https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/public/ recent bookmarks from robertogreco 2026-05-13T06:55:58+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt15iNgvNsw robertogreco middlebrowpodcast katewagner mcmansionhell 2026 architecture mcmansions criticism us 1980s 1990s postmodernism charlesjencks autodidactism autodidacts taste edgarwright politics inequality economics policy suburbia suburbs conspicuousconsumption fandoms fandom buildings fascism fascistarchitecture fascistaesthetics donaldtrump latefascistaesthetics opera runningman society vernaculararchitecture danrosen brianpark oil wealthinequality oman serbia construction realestate wealth luxury dubai dubaichocolate labubus power ideology magaface castledoctrine utah florida environment bjarkeingels thomasheatherwick autocad frankgehry technology robotics smartcities design adaptivereuse materials shippingcontainers césarpelli adaptation domination architects housing aoscott fans reading howweread writing film movies music tuckercarlson italianfuturists italianfuturism nazis ai artificialintelligence llms education https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:1f03111ec4f6/ 2026-04-05T07:41:52+00:00 https://cosmosmalick.net/2026/04/02/learning-on-the-job.html robertogreco terrencemalick alanjacobs film filmmaking autodidactism autodidacts howwelearn education 2026 paulschrader davidlynch americanfilminstituteconservatory https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:5dce0c8f6b94/ 2026-04-05T07:40:30+00:00 https://cosmosmalick.net/ robertogreco terrencemalick alanjacobs film filmmaking autodidactism autodidacts https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:caf6f2d3ef1c/ 2026-03-23T04:06:14+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDsUzPHJ7cE robertogreco wongkar-wai christopherdoyle 2026 film filmmaking experience autodidactism autodidacts collaboration aesthetics intthemoodforlove chungkingexpress fallenangels storytelling environment photography cinema hongkong visuals visual color intution experimentation visuallanguage cinematography developingtank https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:22c29955d6fd/ 2025-05-18T04:54:32+00:00 https://watchesbysjx.com/2017/09/introducing-logan-kuan-rao-a-21-year-old-chinese-independent-watchmaker.html robertogreco logankuanrao 2017 watches watchmaking china autodidactism autodidacts self-taught georgedaniels guangdong engineering cnc guangzhou https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:d58914fb5155/ 2025-05-18T04:50:31+00:00 https://wristcheck.com/us/discover/wristchat/meet-engineer-turned-watchmaker-logan-kuan-rao-making-waves-in-the-high-end-chinese-indie-scene robertogreco. From this, I got the idea to turn movement bridges into the image of an orca: capturing its leaping posture above the ocean’s surface using real waves. In so doing, my aspiration is to go beyond the conventional perception of watch movement finishing (in which techniques like Geneva striping are regarded as an act of pure decorative artistry). My own vision revolves around the harmonious fusion of aesthetics and symbolism; so that these finishing techniques shall be endowed with a distinctive narrative. [image: "Now discarded, here are three orca bridges in their respective bevelling stages (just machined, just carved, just polished)"] Tell us more about the process of setting up your own watchmaking studio. As somebody who is wholly self-taught, what are the big challenges of putting together and then managing such a space? At first my workshop was situated in Kunming (Yunnan, China) - in a vacant space that my parents rented to me. I’ve now moved the operation to Guangzhou. In and of itself, the setting up of a watchmaking studio doesn’t present a lot of insurmountable difficulties. But what it does demand is an unquenchable thirst for knowledge and a mindset of resiliency that welcomes the prospect of errors. Independent watchmaking is by no means a conventional occupation: you’re often confronted by issues too niche to have readily apparent solutions. For instance: how do you purchase and operate equipment? How do you manage tool modification and maintenance? Definitive solutions to such intricate dilemmas are elusive. Consequently, a willingness to embrace failure and accommodate the unforeseen are integral aspects of the journey. [image] Besides the Orca - which is a design you’re very well-known for - what can you tell us about the ‘Iceberg’ watch that uses your novel ‘equal push’ escapement? The ‘equal push’ embodies my endeavour to improve existing traditional escapement systems. Rather than an idealised mathematical problem, escapements are beset