OCADU Great Hall: Large canvas 7 x 10 foot #KyraKaushal (2026) Union. Two figures reaching out. Looking up materials of sindoor (red cosmetic powder) and rangoli powder (calcite, limestone), alongside acrylic and chalk powder. (OCADU Great Hall, McCaul Street, Toronto, Ontario) 20260305

OCADU Graduate Programs: Research Talk #SuzanneStein on Evolving Foresight, with historical chart also posted on the walls of Super Ordinary Lab. Career starting in ethnography, moving to Foresight in the Web 2.0 era. Recent emphasis on Creativity and Compassion. (Toronto, Ontario) 20260304

OCADU Graduate Programs: Traditional shadow puppetry #JiayiWei (2026) Who Defines Us demonstrated by artist, I was challenged handling three rods. Accompanied by movie animating puppets depicting ways that identity and gender roles are shaped by culture and family in contemporary China. (Toronto)

sLab at #OCADU reintroduced; #ProblematiqueDialogue Call for Participation to #BanathyConversation now in dance of (i) topics seeking participants, and (ii) participants seeking topics. coevolving.com/blogs/re-int... Five-day event, May 10-15, 2026, in Toronto. problematiquedialogue.org

OCADU Graduate Programs: At OCADU Graduate Conference, workshop with #KatEstacio on Growing Roots: Musical Materialisms of Diasporic Filipino Kulintang. Learned about #Pantayo playshop, cultural learning. I tried large gong, preferred lower four of 8 gongs, parents + toddlers clanging together.

Dine & Dim: Unexpected lion dance at restaurant next door, as I arrived at grocery store.  Drumming drew my attention, only a few people on Gerrard Street East on wet Friday night.  Familiar routine of lion rising up, and spitting out lettuce to bless wealth, prosperity, and good luck. 20260220

OCADU Graduate Gallery: Following theme of (Dis)Pleasure, #PabintinVanitas emulates Filipino fiesta game. Players jump to reach prizes on bamboo structure actively made accessible or unattainable. Profound dissatisfaction and displeasure with material gain. (Toronto, Ontario) 20260220

OCADU Graduate Programs: At OCADU Graduate Conference, #JadeNelson on Archives aren’t dead: Small Scale Disruptions, Pause, and Experimentation Methods for Archival Engagement. Crochet created in community workshop. Materials from the past can bear history for remembering in the future. 20260220

OCADU Graduate Programs: At OCADU Graduate Conference, #MadelineWilmink on From Aversion to Kinship: Dissecting Human–Insect Entanglements. Inspired by urban encounters, illustrating and comparing nervous system anatomy. Sculpting metal via lost wax casting. (Toronto, Ontario) 20260220

OCADU Graduate Programs: At OCADU Graduate Conference, #BrianMalott on From Happiest Place on Earth to Relational Practice: A Practical Guide to Blue Sky Dreaming and Collaborative Design. Looking to introduce design thinking and nonlinear approaches to evoking joy. Lifelong Disney fan, Love Bug.

OCADU Graduate Programs: At OCADU Graduate Conference, #MelanieYan on Inside The Cocoon: Echo Chamber, Social Media, Surveillance, Control and Chinese Digital Feminism. Study on conversations and online sharing, non-mainstream communities growing with risks of online monitoring.

OCADU Graduate Programs: At OCADU Graduate Conference, #JordanCrowder on The Loss of the Body in the Server-City: Disability, Friction, and the Rooftop as Site of Resistance. Autoethnographic photographic series, critical reflection on isolation through pandemic, and neurodegenerative condition.

Wall mural by #ChristiBelcourt In the underground maze from the Richmond-Adelaide Centre westward into Adelaide Place. Was the passage under York Street done in 1982 or 2017? Stairs up and down deter accessibility. (The Path, between Richmond-Adelaide Centre and Adelaide Place, Toronto) 20260218

Adelaide Courtyard: The etched glass windscreens of #StaceySpiegel (1991) Synthetic Eden have caught snow on another blowing day. Just east of Yonge Street, south of Adelaide Street, ground is clear with interlocking brick better at temperature near freezing (20 Victoria Street, Toronto) 20260218

Mandarin Restaurant Markham: Admiring the koi in the brief wait for seating for a Lunar New Year lunch. Dim sum items added to the buffet, my father enjoys the shrimp and roast beef. Much of the day taken driving for appointment downtown and back. (Woodbine Ave, Markham, Ontario) 20260217

Slides + web video of "Problematique Dialogue + Conversation as Process and Connection" from #SystemsThinking Ontario from 2026-02-09. sLab at OCAD University is evolving Banathy Conversation from residency to urban campus. Advance Call for Participation for May. coevolving.com/blogs/proble...

