Dan Koop

A days work -> A weeks work:

1. Word Metronome - I clap, you say. You say, I say extend. You extend, I say advance. Pretty soon you’re talking some seriously off the planet stuff that somehow came right out of us. Repeat, repeat, repeat.
2. A quick walk - To the river? To the amphitheater? Past the cottage? We talk about the landscape, the journey, the ancient Romans, the animals that always lived here, the indigenous locals, the colonisers, the 30 varieties of green that we can see everywhere. Pretty soon where talking some pretty lofty ideas, all rising from the ground we walk on.
3. Show and tell - What did you read last night? Oh a book on 20th century engineering? Cool. What has that got to do with us? Oh… Awesome. Bring it back.
4. Make and do - In twos, we make and do. We show, we notice, we like, we make a Frankenstein best of. We list the questions that remain. Day 1 was the beginning. Day 2 was The Stream. Day 3 was The Shore. Day 4 was The Bridge. Day 5 was the end. Add in The Boat that we made in a Frog Pond in Newcastle and the Merri Creek in Coburg and we finally feel we may have something.

We await a full report upon their arrival - my guess is it will be dusk when they arrive. Perhaps a wombat will listen in too… Whoever is there we can’t wait to show what we’ve been up to and include the new perspectives too.

DK