by real-world engineering challenges. As such, my exploration of the ‘equal push’ remains a work in progress. Shifting to other horological facets, my latest upcoming creation is called the Wuwei <无为>: a watch which embodies the philosophical concept of the same name rooted in Taoism. In today’s watch industry, there is an excessive emphasis on intricate finishing, ‘world-first’ mechanisms and unheard of materials. With the Wuwei, I seek to convey that even without these deliberate intricacies, a watch movement can still hold beauty. My aim is to do this by accentuating the depth of view in the Wuwei movement: focusing specifically on the contours and harmonious proportion of its plates and bridges. [image: "Logan Kuan Rao’s latest upcoming creation is called the Wuwei <无为>, a watch which embodies the philosophical concept of the same name rooted in Taoism"] You’ve spoken beforehand on social media about the importance of adopting an attitude of “anti-specialization”. In your view, why is it so important for up-and-coming independent watchmakers to try their hand at all aspects of production? I’d like to start by emphasizing that collaborative specialization stands as the most efficient, cost-effective way of manufacturing a product in the 21st century. This involves dedicated individuals working on components separately; before then assembling together. This approach is employed in the production of most goods in our modern society. Conversely, independent craftsmanship is not driven by the pursuit of utmost economic gain - one could even argue that it’s completely inefficient! However, by embracing anti-specialization, independent watchmaking offers a unique proposition. The watchmaker is granted an unparalleled degree of control over the production process, allowing a holistic and deeper comprehension of design principles. Additionally, there are also the [well-documented] romantic and artisanal aspects to consider. [image: "The Iceberg movement"] For the period between 2023-2024, our understanding is that you intend to make a strict quantity of 20 watches? How did you decide on this particular figure? It’s a rough estimate based on the level of efficiency that I was able to achieve whilst making the Orca: approximately 20 watches over a two-year period, averaging about 10 watches annually. I note that this rate falls slightly below my total capacity: as I’ve intentionally set aside some time to be dedicated to the development of new designs. As a collector of historic watch movements from different European brands, are there any individuals or specific mechanical calibres that have influenced your own horological style? Not dissimilar to how writers learn through the literature of their peers, or composers find inspiration in the work of fellow musicians; a watchmaker may derive immense satisfaction from immersing themselves in masterpieces crafted by their counterparts. As such, my collection includes pieces which not only spark creativity but that also resonate with me. Nowadays even though I exclusively wear watches of my own making, I’ve found that I do maintain the hobby of collecting historic pocketwatch and wristwatch movements. Swiss movements aren’t actually all that numerous - accounting for less than half of my collection. Overall, I have a greater fondness for French pocket watch movements, as they possess a larger variety and (in my view) more charm. As for horological heroes: mine are Jean-Antoine Lépine and Abraham-Louis Breguet. Despite being masters of mechanical engineering, they perceived watches to be art objects more than timing instruments. I find myself exhibiting similar thinking. In light of your continued engagement online and in the forums, how would you say the tastes of indie watch collectors in Greater China have changed in the past 5-6 years? I’d say that the character of independent watch collectors is as diverse as independent watchmakers themselves - each collector being absolutely unique. More than nationality, the variance you get between each individual feels significant. Broadly speaking however, it appears to me that collectors of independents in China tend to maintain a relatively discrete profile. There are a number of people who possess extensive and diverse watch collections ; yet they choose not to exhibit this on the internet. Editor's note: Logan has provided all the visuals, including the hero image, for this story"]]> logankuanrao 2023 watches watchmaking self-taught china taoism shipoftheseus randylai autodidactism autodidacts guangzhou materials theseus horology materialsscience howwelearn design engineering aesthetics symbolism yunnan kunming generalists specialization craft