Stainless steel, aluminum, gold foil #RanbirSidhu (2025) Asteroid 3033 X1 had X mark on floor guiding attention to portal of vessel, inside crystalline geometry with 500 facets.  Sculpture emerged from counter-Copernican thinking, that Earth is not centre of the universe.  (Art Gallery of Ontario)

Art Gallery of Ontario: Low form jutting from wall #FayeHeavyshield (1995) Venus as Torpedo is metal frame draped with girls' and women's clothes, dyed ochre red. Restaging in (2025) added whispers of stories by women in English and Blackfoot, that I didn't notice.

Art Gallery of Ontario: View of one side of two back-to-back faces #DavidRubenPiqtoukun (2017) People of the Midnight Sun sculpture representing Inuit living in circumpolar north. Red hoop evokes midnight sun of the arctic summer months. Carved Brazilian soapstone, steel frame.

Art Gallery of Ontario: Feeling sad in the Blue Period, #PabloPicasso (1903) The Soup is oil on a small canvas. Ambiguous whether the child is giving soup to the woman, or receiving it. Part of the AGO collection, the archivists validated the painting over, x-ray outline of woman under bowl

Web video #SystemsThinking Ontario, Shareback (i) #DubaiFuturesForum, (ii) Anticipation in PolyCrises w #RielMiller, and (iii) #JailbreakingCanada w #CoryDoctorow. Reflections by #MarkhanHussain #RobertoPires #AnnaBarkhudarova #ZiyanHossain #AileenNandy mod #ZaidKhan wiki.st-on.org/2026-01-12

Onsite Gallery: Sometimes vibrating #IngridBachman (2012) Hung (Bestiary) is neoprene rubber with a motor, suspended on a nylon cord. Uncertain whether motion triggered by presence or clock. Part of the Becoming (in the light of the miracle) exhibition exploring emergent phenomena. (Toronto)

Onsite Gallery: Between steel framing studs, #AlyssaAlikpala (2024) Even When a Body is at Rest quietly pulses two LEDs on paper handmade from grass.  References chemical processes of catabolism + anabolism.  Part of the Metabolic Loop exhibition exploring natural and artificial environments.

Could Canada follow the lead of France in replacing the web conference software of Zoom and Teams with the project built on top of the open source LiveKit? Would this be the information age Canada Post? A de-shittification approach in the spirit of #CoryDoctorow? github.com/suitenumeriq...

Harbourfront Centre: Main entrance foyer #AmandaMcCavour (2022) Clouds of Colour sculpture overhead, of hand-formed wire and powder coating. Interest in embroidery expressed with lace-like patterns inspired by geometry and flora. Filter and light create an environment of moving light and shadow.

Gallery 235: Kimono of habotai silk #JennKitagawa (2024-2025) Half Hakujin handpainted plaid from matriarchical Scottish family's clan tartan with modern yakuta pattern. Canadian with disparate heritage living between cultures. Part of #DesignTO Traces group exhibition. (Harbourfront Centre)

Gallery 235: Wall sculpture #DennisLin (2026) Incense is 9000 partially burnt incense sticks gathered from temples across Taiwan.  Ceremony for wish an act of remembrance, resistance, when sovereignty, language, identity face geopolitical pressure.  @designto.bsky.social Traces (Harbourfront)

Gallery 235: Hanging clothing #MeenaChowdhury (2024) No Place LIke (No) Home is transforming garment, beside video of changes shirt to pants to jacket to dress. Experience of mother's displacement as places moving through her. Part of @designto.bsky.social Traces group exhibition. (Harbourfront)

Power Plant Gallery: On floor southeast room, #JeneedFreiNjootli (2024) May We All Know Sovereign Skies family images screen-printed with epoxy resin onto sheets of steel, ptarmigan feather and gizzard stones. Part of exhibition The Skies Closed Themselves When We Averted Our Gaze. (Toronto)

Minimal Toronto: TalkShow-room panel for @designto.bsky.social. #IlzeGodlevskis textile artist moderator; #NithikulNimkulrat, academic; #NicoleEngelmann, design director; #OlivierFuller, art collection management. Blurred boundaries of art, craft, design. Materials may age with time.

Minimal Toronto: Floor-to-ceiling #IlzeGodlevskis (2025) Silver Linings single felt sheet sliced and folded, plus silver leaf. Exhibition @designto.bsky.social on Contemporary Textile Art x Contemporary Design led by #NorthBalticaContemporaryArt. TalkShow-room in furniture store. (Toronto) 20260129

Minimal Toronto: On wall above eye level, #JacoboAlonso (2023) Into Another, and (2023) Isomorphism XI, both polyester felt laser-cut and sewed by hand. Exhibition @designto.bsky.social on Contemporary Textile Art x Contemporary Design led by North Baltica Contemporary Art. TalkShow-room.

Perfect Chinese Restaurant: Monday morning dim sum with usual meat choices on their side, and vegan choices on my side. Early before lunch, dishes came to table rapidly. Dad showed a good appetite, even tucking into the greens. (Scarborough, Ontario) 20260119

Web video of short presentation and panel on “Curriculum Design and Development" with a focus on "Bridging the AI Gap" at #HICSS-59. #SystemsThinking #DesignThinking #VisualThinking #ComputationalThinking coevolving.com/blogs/index....

