Roisin Markham
@creativedynamix.bsky.social
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BDT Consultancy ~ Strategic Design & PMO for Adaptive Challenges and Flourishing Futures.
founder IDEN, Irish Doughnut Economics Network
care @ the core, 30% for nature, wild imagination, facilitator
roisinmarkham.com
BDT Consultancy ~ Strategic Design & PMO for Adaptive Challenges and Flourishing Futures.
founder IDEN, Irish Doughnut Economics Network
care @ the core, 30% for nature, wild imagination, facilitator
roisinmarkham.com
Pinned
sometimes with design work I dont know if it will come together, if it will land & then I work through my creative process, still not knowing
…but somewhere it clicks and forms -
&
I love that
my brain loves it
all is right with the world
until the next thing
but yeah, I love design work
…but somewhere it clicks and forms -
&
I love that
my brain loves it
all is right with the world
until the next thing
but yeah, I love design work
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for you, nature’s wow beauty and subtle beauty
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#ArtistsOnBlueSky #BlueSkyArtShow #WomensArtBlueSky #Photography #PhotographersOnBlueSky #OregonCoast #River #Oregon #Rainbow #Pines
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#ArtistsOnBlueSky #BlueSkyArtShow #WomensArtBlueSky #Photography #PhotographersOnBlueSky #OregonCoast #River #Oregon #Rainbow #Pines
December 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
for you, nature’s wow beauty and subtle beauty
🤍🕊️
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#ArtistsOnBlueSky #BlueSkyArtShow #WomensArtBlueSky #Photography #PhotographersOnBlueSky #OregonCoast #River #Oregon #Rainbow #Pines
🤍🕊️
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#ArtistsOnBlueSky #BlueSkyArtShow #WomensArtBlueSky #Photography #PhotographersOnBlueSky #OregonCoast #River #Oregon #Rainbow #Pines
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Yesterday, after 10 years of work, I decided to give up trying to find a publisher for my book and just do it myself. This morning, literally 24 hours later, I got an email from a major publisher asking to share my decade long project. A much appreciated late Christmas present. 😊🙏
December 27, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Yesterday, after 10 years of work, I decided to give up trying to find a publisher for my book and just do it myself. This morning, literally 24 hours later, I got an email from a major publisher asking to share my decade long project. A much appreciated late Christmas present. 😊🙏
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will also add - yes, this is my personal crusade - that turning podcasts into videos implicitly asks women to once again make more effort than men, as the bar for "camera-ready" for one gender is obviously higher than for the other
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
From Joe Marler’s visual-only stunts to the incomprehensible shuffling sounds Steven Bartlett recently subjected headphone users to, dodgy audio experiences are on the rise
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:20 AM
will also add - yes, this is my personal crusade - that turning podcasts into videos implicitly asks women to once again make more effort than men, as the bar for "camera-ready" for one gender is obviously higher than for the other
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Bea Lema, contemporary award winning Spanish cartoonist and illustrator #Womensart
December 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Bea Lema, contemporary award winning Spanish cartoonist and illustrator #Womensart
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A posterior view of an incomplete braincase of a large iguanodontian dinosaur allowing a peek through the foramen magnum into the cavity occupied by the brain (~12x5 cms). Found by Reginald Hooley who also found Mantellisaurus in 1914. From #IsleofWight now @NHM-London.bsky.social. #FossilFriday
December 26, 2025 at 7:37 AM
A posterior view of an incomplete braincase of a large iguanodontian dinosaur allowing a peek through the foramen magnum into the cavity occupied by the brain (~12x5 cms). Found by Reginald Hooley who also found Mantellisaurus in 1914. From #IsleofWight now @NHM-London.bsky.social. #FossilFriday
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Contrary to popular belief on this 59th anniversary of Kwanzaa, is that it is a distinctly Black American holiday, and it is not an "alternative" to Xmas.