craftsmanship efficiency inefficiency artisans artisanal pocketwatches abraham-louisbreguet jean-antoinelépine daoism https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:eac04fc50776/ 2025-05-18T04:47:30+00:00 https://www.lkrwatches.com/ robertogreco logankuanrao watches watchmaking china self-taught autodidacts autodidactism https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:e9a3d25032cf/ 2025-05-17T18:49:35+00:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5kRdkKgiyo robertogrecologankuanrao watches watchmaking 2025 china materials watchcanon autodidactism autodidacts self-taught georgedaniels opensource swisswatchgange patents 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https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:8f1a66a95bde/ 2020-02-11T21:03:56+00:00 https://lithub.com/david-epstein-on-the-genius-of-the-self-taught-musician/ robertogrecoautodidacts music amateurism autodidacticism davidepstein 2019 djangoreinherdt davebrubeck jackcecchini howwelearn learning unschooling deschooling improvisation creativity self-directed self-directedlearning attention inhibition self-censoring informallearning context children shinichisuzuki suzukimethod musicinstruction instruction teaching howweteach training rules adamgrant tigermoms range johnnysmith dukeellington autodidactism amateurs https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:19fc25b4d108/ 2019-11-28T20:38:52+00:00 https://www.e-flux.com/architecture/superhumanity/68717/spaces-of-the-learning-self/ robertogreco tomholert ivanillich deschooling unschooling deschoolingsociety leisure education economics individualism californianideology teachingmachines edtech technology automation autodidacts responsibility neoliberalism personalization commodification pedagogy howweteach howwelearn learning teaching simvanderryn ruthlakofski didiereribon self-directed self-directedlearning openstudioproject lcproject informallearning formal networkedlearning collaboration collectivism instructionaldesign projectbasedlearning neuroscience lifelonglearning michelfoucault pierrebourdieu annieernaux raymondwilliams chantaljaquet self-invention ruthlakosfski mobile mobility cybernetics 1968 1969 anthonyvidler mikekelley environment howardsingerman autonomy chrisabel jerrybrown california robertsommer antfarm archigram psychology participatory michaelwebb architecture design society networks esaleninstitute unesco philosophy educationalphilosophy foucault autodidactism https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:b872b657951a/ 2018-08-15T17:01:09+00:00 http://scratchingthesurface.fm/post/177011550585/88-dan-hill robertogreco jarrettfuller danhill 2018 scratchingthesurface 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2018-06-03T03:41:07+00:00 https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/film/red-bull-arts-new-york-produces-rammellzee-it-s-not-who-but-what-examining-the-groundbreaking-artist/ robertogreco rammellzee via:subtopes nyc history art music 1970s artists video basquiat afrofuturism jimjarmusch charlieahearn gothicfuturism autodidacts polymaths jean-michelbasquiat middleages illuminatedmanuscripts streetart graffiti edg costumes performance glvo autodidactism https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:ecb3db015263/ 2018-02-26T04:38:42+00:00 https://45minuteradiohour.libsyn.com/52-john-michael-greer-in-the-polymath-druidry-storytelling-the-history-of-the-occult robertogreco 2017 johnmichaelgreer druidry craft druids polymaths autodidacts learning occulture occult ryanpeverly celts druidrevival history spirituality thedivine nature belief dogma animism practice life living myths mythology stories storytelling wisdom writing howwewrite editing writersblock criticism writer'sblock self-criticism creativity schools schooling television tv coelbrenalphabet 1980s ronaldreagan sustainability environment us politics lies margaretthatcher oraltradition books reading howweread howwelearn unschooling deschooling facetime social socializing cardgames humans human humanism work labor boredom economics society suffering misery trapped progress socialmedia computing smarthphones bullshitjobs shinto talismans amulets sex christianity religion atheism scientism mainstream counterculture magic materialism enlightenment delusion judgement contemplation imitation fundamentalism hate knowledge boardgames autodidactism https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:3c856aa4cd42/ 2018-02-23T18:44:37+00:00 http://www.selftaughtmovie.com/ robertogreco self-directed self-directedlearning unschooling learning howwelearn documentary film towatch jeremystuart motivation life living deschooling education autodidacts