The design team is also experimenting with creating a water-efficient vegetable garden at the base of the tower and exploring a 3D mesh fabric specifically designed for fog harvesting.Warka water towers collect clean drinking water from the 'lakes in the air' - Trialled in South Ethiopia in May 2015 https://t.co/MKqjK9jutF— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 30, 2020
And this is how I breathe, survive and heal daily... dreaming and thinking and writing (repeat)"This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal."— Deborah A. Bennett (@dabennettpoet) May 30, 2020
- Toni Morrison
These bright red rosellas love autumn...collecting their own treasures... The rosellas like to enjoy an autumn feast anywhere...the roof...the lawn...the front driveway...autumn clutter— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 30, 2020
on the roof
little red one
sees his world fall
but keeps on munching #tanka #MayTanka #NaTankaMo pic.twitter.com/8j44rBC7aA
for a moment— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 30, 2020
I thought there were
two cars
but my eyes saw
only yours #tanka #MayTanka #NaTankaMo
Image: Watercolour of a vintage Chevrolet by Marian Voicu pic.twitter.com/ryOUOnp1TR
ebbing colours— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 30, 2020
identity is a
fluid and
visual
question #tanka #MayTanka #NatankaMo https://t.co/MkrzDMRmbZ
Another weird fact...Svalbard bans dying. People who are expected to die are flown to the mainland. That’s because the permafrost prevents their bodies from decomposing and risk attracting hungry predators that dig them up. https://t.co/jRejwvOpLD— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 30, 2020
Today, the Twitter timeline seems to be like a scream... the voice of helpless chaos in polarising times... It's almost deafening... True...There is so much not right with the world... But 'not right with the world' is part of our historical profile...It's just that we now have the wonderful media connections to report on it globally...regularly...daily...hourly... Our awareness is at a fever pitch, never known in history...More than ever, we need to centre, focus on our own music...Don't ignore the outside world...That is a dangerous attitude...But 'don't take it personal'...adapt... keep walking... and remember...play your music...Perhaps the world seems to be imploding - an endless roll of anger in chaos, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes - not man-made. There may be power and control, but not of a friendly, healthy kind. Keep the music of you...Keep playing...Someday someone will value your song... pic.twitter.com/oiDS1NEfAX— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 30, 2020
Today, Twitter is like a scream...the voice of helpless chaos... It's almost deafening... media report on it globally... regularly... daily... hourly... Our awareness is at a fever pitch, never known in history...We need to keep walking... and remember... play your music... pic.twitter.com/w39TiBa9Zn— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 30, 2020
in misty tears— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 30, 2020
autumn reds
mirror
the last embers
of summer #tanka #MayTanka #NaTankaMo
Image: oil painting by Australian Graham Gercken pic.twitter.com/wYETXIs4jf
where the days pour down like honey— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 30, 2020
and the scents are fresh and clear
it's a place to feel at home
down the old forgotten road https://t.co/EmW4CW9j1k
COVID-19 - not a curse, a blessing... I have learnt to embrace my own light...to avoid clinging to values of schedules + duties...to allow the impulse moment as a treasure, an opportunity... to see people as a passing presence... I have been nowhere, yet I have been everywhere... pic.twitter.com/iNkj0YOgHn— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 30, 2020
in the still, soft space— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 30, 2020
just the land and sky
are all that matters #haiku
'The former island of Wieringen is so beautiful!' says painter of this image, Edo Hannema pic.twitter.com/759Y8n2iOq
Immediately, I thought of the old, old medieval London Bridge...It had 19 huge arches, leap-frogging across the churning river, and, by the 1400s, it is said that there were 200 houses, 138 shops, churches and a gatehouse built along it. https://t.co/D0t8rcp3bj— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 29, 2020
pieces of home— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) May 29, 2020
in morning light
when shadows
add the art
of depth #tanka #MayTanka #NaTankaMo pic.twitter.com/Htks9WRYUh
I drove down a long road today.— Tim Mallon (@PatMalo85776814) May 29, 2020
I drive along it most days.
Today, the road was very foggy.
Out of the fog, three birds flew,
across my path.
They were dark and brilliant.
I looked at the long ribbon of road, then back at the birds.
They collapsed into the lovely fog.