Its goal is to spend the last 7 days of the year incorporating the 7 principles of Kwanzaa in preparation of the New Year coming up
Its goal is to spend the last 7 days of the year incorporating the 7 principles of Kwanzaa in preparation of the New Year coming up
December 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Contrary to popular belief on this 59th anniversary of Kwanzaa, is that it is a distinctly Black American holiday, and it is not an "alternative" to Xmas.
Its goal is to spend the last 7 days of the year incorporating the 7 principles of Kwanzaa in preparation of the New Year coming up
Its goal is to spend the last 7 days of the year incorporating the 7 principles of Kwanzaa in preparation of the New Year coming up
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I'm just gonna post a piece of my art from my files every day til the New Year because WHY NOT.
This is the winteriest one I could think of, some bookplate art for SHIVER that I drew in 2014.
This is the winteriest one I could think of, some bookplate art for SHIVER that I drew in 2014.
December 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I'm just gonna post a piece of my art from my files every day til the New Year because WHY NOT.
This is the winteriest one I could think of, some bookplate art for SHIVER that I drew in 2014.
This is the winteriest one I could think of, some bookplate art for SHIVER that I drew in 2014.
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To anyone, artists and creatives, who are struggling with migrating, try treating Bsky as your sub account.
Forget crossposting. Post doodles, WIPs, thoughts etc that you usually think wouldn't fit on main.
This platform is craving for content. Use this opportunity to reshape your audience.
Forget crossposting. Post doodles, WIPs, thoughts etc that you usually think wouldn't fit on main.
This platform is craving for content. Use this opportunity to reshape your audience.
December 25, 2025 at 6:15 AM
To anyone, artists and creatives, who are struggling with migrating, try treating Bsky as your sub account.
Forget crossposting. Post doodles, WIPs, thoughts etc that you usually think wouldn't fit on main.
This platform is craving for content. Use this opportunity to reshape your audience.
Forget crossposting. Post doodles, WIPs, thoughts etc that you usually think wouldn't fit on main.
This platform is craving for content. Use this opportunity to reshape your audience.
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Happy Wran's Day!
The Wren, or Lá An Dreoilín, is still strong in parts of Ireland (notably Kerry), with elements entwined with nature and the pagan roots of this time of year.
"Up with the kettle
And down with the pan
Give us a penny to bury the wran"
Prints: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
The Wren, or Lá An Dreoilín, is still strong in parts of Ireland (notably Kerry), with elements entwined with nature and the pagan roots of this time of year.
"Up with the kettle
And down with the pan
Give us a penny to bury the wran"
Prints: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
December 26, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Happy Wran's Day!
The Wren, or Lá An Dreoilín, is still strong in parts of Ireland (notably Kerry), with elements entwined with nature and the pagan roots of this time of year.
"Up with the kettle
And down with the pan
Give us a penny to bury the wran"
Prints: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
The Wren, or Lá An Dreoilín, is still strong in parts of Ireland (notably Kerry), with elements entwined with nature and the pagan roots of this time of year.
"Up with the kettle
And down with the pan
Give us a penny to bury the wran"
Prints: www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/...
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When Nyunmiti Burtom & other female Australian Indigenous artists heard of the Christchurch Mosque attack, 2019, they showed solidarity by creating a canvas for NZ Muslim community depicting people separated by sea, culture, but united in humanity #WomensArt
December 26, 2025 at 7:22 AM
When Nyunmiti Burtom & other female Australian Indigenous artists heard of the Christchurch Mosque attack, 2019, they showed solidarity by creating a canvas for NZ Muslim community depicting people separated by sea, culture, but united in humanity #WomensArt
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#TinyJoys is the extensive range of Christmas jazz and cozy (albeit computer-generated) rooms with fireplaces and a view of snow out of the window available on Youtube.
December 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
#TinyJoys is the extensive range of Christmas jazz and cozy (albeit computer-generated) rooms with fireplaces and a view of snow out of the window available on Youtube.