autodidactism https://pinboard.in/ 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irrelevance kenlum criticalcare care communitybuilding ronscapp artworld sociallyendgagedart society design context carnegiemellon social respect nilsnorman socialpracticeart cityasclassroom student-centered listening love markdion competition collaboration co https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:d981ce500b8f/ 2014-09-10T04:08:51+00:00 http://abscond.org/2014/09/09/berg.html robertogreco berg berglondon autodidacts srg experience learningbydoing jamesdarling 2014 design howwework tcsnmy families workenvironments teams respect groups howwlearn learning mattwebb emotions feelings culture workculture creativity autodidactism https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:55d5f09ce0bf/ 2014-07-30T19:02:32+00:00 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/denise-levertov robertogreco deniseleverton poetry writing writers autodidacts unschooling deschooling blackmountaincollege blackmountainpoets robertcreeley charlesolson robertduncan cidcorman projectivism bmc rilke rainermariarilke autodidactism https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:e5f1e7d4a498/ 2014-07-28T22:43:31+00:00 https://www.academia.edu/7380841/_Fleeting_pockets_of_anarchy_Streetwork._The_exploding_school robertogrecothis city is the only one you’ll ever have and you’ve got to make the best of it. On the other hand, if you want to make the best of it, you’ve got to be able to criticize it and change it and circumvent it . . . Instead of bringing imitation bits of the city into a school building, let’s go at our own pace and get out among the real things. What I envisage is gangs of half a dozen starting at nine or ten years old, roving the Empire City (NY) with a shepherd empowered to protect them, and accumulating experiences tempered to their powers . . . In order to acquire and preserve a habit of freedom, a kid must learn to circumvent it and sabotage it at any needful point as occasion arises . . . if you persist in honest service, you will soon be engaging in sabotage. Inspired by such envisaged possibilities, Ward came to his own view of anarchism, childhood and education. Sabotage was a function of the transformational nature of education when inculcated by the essential elements of critical pedagogy. In this sense, anarchism was not some future utopian state arrived at through a once-and-for-all, transformative act of revolution; it was rather a present-tense thing, always-already “there” as a thread of social life, subversive by its very nature – one of inhabiting pockets of resistance, questioning, obstructing; its existence traceable through attentive analysis of its myriad ways and forms. Colin Ward was a classic autodidact who sought connections between fields of knowledge around which academic fences are too often constructed. At the heart of his many enthusiasms was an interest in the meaning and making of space and place, as sites for creativity and learning." … "Fleeting pockets of anarchy and spaces of educational opportunity The historian of childhood John Gillis has borrowed the notion of the “islanding of children” from Helgar and Hartmut Zeiher as a metaphor to describe how contemporary children relate, or do not relate, to the urban environments that they experience in growing up. Gillis quotes the geographer David Harvey, who has noted that children could even be seen to inhabit islands within islands, while “the internal spatial ordering of the island strictly regulates and controls the possibility of social change and history”. This could so easily be describing the modern school. According to Gillis, “archipelagoes of children provide a reassuring image of stasis for mainlands of adults anxious about change”. Since the publication of Streetwork, the islanding of childhood has increased, not diminished. Children move – or, more accurately, are moved – from place to place, travelling for the most part sealed within cars. This prevents them encountering the relationships between time and space that Ward believed essential for them to be able to embark on the creation of those fleeting pockets of anarchy that were educational, at least in the urban environment. Meanwhile, the idea of environmental education has lost the urban edge realised fleetingly by Ward and Fyson during the1970s. Environmental education has become closely associated with nature and the values associated with natural elements and forces If the curriculum of the school has become an island, we might in a sense begin to see the laptop or iPad as the latest islanding, or at least fragmenting, device. Ward and Fyson understood the