The strange death of a stranger

It’s always something of a shock when well-known strangers like Charlotte Dawson kill themselves, although her death was back in 2014. I felt the same when Greg King suicided in November 2012.

They feel familiar and yet they’re not. You feel sad but there’s no relationship to mourn. Life goes on with nothing missing.

Perhaps there’s even a subconscious, yet obviously false, belief that someone so well-known would have something to live for. Everything even.

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DPSN Team Favourites: UMAL2M Day 4 and 5: Hilary and Mike (Philip)

Philip’s DPSN fave is UMAL2M Day 4 and 5: Hilary and Mike. Why? “Though it was tough yakker for the team, UMAL2M is probably the DPSN project I’m most proud of. I also still think it was so generous of Hilary and Mike to contribute and I love how authentic yet humorous they were in the way they approached it,” he says.

Pride Parley

This year I decided I would change up my blogging and start a monthly vlog – interviewing people over video. My first vlog was going to be focussing on the Auckland Pride Festival, which is just wrapping up, after a month of performances, gallery shows, markets and, of course, the Pride Parade. The festival had…

100 Days of Meaning and Belonging

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UMAL2M Day 100: Thankyou!

Well folks! We made it! Thank you to every one of you who submitted a video, and shared your thoughts and feelings about meaning and belonging with us! We’ve really loved doing this project and we’d like to keep the project going – so please feel free to continue sending us your videos and we’ll…