Drawing by hand on paper with ink, pencil, charcoal feels like an active rebellion for all the things I love and want to flourish in the world so I do it every day
its my first language
words my second
this maybe in part because I was nearly deaf as a kid
more i for in the alt text
its my first language
words my second
this maybe in part because I was nearly deaf as a kid
more i for in the alt text
I drew Christmas cards for people I care about this year #tinyjoys my draw is more geometric patterning so animals appearing feels like a small magic
hope you have a lovely winter break where ever you are and however you celebrate this time of year #soarlíníocht
hope you have a lovely winter break where ever you are and however you celebrate this time of year #soarlíníocht
December 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Drawing by hand on paper with ink, pencil, charcoal feels like an active rebellion for all the things I love and want to flourish in the world so I do it every day
its my first language
words my second
this maybe in part because I was nearly deaf as a kid
more i for in the alt text
its my first language
words my second
this maybe in part because I was nearly deaf as a kid
more i for in the alt text
I drew Christmas cards for people I care about this year #tinyjoys my draw is more geometric patterning so animals appearing feels like a small magic
hope you have a lovely winter break where ever you are and however you celebrate this time of year #soarlíníocht
hope you have a lovely winter break where ever you are and however you celebrate this time of year #soarlíníocht
December 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I drew Christmas cards for people I care about this year #tinyjoys my draw is more geometric patterning so animals appearing feels like a small magic
hope you have a lovely winter break where ever you are and however you celebrate this time of year #soarlíníocht
hope you have a lovely winter break where ever you are and however you celebrate this time of year #soarlíníocht
I love Christmas eve
December 24, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I love Christmas eve
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I see Ireland is still very much at the asking drivers nicely not to kill people stage.
The optimism and misplaced faith is almost quaint.
The optimism and misplaced faith is almost quaint.
December 23, 2025 at 11:05 PM
“so, are you set for Christmas?”
archetypal Christmas chat round these parts
archetypal Christmas chat round these parts
December 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
“so, are you set for Christmas?”
archetypal Christmas chat round these parts
archetypal Christmas chat round these parts
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A truly exquisite film. Beautiful, and so moving. The entire cinema audience at my first viewing was *sobbing*. I think this makes my 'top 5' of films of the 2020s.
December 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A truly exquisite film. Beautiful, and so moving. The entire cinema audience at my first viewing was *sobbing*. I think this makes my 'top 5' of films of the 2020s.
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how to draw as often as me: be lazy.
im a really lazy person, and I won't spend too much time on something if I feel the final product takes longer than its concept. 79% of my art is a rough sketch and just cleaned up and colored. if I dont have a reason to put in more effort, then I won't.
im a really lazy person, and I won't spend too much time on something if I feel the final product takes longer than its concept. 79% of my art is a rough sketch and just cleaned up and colored. if I dont have a reason to put in more effort, then I won't.
December 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
how to draw as often as me: be lazy.
im a really lazy person, and I won't spend too much time on something if I feel the final product takes longer than its concept. 79% of my art is a rough sketch and just cleaned up and colored. if I dont have a reason to put in more effort, then I won't.
im a really lazy person, and I won't spend too much time on something if I feel the final product takes longer than its concept. 79% of my art is a rough sketch and just cleaned up and colored. if I dont have a reason to put in more effort, then I won't.
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He was appalled by the examination system, when it was explained to him, he could not imagine a greater deterrent to the natural wish to learn than this pattern of cramming in information and disgorging it on demand.
December 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
He was appalled by the examination system, when it was explained to him, he could not imagine a greater deterrent to the natural wish to learn than this pattern of cramming in information and disgorging it on demand.
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An important distinction & very good to see pragmatic & critical thinking around this issue. Literature overwhelm is real; compounded by a failing peer review system. Perhaps, rethink the role of conferences? w/ (some) returning to 'conferring' & the debate of new work to move disciplines forward.
I’m pretty sure it usually doesn’t! We need two things: networks of citations related to concepts (the literature) which scholars *do* review (at least read the abstract, intro, and conclusions!) and original work where authors *mobilize specific concepts to produce new insights*. 1/2
December 21, 2025 at 8:54 AM
An important distinction & very good to see pragmatic & critical thinking around this issue. Literature overwhelm is real; compounded by a failing peer review system. Perhaps, rethink the role of conferences? w/ (some) returning to 'conferring' & the debate of new work to move disciplines forward.