importance of marginal in-between spaces in social life,where they believed creative flourishing was more likely to occur than in the sanctioned institution central spaces reflecting and representing state authority. This was, they thought, inevitable and linked to play, part of what it was to be a child. The teacher’s job was to manage that flourishing as well as possible, by responding to the opportunities continually offered in the marginal spaces between subjects in the curriculum and between school and village, city or town. They believed that such spaces offered educational opportunities that, if enabled to flourish through the suggested pedagogy of Streetwork and the implications of the exploding school, might enrich lives and environments across the generations. It was in the overlooked or apparently uninteresting spaces of the urban environment that teachers, with encouragement, might find a rich curriculum. Today, we might observe such “fleeting pockets of anarchy” in the in-between spaces of social media, which offer as yet unimagined opportunities and challenges for educational planners to expand the parameters of school and continue to define environmental education as radical social and urban practice."]]> colinward cityasclassroom anarchism tonyfyson streetwork 2014 catherineburke education unschooling deschooling 1970s society theexplodingschool children socialnetworking pedagogy johngillis urban urbanism islanding parenting experience agesegregation safety anarchy sabotage subversion autodidacts autodidacticism criticalpedagogy childhood learning paulgoodman freedom interdisciplinary transdisciplinary cities resistance questioning obstructing obstruction revolution lewismumford ivanillich peterkropotkin patrickgeddes autodidactism living seeing nationalism separatism johnholt youth adolescence everyday observation participatory enironmentaleducation experientiallearning place schools community communities context bobbray discovery discoverylearning hamescallaghan blackpapers teaching kenjones radicalism conformity control restrictions law legal culture government policy spontaneity planning situationist cocreation place-basededucation place-basedlearning place-based place-basedpedagogy land-basedlearning lan https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:f1e8c033ddc5/ 2014-06-22T07:38:09+00:00 http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/ausland/europa/More-punk-less-hell/story/10069405 robertogreco jóngnarr iceland 2014 punk politics anarchism democracy ephemeral pop-ups taoteching wewei bestparty agnosticism dropouts unschooling deschooling politicians surrealism comedy catholicism belief religion hierarchy hierarchies autodidacts reading self-education reykjavík ephemerality autodidactism https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:111e971cd626/ 2014-06-20T20:43:53+00:00 https://plus.google.com/events/c67c9rk920s1rd3invjtd4assf4 robertogreco 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https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:4fd219bbbc80/ 2014-01-03T23:14:01+00:00 http://ordinary-gentlemen.com/blog/2013/10/31/why-i-didnt-go-to-grad-school-the-second-time robertogreco education davidryan via:kio learning doing glvo edg srg gradschool unschooling deschooling autodidacts credentials academia making 2013 selfeducation autodidactism https://pinboard.in/ https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:34fcd9931e62/ 2013-11-20T15:09:03+00:00 https://vimeo.com/56703253 robertogreco matthern unschooling deschooling ivanillich danielgrego publischools education youth learning life living urbanism compulsory compulsoryschooling variety diversity history prussia power statepower anarchism 2005 schools schooling schooliness deschoolingsociety centralization napoleon williamgodwin industrialization horacemann tolstoy yasnayapolyana children criminalization schooltoprisonpipeline teaching humans inquiry inquiry-basedlearning experience pedagogy howweteach revelation relationships autodidacts 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https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:d00f81f0ce9a/ 2012-12-31T04:14:06+00:00 http://www.kiostark.com/archives/dont-go-back-to-school/massive-open-online-classes-are-getting-it-wrong/ robertogreco udacity mitx coursera learningcommunities communitites autodidactism autodidacts independentlearning education cv tcsnmy community self-directedlearning deschooling unschooling linearity linearthinking learning mooc moocs 2012 kiostark autodidacticism linear https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:d94b4bcca558/ 2012-12-01T06:59:48+00:00 http://doriantaylor.com/generation-liminal