OCADU Graduate Programs: In 7th floor office, sLab Reinvigoration meeting #12 planning event for May. Retitling Banathy Conversation retreats as Problematique Dialogues, reflecting scope of systems of interest 1983. Meeting next month will outline themes and consider invitees. (Toronto) 20260114

YVR:  Early morning connection on the way from OGG to YYZ. Towing tractor pulling an aircraft across the field, in the rain. Less than happy for flights scheduled from OGG at 11:25pm, ensuring bad sleep and jet lag. (YVR, Vancouver, BC) 20260112

Hampton Inn Maui North Shore:  Hotel historian blew conch shell and asked guests to join him at shore's edge at sunset. Ritual to toss petals towards the sea and say Mahalo Nui Loa to give gratitude for the day. Our last evening in Maui, we won't hear story the next day. (Kahului, Maui) 20260111

Lower Paia Park: Just west of centre of village, beach popular with local youth trying boogie boards and surfing. Easy to see big waves coming from distance, with gradual beach break resulting in foam and spilling. Quiet pause just a few minutes from bus stop 35 to Kahului. (Maui) 20260111

Paia Mantokuji: Bronze temple bell for Soto Zen Buddhist temple delivered in 1912. Head minister from Hiroshima Prefecture arrived in 1903, with temple constructed in 1907. Some gravestones in the cemetery are framed with metal pipes, to protect against sliding into the sea. (Maui) 20260111

Ku'au Bay Beach Park: Rode Haiku Islander 35 bus from Kahului to Ku-au Mart and walked back along Hana Highway. Discovered quiet northside beach with families relaxing on the sandy shore. After turning in rental car after 7 days, pedestrian 8th day more like a native. (Paia, Maui) 20260111

Maui Institute: Leisurely lunch of local cuisine, with poke, sweet potatoes, salad with macadamias, mango. Discussed systems sciences applied at local levels, reduced travel to international conferences. Insight into living upcountry in Maui for over 30 years. (Makawao, Maui) 20260110

Maui Institute: Picked up fallen mango from the tree, on tour around the farm. Fruit on property includes macademia, lemon, grapefruit, lichee, avocados, but breadfruit not in season. Dry conditions require registering for water rates, piping needed repair last year. (Makawao, Maui) 20260110

Hyatt Regency Maui: Keynote speaker @guykawasaki.bsky.social on Thriving in the Age of AI for #HICSS-59. Ten points, including (v) Ask What's Missing, be skeptical; (vi) Compare apple to apples, worst of AI vs worst of humanity. Jan 28 next book with Signal as essential, as messaging is not safe.

Hyatt Regency Maui: Keynote speaker #RamaAkkiraju, VP of Enterprise AI at NVIDIA, former IBM Fellow, From LLMs to Living Systems: Applying Systems Science to Agentic AI in the Enterprise at #HICSS-59. AI adoption is up, scaling is tough. New frontier from model-centric to systems-centric 20260107

Hyatt Regency Maui: Attending Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences first time #HICSS-59. Admiring birds in the Oriental Garden before sessions start. Had enjoyed 2 days of touring, family is sightseeing more without me. (Hyatt Regency Maui, Nohea Kai Drive, Lahaina) 20260106

Ke'anae Arboretum Trail: Rainbow Eucalyptus trees not so brilliant on a rainy day. Easy walk on mostly paved surface until fence into private taro fields. Small turnoff by the Road to Hana, low key preservation area. (Ke'anae Arboretum Trail, Hana Highway, Kula, Maui) 20250105

Ke'anae Point: About halfway on Road to Hana, black lava north shoreline receiving pounding surf on a windy, rainy Monday. Old taro-producing Hawaiian village was mostly destroyed in 1946 by a tsunami from an Alaska 8.4 earthquake. Church survived, homes were rebuilt. (Keanae Road, Haiku, Maui)

Twin Falls Little Ho’olawa:  Lower falls saw tour guide and 2 young adults jump swim across, ascend, and jump into pool, followed by two elders.  Water looked walkable halfway, then dropoff revealed depth sufficient for plunge.  (Hana Highway, Haiku, Maui) 20260105

Twin Falls Big Ho’olawa: Easy path to upper stream, overlooking a lower falls into a pool, and then a higher falls around the bend. Younger visitors might dare following the rocky riverbank upwards, downplaying warning signs on a rainy day. First stop on the Road to Hana. (Haiku, Maui) 20260105

Kepaniwai Heritage Park: Memorial to Sun Yat-Sen from descendants of older brother Sun Mei, Hawaii in 1871. Family began growing rice in Honolulu, moving to Kahului General Store in 1881, starting ranch in Keokea. Sponsored education of the future doctor. (Iao Valley Road, Wailuku, Maui) 20260104