@eugenevinitsky.bsky.social well I’m following for a weird future but also here for book recommendations
December 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
@eugenevinitsky.bsky.social well I’m following for a weird future but also here for book recommendations
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I was very unsuccessful at Christmas shopping today, but I did get about three metres down the road and suddenly realise I could combine two novel ideas into ONE devastatingly sad book set during a seventeenth-century Irish massacre, instead of writing two of those, so, you win some, you lose some.
December 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I was very unsuccessful at Christmas shopping today, but I did get about three metres down the road and suddenly realise I could combine two novel ideas into ONE devastatingly sad book set during a seventeenth-century Irish massacre, instead of writing two of those, so, you win some, you lose some.
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LOVE THE IRISH LANGUAGE?
Support artists that use it. Put your money where your teanga is. Buy Irish language presents and books. Send your kids to the Gaeltacht.
Kneecap 2 nights at the 3Arena this week. An Chéad Ghlúin Eile sold out tomorrow. #AnGhaeilgeAbú!
❤️ #Gaeilge
Support artists that use it. Put your money where your teanga is. Buy Irish language presents and books. Send your kids to the Gaeltacht.
Kneecap 2 nights at the 3Arena this week. An Chéad Ghlúin Eile sold out tomorrow. #AnGhaeilgeAbú!
❤️ #Gaeilge
December 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Dublin isn’t as wet as some people think.
80 years of data shows that cyclists get properly wet a mere 17 days a year on average.
Yet car commuters think it’s a whopping sopping 137 days.
Dublin's rain is real, just as it is in Galway (only more so).
Perhaps the actual problem is #Ombrophobia.
80 years of data shows that cyclists get properly wet a mere 17 days a year on average.
Yet car commuters think it’s a whopping sopping 137 days.
Dublin's rain is real, just as it is in Galway (only more so).
Perhaps the actual problem is #Ombrophobia.
How rainy is Dublin for biking? The answer will amaze you!
(OK, probably not if you already use a bike here...)
www.dublincycling.com/cycling/how-...
(OK, probably not if you already use a bike here...)
www.dublincycling.com/cycling/how-...
How rainy is Dublin?
‘Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it’ Mark Twain
www.dublincycling.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Dublin isn’t as wet as some people think.
80 years of data shows that cyclists get properly wet a mere 17 days a year on average.
Yet car commuters think it’s a whopping sopping 137 days.
Dublin's rain is real, just as it is in Galway (only more so).
Perhaps the actual problem is #Ombrophobia.
80 years of data shows that cyclists get properly wet a mere 17 days a year on average.
Yet car commuters think it’s a whopping sopping 137 days.
Dublin's rain is real, just as it is in Galway (only more so).
Perhaps the actual problem is #Ombrophobia.
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The sheer amount of people unaware of the existence of the Creative Commons is absolutely fucking shocking.
There are vast bodies of photography, illustration, fonts, music, models, and more that people make for absolutely free you can just use. Many even let you modify them. There's no excuse.
There are vast bodies of photography, illustration, fonts, music, models, and more that people make for absolutely free you can just use. Many even let you modify them. There's no excuse.
Every writer who generates a slop image for their work is a class traitor.
"I can't afford a visual artist"
So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them?
Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.
"I can't afford a visual artist"
So your solution is stabbing artists in the back? Stealing from them?
Furthermore, slop-generated imagery suggests slop-generated writing. That's how you're presenting yourself.
December 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The sheer amount of people unaware of the existence of the Creative Commons is absolutely fucking shocking.
There are vast bodies of photography, illustration, fonts, music, models, and more that people make for absolutely free you can just use. Many even let you modify them. There's no excuse.
There are vast bodies of photography, illustration, fonts, music, models, and more that people make for absolutely free you can just use. Many even let you modify them. There's no excuse.