I recall a comedy routine by the late Flip Wilson who claimed he was approached by a local bully who demanded to know what was on the piece of paper that Flip was holding. After a little back and forth, Wilson said it was a list of the people he could whip. The bully wanted to know if he was on the list. Flip refused to tell him but, after another agitated back and forth, Flip threatened to take the bully's name off the list. (It was Flip's delivery that made it funny: style was very much in the service of substance).
But this is not that kind of list.
Rather, it is the result of me reflecting upon sources of first-hand support that encouraged and influenced my inventive impulses as well as my goals and interests as an educator.
On the list are family, friends, peers, employers and students. Apart from family, I may owe most to the students as I am sure that being around bright, young creative minds is what helped me stay productive.
When I mentioned to Gill that I planned to assemble this list, she asked me if I was preparing for my life to flash before my eyes and pointed me towards a recent news item that she thought I would appreciate. I read it and must admit that it is interesting and more than a little provocative:
A Replay of Life: What Happens in Our Brain when we Die.
But brain activity notwithstanding, this page is just me indulging in a little nostalgia and acknowledging that nothing I have thought or made has been produced in a vacuum.
The list - people that I know or have known personally and to whom I am most grateful - is in roughly chronological order and has been expanding as my memory permits.
But this is not that kind of list.
Rather, it is the result of me reflecting upon sources of first-hand support that encouraged and influenced my inventive impulses as well as my goals and interests as an educator.
On the list are family, friends, peers, employers and students. Apart from family, I may owe most to the students as I am sure that being around bright, young creative minds is what helped me stay productive.
When I mentioned to Gill that I planned to assemble this list, she asked me if I was preparing for my life to flash before my eyes and pointed me towards a recent news item that she thought I would appreciate. I read it and must admit that it is interesting and more than a little provocative:
A Replay of Life: What Happens in Our Brain when we Die.
But brain activity notwithstanding, this page is just me indulging in a little nostalgia and acknowledging that nothing I have thought or made has been produced in a vacuum.
The list - people that I know or have known personally and to whom I am most grateful - is in roughly chronological order and has been expanding as my memory permits.
In psychology, a significant other is any person who has
importance to an individual's life or well-being. In sociology,
it describes any person or persons with a strong (for me, 'positive') influence on an individual's self-concept.
importance to an individual's life or well-being. In sociology,
it describes any person or persons with a strong (for me, 'positive') influence on an individual's self-concept.
my significant others
John Joseph Maycock, Hannah Maycock, John Maycock,
Marion Maycock, Lynn Maycock, Jill Maycock, Francis Cammaerts,
Terrence Eugene Burns, Patricia Burns, George Partridge, Reginald Fox,
John Harris, Peter Loades, Phyllis Loades, John Loades, Stephen Bierne,
Roger Wheeler, Clifford Ellis, Rosemary Ellis, Richard Morling, Joe Hope,
Robyn Denny, Gillian Ayres, Andrew Wilson, Natalie Dower, Adrian Heath, Edward Malins, Derek Pope, Jasper Jewett, Eric Berry,
Salima Faiz, Michael Penny, John Lewis, Gillian Clarke, Paul Sproll,
Robert Clarke, Gwendoline Clarke, Peter Cunningham, Shannon Clarke, Jim Green, William Hickton, Charlie Gough, David Tuohy, David Bromilow,
Graham Searle, Peter Cheney, Stephen Williams, Christopher Keegan, Christopher Watt, John Shield, Leslie Welch, Derek Welch,
Benedict Maycock, Robert Kenyon, Raymond Robinson, Paddy O’Brien, Clare Bice, Anne Garwood, Philip Fry, Robert Bozak, Ethel O'Neil,
Paterson Ewen, Ceridwen Maycock, David Gordon, Steve Parzybok,
Dawn Johnson, Don Bonham, Douglas Kirton, Shirley Kirton,
Maurice Stubbs, Jim Gibson, Robert Ihrig, Vivian Bangs,
Michael Couchie, Fran Baldessaro, Nancy O’Rourke, Ford Colyer,
