorting his body into about every position it was possible to make with the number of limbs he had to work with. I was annoying him by having my light on.

I can't really sleep on planes. I passed the time watching The Poseidon Adventure because you really want to see disaster movies when you're thousands of feet up in the air. And then I subjected myself to a breathtakingly repellent comedy called Bride Wars which you'd only watch all the way through if you were in solitary confinement. There you go then. What perfect programming. Read the rest of this entry »

Tony Lee, Jake Arnott and Woodrow Phoenix are all arriving in India this week for a series of events. Please check our Facebook page  for more details