Last year, Peter and I visited Newberry National Volcanic Monument twice–once with Charlie Johnston and Elaine Rhode, then later in early November when the fall color was INSANE. This is the U. S. National Park Service Centennial, so I made this video showcasing the glories of Newberry through the eyes …
Last year, Peter and I visited Newberry Volcanic National Monument twice–once with Charlie Johnston and Elaine Rhode, then later in early November when the fall color was INSANE. This is the U. S. National Park Service Centennial, so I made this video showcasing the glories of Newberry through the eyes …
Orienting Note: I am part of an online, ten week cadre exploring digital storytelling through the lens of the genre of westerns. At the end of Week One, known as Blog Ridin’ Camp, we were asked to write a on the topic, “What do Westerns mean to you? Do a …
Orienting Note: I am part of an online, ten week cadre exploring digital storytelling through the lens of the genre of westerns. At the end of Week One, known as Blog Ridin’ Camp, we were asked to write a on the topic, “What do Westerns mean to you? Do a …
I was at Eugene, OR’s Holiday Market and videoed these talented young musicians tucked away in the vegetable section of the Farmer’s Market. I loved their intensity, their country funk sound with the eerie sound of the saw violin soaring over all.
I posted a clip on Facebook, which they …
Some orienting notes: Today’s Daily Create presented an interestingly distorted map of the Oregon Territory circa 1841, just at the beginning of the wagon train migration. We were asked to write the beginning of a story that could have happened at one of the place names. My entire life and …
Some orienting notes: Today’s Daily Create presented an interestingly distorted map of the Oregon Territory circa 1841, just at the beginning of the wagon train migration. We were asked to write the beginning of a story that could have happened at one of the place names. My entire life and …
The Daily Create was to make a gif from a “classic” section of a classic spaghetti western. The section was Clint Eastwood riding into town on a mule. Three racially stereotyped Mexican men, members of a local street gang, try to bully him …
Published Dec. 16, 2015 Setting Forth
I tried stepping on both snowshoes at once
and buckling the elk leather straps with my liner gloves on, but after fumbling with the elk-hide straps, I finally pulled the gloves off with my teeth. The leather …
“Kiger Mustangs” Watercolor by Cheryl Renee Long
Under the Sign of the Red Horse By Sandy Brown Jensen
I was brought up under the protection of the Sign of the Red Horse, but this is the Wild West and accidents happen. On my fourth birthday, May 23, 1954, …
Published Nov. 18, 2015 at the New Media Consortium
By Sandy Brown Jensen
If you’re looking to fund a curriculum around digital storytelling, or, more broadly, digital humanities, do what Anne McGrail of Lane Community College (LCC) did, and go after a grant from the …
This video is a personal documentary of a weekend spent in Ashland, Oregon, Oct. 2, 3, 2015 with:
Peter and Sandy Jensen, Eugene, OR, Richard Heinberg and Janet Barocco, Santa Rosa, CA, Michael and Barbara Cecil, Anna Celestino, of Ashland, OR, and Sandra Lindley, Phoenix, OR.“Ashoken Farewell” …
Our 89-year-old Mickey/Mom swore when she moved into this independent living apartment eight years ago that we would only take her out “feet first.” Over the last few years of a hip replacement and then open heart surgery, she felt so terrible that she was sure she …
Aug. 19, 2015
At the Nuyambalees Cultural Centre at Cape Mudge on Quadra Island, British Columbia, Canada
(NOTE: Because it is extremely important to differentiate my viewpoints from those of my sources, I have bolded my first person attributions.)
Welcome to the Nuyumbalees Cultural …
If we talk about literacy, we have to talk about how to enhance our children’s mastery over the tools needed to live intelligent, creative, and involved lives: I know! Let’s start with the …
Setting Off the Beauty Bells
This morning, I read a thoughtful essay on beauty in photography. The author, Laura Valenti, made the point, “Beauty is a quality that exists outside of the subject of any photograph.” I also think the passion to create beauty must come first from …
This is a digital story I made for a video competition in praise of Newberry NVM.
Below is a photo essay about a recent trip to Newberry.
What Has George Bush the Elder Done For Us Lately?
In November 1990, Newberry National Volcanic Monument was signed into law by President …
“There comes a moment in every life when the Universe presents you with an opportunity to rise to your potential. An open door that only requires the heart to walk through, seize it and hang on.
The choice is never simple. It’s never easy. It’s not supposed to be. But …
This article was first published in the Spring 2015 issue of The Community College Moment
Selfies: Handprints on the Cave Wall
First Lady Michelle Obama took a photo of herself with first dog Bo and posted it to Twitter and Instagram as part of the Great Nature Project, National Geographic’s …
The Daily Create is about “what’s in your pockets?” I like the symbolic image of the bolsa, the pouch as a seed place–testicles or womb– where hidden things whisper to life in the dark…
In my part of the world, many people both male and female wear medicine …
April 11, 2015
I was all excited to get up yesterday to do the Color Me Rad 5K Run, but it rained early, and it was 9:30 am before I struggled outside–just as the first group of runners came by our end of the park.
I saw …
“Turn a feeling into a character for a movie trailer.
What does Love look like? Envy? Who is Elation?”
This video softly cuts two ways in my mind. On the one hand, the theme and title are “I Dream a World.”
My …
On a rainy January afternoon, I had nothing but a mind-numbing vista of meetings spread out over my afternoon. The day was gray; I was blue. I decided that in the hour I had available that I would drive up to Skinner’s Butte, one …
I think it is so important to be in love with place where you live, both home and environs.
As I’ve mentioned before, I am home sick, but as I grade online, the work doesn’t stop. In the late afternoon, I just had to get out, so I grabbed the …
I’m home sick for the second day (cold? flu? Who the heck can tell any of these cruds apart?), but Monday, my husband Peter and I reconnected with an old friend, Paul Hawkwood, who is taking the same online photography class I am (with Laura Valenti: “Candela: Finding Inspiration …
A recent Daily Create was called “Silk Weaving,” and it said, “Ever had the urge to weave some silk? You’re in luck. Design your own weave here.” The link (go ahead, try it!) takes you to an interactive online app that allows you, the user, to move your …