Jane Agnew, Dennis Geden,,Jane Perry, Michael DeMoree, Joyce Edwards, Peeter Sepp, Dianne Ferris, Walter Sunahara,
Patricia Stamp, Lloyd Stamp, Lilian Thalheimer, Win Nicholson,
David Bygrave, Aiden Bygrave, David York, Ella Mae York, Nicholas Webb, Linda Hodgins, Harold Pearce, Kristen-Scholfield-Sweet,
Garry Neill Kennedy, Jane Kennedy, Ronald Hobbs,
Sarah Bygrave,,Vaughan Dai Rees, Laura McGough, Leo-Paul Cyr,
Douglas Porter, Daniel Potvin, Paul White, Joann Reynolds,
Scott MacDougall, Caroline Jackson, Andy Dowden, Carole Leclerc,
Saul Becker, Jane Harmon, Shawn Jackson, Natalie Waldberger,
Alvin Comiter, Sonia Chow, Stephanie Smith, Edward Porter, Cal Lane, Smartex Tambala, Heather Burgess, Christopher Lloyd, Jolanta Lapiak,
Daniel Hutchinson, Caroline Holder, Robert Rogers,
Caroline, Jackson, Kenneth Harrison, Aimee Henny Brown,
Susan Wood, Ray Cooper, Frances Dorsey, Norman Cooper,
Amanda Burk, Raymond Klein, Patti Devlin, Robert Geraghty,
Susan Gibson-Garvey, Fred McFadzen, Jane Milton, William Withrow,
Geniva Liu, Maxwell Bates, Jennifer Budney, Matt Brown,
Sharon Murray, Kenneth Honeychurch, Gillian Collyer,
Robyn Robertson, Lorraine Field, Jay Rutherford, Kathleen Flannagan,
Melodie Hueber, Jeff Wry, Glynis Humphrey, Jack Wong, Patty O'Toole,
Linda Hutchison, Ken Lamb, Jenny Yujia Shi, Sandy Graham,
Dana Silwaldi, Tianjie Yang, Raghed Charabaty, Wilma Needham,
Peter Dykhuis, Jennifer Marlow, William Bates, Christine Holzer-Hunt,
Lee Cripps, Tim Fedak, Valentina Giacomelli, John Christie, Jenna Marks,
Ryan Jose, Ruby Maycock, Mathew Reichertz, Maria Wamboldt,
Michael Fuller, Bonnie MacDermott, Graham MacDermott,,
Sadie Maycock.,
Marion Maycock, Lynn Maycock, Jill Maycock, Francis Cammaerts,
Terrence Eugene Burns, Patricia Burns, George Partridge, Reginald Fox,
John Harris, Peter Loades, Phyllis Loades, John Loades, Stephen Bierne,
Roger Wheeler, Clifford Ellis, Rosemary Ellis, Richard Morling, Joe Hope,
Robyn Denny, Gillian Ayres, Andrew Wilson, Natalie Dower, Adrian Heath, Edward Malins, Derek Pope, Jasper Jewett, Eric Berry,
Salima Faiz, Michael Penny, John Lewis, Gillian Clarke, Paul Sproll,
Robert Clarke, Gwendoline Clarke, Peter Cunningham, Shannon Clarke, Jim Green, William Hickton, Charlie Gough, David Tuohy, David Bromilow,
Graham Searle, Peter Cheney, Stephen Williams, Christopher Keegan, Christopher Watt, John Shield, Leslie Welch, Derek Welch,
Benedict Maycock, Robert Kenyon, Raymond Robinson, Paddy O’Brien, Clare Bice, Anne Garwood, Philip Fry, Robert Bozak, Ethel O'Neil,
Paterson Ewen, Ceridwen Maycock, David Gordon, Steve Parzybok,
Dawn Johnson, Don Bonham, Douglas Kirton, Shirley Kirton,
Maurice Stubbs, Jim Gibson, Robert Ihrig, Vivian Bangs,
Michael Couchie, Fran Baldessaro, Nancy O’Rourke, Ford Colyer,
Jane Agnew, Dennis Geden,,Jane Perry, Michael DeMoree, Joyce Edwards, Peeter Sepp, Dianne Ferris, Walter Sunahara,
Patricia Stamp, Lloyd Stamp, Lilian Thalheimer, Win Nicholson,
David Bygrave, Aiden Bygrave, David York, Ella Mae York, Nicholas Webb, Linda Hodgins, Harold Pearce, Kristen-Scholfield-Sweet,
Garry Neill Kennedy, Jane Kennedy, Ronald Hobbs,
Sarah Bygrave,,Vaughan Dai Rees, Laura McGough, Leo-Paul Cyr,
Douglas Porter, Daniel Potvin, Paul White, Joann Reynolds,
Scott MacDougall, Caroline Jackson, Andy Dowden, Carole Leclerc,
Saul Becker, Jane Harmon, Shawn Jackson, Natalie Waldberger,
Alvin Comiter, Sonia Chow, Stephanie Smith, Edward Porter, Cal Lane, Smartex Tambala, Heather Burgess, Christopher Lloyd, Jolanta Lapiak,
Daniel Hutchinson, Caroline Holder, Robert Rogers,
Caroline, Jackson, Kenneth Harrison, Aimee Henny Brown,
Susan Wood, Ray Cooper, Frances Dorsey, Norman Cooper,
Amanda Burk, Raymond Klein, Patti Devlin, Robert Geraghty,
Susan Gibson-Garvey, Fred McFadzen, Jane Milton, William Withrow,
Geniva Liu, Maxwell Bates, Jennifer Budney, Matt Brown,
Sharon Murray, Kenneth Honeychurch, Gillian Collyer,
Robyn Robertson, Lorraine Field, Jay Rutherford, Kathleen Flannagan,
Melodie Hueber, Jeff Wry, Glynis Humphrey, Jack Wong, Patty O'Toole,
Linda Hutchison, Ken Lamb, Jenny Yujia Shi, Sandy Graham,
Dana Silwaldi, Tianjie Yang, Raghed Charabaty, Wilma Needham,
Peter Dykhuis, Jennifer Marlow, William Bates, Christine Holzer-Hunt,
Lee Cripps, Tim Fedak, Valentina Giacomelli, John Christie, Jenna Marks,
Ryan Jose, Ruby Maycock, Mathew Reichertz, Maria Wamboldt,
Michael Fuller, Bonnie MacDermott, Graham MacDermott,,
Sadie Maycock.,