It's really hard to know what to say on a website, where to begin, what to put in (or out for that matter). So please feel free to jump around.
I'm Christine Hogan. I love learning through talking, listening, laughing, reading, writing, music, art, taking risks and travel.
Amongst other things, I'm a facilitator. I enjoy being in a facilitator role, even when things get tough. It stimulates my being. I also like to help other facilitators so that we can learn how to live and work together in peace. If we can all do this even on a small scale, surely the rest will follow? If it doesn't what will be left?
I live in Guildford, a suburb of Perth in Western Australia. Our home is situated beside the Swan River. I'm married to Steve and we live with George, our dog (a golden retriever) and Fink (an Abyssinian cat) and numerous spiders.
Things that are important to me
World peace
Participation and democratic decision making to enable people to find their own solutions to issues and projects
The environment
Friendships across the world.
My interests
Travelling (meeting people and learning about different cultures, taking the 'road less travelled')
Photography (I love black and white prints, but now I've swapped to digital)
Silk painting (wall hangings on bamboo and two metre long silk scarves, under the name of 'Isadora' after Isadora Duncan the famous American dancer and educational innovator)
Making jewellery (ear rings and necklaces)
Clowning (with young children)
Writing books (I'm currently working on my fifth, and I hated English at school!)
Networking across the world with people who are interested in facilitation, group work, conflict resolution and cross cultural communication
Entertaining friends on our back veranda at home in Perth (watching the Swan River flow by and the parrots fly past).