The sensing nature; knowing nature workshop I have been doing from 2003 during the April/ May months at Aruvacode,
kerala proved to be of great help in understanding the true potential of children
http://sensingnatureknowingnature.weebly.com/
Reimaging schools is a project that came out of these experiences with children at sadhana village school
from 2011 till 2014
http://sadhanavillageschool.org/
http://reimaginingschools.wordpress.com/
Deeper study on why children play, cognitive potential of drawing etc can be seen at
http://cognitiveimportanceofdrawing.weebly.com/
Workshops on Creativity, sensitivity, cognition, culture, tradition, parenting, design 'thinking' etc
From Word to the World RETREAT
http://word-to-world.weebly.com/
Learning to see
http://awakeningaestheticawareness.blogspot.in/
The courses I offer are
1. an orientation to be aware of the homogenization aspect and possibility for authenticity.
2. Integration elements of design which involves all aspects that helps in SEEING- ( drawing, photography,
color/ texture etc from nature etc )
3. Material exploration.
4. design of culture specific products
5. Cognition and culture- Experiential exploration in to understanding culture.
6. sustainability, inclusiveness and approprtion
http://rethinkingfoundation.weebly.com/
http://awakeningaestheticawareness.wordpress.com/about/
From 1993 till about 2006 I have been working with potters of Aruvacode village learning/ imbibing the being-ness
of non-literate people and at the same time trying to revitalize the dying tradition of pottery.
http://www.re-cognition.org/crafts/index.html
The basic approach in working with artisan is to enable them to create without any inputs. See detailed
philosophy at
http://www.re-cognition.org/crafts/philosophy.html
The women potters have been developing unique times and murals and this can be seen at
http://www.re-cognition.org/crafts/coiltiles.html