Poem written on the fly while bussing into work at 6:15am. The early starts are rough in Winter, but the warmth felt when working with and for the children as an Early Years Educator makes it totally worth it. "Spring in Winter" Before th
Meanwhile… 044 I struggle with the whole formalities that surround smiling, something that I’ve mentioned before in this series in the context of being Autistic, but I also struggle with it as someone who suffers from depression. For a
Meanwhile… 043 This instalment is simply a reflection on mortality. No one’s light is ever truly diminished, even when the candle that their life is is blown out. What that light becomes and where it goes… that’s not for me
Bones rattle down deep where they never can sleep and my eyes, long dry, from the vigil they keep ain't ever gonna cry, should they lose the sky, amidst the wash of angry rain as it sympathises... -::-::-::- brettjcole.com instagram.com/brettjcole
And thoughts so small do greatly ripple 'til waves strike fervently at rocks. And startled, like gulls, words like optimism or hope fly ever farther from my eye. Like a child on the shore, toes itching with sand's embrace, my heart cries, "Co
🦄 'The free-thinkers of the world -' 🦖 'Wait! There's only three?' 🦄 'No, what I meant was -' 🦖 'Well, you can chalk that up to four now, because I'm on the case!' 🦄 'Forget it.' 🦖 'No time for that! Thinking!' -::-::-::- brettjcole.com
"Wherenever" - a new novel I'm working on, and a design of one of the prominent characters known as The Wood. ~~ The beginning ~~ Some stories are best… left. Left untold. Left unwritten. Left behind. But even so, if these stori
Weekend deep-dive into ye olde art journals... A sausage having a very bad day, as most sausages are destined to do. Pencils on paper. -::-::-::- brettjcole.com instagram.com/brettjcole twitter.com/brettjcole facebook.com/brettjcole brettjcole.tum
Weekend deep-dive into ye olde art journals... Pen and ink on paper. -::-::-::- brettjcole.com instagram.com/brettjcole twitter.com/brettjcole facebook.com/brettjcole brettjcole.tumblr.com Merch Available at Redbubble bit.ly/BJC-Redbubble #brettj
Weekend deep-dive into ye olde art journals... "And of dirt, HE made us, salting our hearts so that no thing would thrive in that soil, so that we might do the things that HE could not. And when HE saw how barren we were, HE wept, while our hear
Weekend deep-dive into ye olde art journals... Ink sketch of some demon... I guess. *shrugs* -::-::-::- brettjcole.com instagram.com/brettjcole twitter.com/brettjcole facebook.com/brettjcole brettjcole.tumblr.com Merch Available at Redbubble bit.l
Weekend deep-dive into ye olde art journals... Pen sketch for an illustrated book idea, based on a song I wrote about an old alcoholic - otherwise known as the me I was once destined to become before I actually began to like myself. "Spent my li
Weekend deep-dive into ye olde art journals... Pencil illustration of a paper fox. -::-::-::- brettjcole.com instagram.com/brettjcole twitter.com/brettjcole facebook.com/brettjcole brettjcole.tumblr.com Merch Available at Redbubble bit.ly/BJC-Redb
Weekend deep-dive into ye olde art journals... "It's not a question of if you'll fall, it's if you'll ever land..." -::-::-::- brettjcole.com instagram.com/brettjcole twitter.com/brettjcole facebook.com/brettjcole brettjcole.tumblr.com M
Weekend deep-dive into ye olde art journals... Pen and pencil on paper. A zombie, hey? -::-::-::- brettjcole.com instagram.com/brettjcole twitter.com/brettjcole facebook.com/brettjcole brettjcole.tumblr.com Merch Available at Redbubble bit.ly/BJC-
Weekend deep-dive into ye olde art journals... Pen on paper. Poor ol' fish and silly umbrella. -::-::-::- brettjcole.com instagram.com/brettjcole twitter.com/brettjcole facebook.com/brettjcole brettjcole.tumblr.com Merch Available at Redbubble bit
Weekend deep-dive into ye olde art journals... Pencil sketch. "Don't Worry, I Got This". -::-::-::- brettjcole.com instagram.com/brettjcole twitter.com/brettjcole facebook.com/brettjcole brettjcole.tumblr.com Merch Available at Redbubbl
Woke up to this cheeky misguided scamp falling down my chimney, lol He couldn't go back up, so I had to tear off the metal sheet that had sealed it up and let him out via my bedroom, a "pitstop" that lasted 35 minutes and included a toilet
In Early Years Education, always try to remember that children are not PLAYING in our work space... Instead, it is us who are working in their PLAY SPACE. Children learn through play, don't let your "work" get in the way of that - there's
In EVERY interaction you have with children in an Early Years setting, be it Long Day Care, Kinder and even in parenting… Ask yourself if you'd speak or act in that same manner to an adult. If you'd cringe seeing any of your actions carried