robertogreco interstitialgenerations interstitialspaces generations sweetspot millenials invention making autodidacts generationx geny genx 2012 doriantaylor interstitial generationy millennials autodidactism inbetween inbetweenness betweenness between https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:bf532bd88a5d/ 2012-11-24T19:52:54+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/nov/24/nassim-taleb-antifragile-finance-interview 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2012-08-31T23:32:01+00:00 http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/25/1123973/-A-Blue-Collar-Girl-in-a-White-Collar-World robertogreco higheredbubble highereducation highered whitecollar bluecollar howwelearn lifeskills colleges glvo edg srg universities careers autodidactism autodidacts life work 2012 emmazale education learning unschooling autodidacticism https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:d626617db3c9/ 2012-08-01T23:50:52+00:00 http://www.believermag.com/issues/200910/?read=interview_varda robertogreco via:litherland interviews 2012 learning autodidacts autodidactism deschooling unschooling education filmmaking film autodidacticism agnèsvarda https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:23c8066c63e1/ 2012-03-05T09:05:29+00:00 http://www.olpcnews.com/people/negroponte/nicholas_negroponte_talks_aboub_learning_by_yourselves.html robertogreco education learning deschooling unschooling learningbyyourselves readbyyourself tablets newconstructionism constructionism connectivity nocostconnectivity 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2011-08-11T06:23:53+00:00 http://www.downes.ca/post/56021?author=Stephen%20Downes robertogreco Still, recognizing that it would be helpful were my advice offered in one place, I offer a compilation of my popular & useful work: Access :: Future Practical Advice on How to Learn and What to Learn an e-book by Stephen Downes http://www.downes.ca/files/AccessFuture.pdf This is just one book. I also have a ton of other material on really practical hands-on stuff…which I'll compile & post some time in the future. & maybe I'll release the 'open education' book, the 'connectivism' book, etc. in the weeks ahead, if there's any demand for it."]]> stephendownes education learning autodidacts online ebooks toread unschooling deschooling 2011 anyakamenetz connectivism howto diy edupunk autodidactism https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:b06cca99b5d1/ 2011-08-10T06:49:55+00:00 http://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2011/08/review-edupunks-guide-by-anya-kamenetz.html robertogreco education learning diy edupunk diyu anyakamenetz stephendownes subculture 2011 onlinelearning autodidacts autodidactism https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:fa7e17386562/ 2011-08-01T06:02:41+00:00 http://chronicle.com/article/We-Cant-Teach-Students-to/128400/ robertogreco teaching reading learning attention alanjacobs nicholascarr books academia extremereaders autodidacts concentration joyofreading unschooling deschooling allsorts allkindsofminds 2011 clayshirky stevenpinker staugustine virgil cicero georgesteiner annblair studying children sirfrancisbacon francisbacon infooverload filterfailure text texts mariccasaubon peternorvig jonathanrose homer dante shakespeare attentiveness kindle hyperattention saintaugustine augustine autodidactism augustineofhippo https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:075132db2437/ 2011-07-28T22:40:38+00:00 http://www.diygradschool.com/2010/08/how-i-got-my-d.html robertogreco williamupskiwimsatt unschooling deschooling gracellewellyn 1998 education autodidacts learning life dropouts howto diy self-education self-directedlearning self-directed autodidactism https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:d52a26cbdd12/ 2011-07-11T05:00:41+00:00 http://www.venuszine.com/articles/you/7325/Girl_of_the_Month_Kartina_Richardson robertogreco kartinarichardson film theater plays classideas learning autodidacts toshare autodidactism https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:dab7cd2db164/ 2011-07-09T05:40:16+00:00 http://maineunschoolingnetwork.blogspot.com/ robertogreco unschooling maine lcproject deschooling education learning sipportgroups blogs autodidacts homeschool autodidactism https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:d6a8eb4d73bc/ 2011-06-19T18:32:29+00:00 http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/jun/19/peter-zumthor-serpentine-gallery-pavilion robertogreco architecture architects self-taught design peterzumthor outsiders art generalists autodidacts outsider autodidactism https://pinboard.in/u:robertogreco/b:f1c41fcc9bb6/