Tag Archive: San Francisco


In week 3 of the E-Learning & Digital Cultures MOOC . students have been invited to create an image that represents any one of the themes encountered in the course so far.

This is another photo of street art from my Flickr back pages that I have chosen.

It was taken in San Francisco and it makes me think of time travellers returning to the Garden of Eden (wherever that is!). The fact that the couple has not been coloured in adds to the sense of their disconnection from the natural surroundings.

It makes me think how technology separates human beings from our surroundings so that we feel we are aliens trying to come to terms with where we are and how we are supposed to interact with the world around us.

A PERSONAL A – Z OF SAN FRANCISCO

A is for ALCATRAZ

A must-see say all the guide books and they’re not wrong. An amazing slice of living history – the prison closed in 1963 – trip includes  an exemplary audio guide  . On the day I was there, a former in-mate was signing copies of his book in the gift shop, looking as if he’d be happier shut away in one of the cells. Continue reading