LYNN KENNETH PECKNOLD
Twin Towers and 9/11 Reflections
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Recently, my eldest daughter and I had asix day visit (October 23-28, 2012) to New York City. The reason was that I had wanted to return tovisit Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, some old friends and fellow students. Ihad been accepted at Pratt on an MFA program starting about September 1,1968.My wife, Sandra and I made the journey some 44 years ago. Me, in order to study,and her, in order to take a Nursing Position at Downstate Medical Centre inBrooklyn. Perhaps our greatest creation at that time was our first daughter,Kara. We decided to return home to British Columbia after that year in order tohave the birth in B.C. And, so, Kara’s reason for the trip included our celebratingher birthday in NYC with some of our friends. Additionally, I wanted tointroduce Kara to a few of my former classmates.
In 2001, I was teaching Art at Mount Klitsa Junior SecondarySchool, In Port Alberni, British Columbia where I also held the position ofVice- Principal. It was on Tuesday,September 11 th of that year whenI awoke to start another teaching day at school when I heard on television of the World TradeCenter attacks. (Tuesday, September 11, 2001 8:46 am – 10:28 am ) . School wasin session that day for us. I recall being totally shocked and alarmed at whatI was witnessing on TV. I wept for those that were victims of the horrendousacts. I had journyed through that very area as a Pratt Art Student in 1968.
Prior to teaching that morning, I recall at that time pondering heavily about how to treatsuch an event as a teacher, and more specifically as an art teacher.
Shortly after that, I discovered in one of my Prattportfolios , a random photo which included the Twin Towers (Circa 1968) at TheWorld Trade Center that I had found in Higgins Hall, at Pratt Institute back in1968. I had been working for bursary as a Photographer in the graduateDepartment where I would shoot line and half-tone shots for Grad Studentsneeding them. I can only think that when I found out that I was to return toCanada sooner than expected, I must have put the photo in to my portfolio as astray. I’d like to find the original Photographer.
Now in Port Alberni, I decided that I could only tell mystory and then ask the students how they might handle handling a tragedy and insome form recording the memory of it. I used the Twin Towers Photo and a numberof activities to assist students in discussions and ideas before I assignedthem any tasks. Some of their work is currently on the Artsonia Website.
Twin Towers and 9/11 Reflections
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Recently, my eldest daughter and I had asix day visit (October 23-28, 2012) to New York City. The reason was that I had wanted to return tovisit Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, some old friends and fellow students. Ihad been accepted at Pratt on an MFA program starting about September 1,1968.My wife, Sandra and I made the journey some 44 years ago. Me, in order to study,and her, in order to take a Nursing Position at Downstate Medical Centre inBrooklyn. Perhaps our greatest creation at that time was our first daughter,Kara. We decided to return home to British Columbia after that year in order tohave the birth in B.C. And, so, Kara’s reason for the trip included our celebratingher birthday in NYC with some of our friends. Additionally, I wanted tointroduce Kara to a few of my former classmates.
In 2001, I was teaching Art at Mount Klitsa Junior SecondarySchool, In Port Alberni, British Columbia where I also held the position ofVice- Principal. It was on Tuesday,September 11 th of that year whenI awoke to start another teaching day at school when I heard on television of the World TradeCenter attacks. (Tuesday, September 11, 2001 8:46 am – 10:28 am ) . School wasin session that day for us. I recall being totally shocked and alarmed at whatI was witnessing on TV. I wept for those that were victims of the horrendousacts. I had journyed through that very area as a Pratt Art Student in 1968.
Prior to teaching that morning, I recall at that time pondering heavily about how to treatsuch an event as a teacher, and more specifically as an art teacher.
Shortly after that, I discovered in one of my Prattportfolios , a random photo which included the Twin Towers (Circa 1968) at TheWorld Trade Center that I had found in Higgins Hall, at Pratt Institute back in1968. I had been working for bursary as a Photographer in the graduateDepartment where I would shoot line and half-tone shots for Grad Studentsneeding them. I can only think that when I found out that I was to return toCanada sooner than expected, I must have put the photo in to my portfolio as astray. I’d like to find the original Photographer.
Now in Port Alberni, I decided that I could only tell mystory and then ask the students how they might handle handling a tragedy and insome form recording the memory of it. I used the Twin Towers Photo and a numberof activities to assist students in discussions and ideas before I assignedthem any tasks. Some of their work is currently on the Artsonia Website.
Student Work on this topic with Anonymous Identity from 2001 can be viewed on Artsonia Website at:
Slide Show of 20 Works - http://www.artsonia.com/museum/slideshow.asp?exhibit=10082
Individual Works Viewed at - http://www.artsonia.com/museum/gallery.asp?exhibit=10082
Slide Show of 20 Works - http://www.artsonia.com/museum/slideshow.asp?exhibit=10082
Individual Works Viewed at - http://www.artsonia.com/museum/gallery.asp?exhibit=10082
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