Downwinders
April 25, 2022
Last month I was honored to go support and learn from the Downwinders Consortium at the Trinity Site of White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico. Twice a year…
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Essential Knowledge
Posts from Colin Matthes' continuing series about critical real life skills for survival. 
Total Essential Knowledge: a collaborative graphic communication archive
July 25, 2017
“no one is an expert in everything, but everyone is an expert in something” For the past couple years I’ve been facilitating Total Essential Knowledge events that use conversation and drawing…
Packing a Go Bag (Essential Knowledge post 10)
January 11, 2017
Another image that is part of Essential Knowledge: a series of instructional drawings teaching basic skills for success in challenging situations. I made this one while preparing for the birth of my…
Starting a Fire (Essential Knowledge post 9)
December 28, 2016
Another image that is part of Essential Knowledge: a series of instructional drawings teaching basic skills for success in challenging situations. This is an early one. One person I met took a look…
Tying Knots (Essential Knowledge post 8)
December 14, 2016
Another image that is part of Essential Knowledge: a series of instructional drawings teaching basic skills for success in challenging situations. This is an early one. It is also available as part of…
Making a Boat (Essential Knowledge post 7)
November 30, 2016
Another image that is part of Essential Knowledge: a series of instructional drawings teaching basic skills for success in challenging situations. I made this one after pulling all the salvageable electrical out of…
Encoding Messages (Essential Knowledge post 6)
November 16, 2016
Another image that is part of Essential Knowledge: a series of instructional drawings teaching basic skills for success in challenging situations. This one was influenced by some weird rightwing militia audiobook. It is…
Calming Your Newborn (Essential Knowledge post 5)
November 2, 2016
Another image that is part of Essential Knowledge: a series of instructional drawings teaching basic skills for success in challenging situations. I made this one while trying to learn as much as possible…
Mass Exodus (Essential Knowledge post 4)
October 19, 2016
Another image that is part of Essential Knowledge: a series of instructional drawings teaching basic skills for success in challenging situations. I made this one while living and working along the Schelde (river) in…
Breaking Down a Door (Essential Knowledge post 3)
October 5, 2016
Another image that is part of Essential Knowledge: a series of instructional drawings teaching basic skills for success in challenging situations. I made this one after leaving rural Ireland and thinking about what…
Grizzly Attack (Essential Knowledge post 2)
September 21, 2016
A recent image that is a part of Essential Knowledge: a series of instructional drawings teaching basic skills for success in challenging situations. I got obsessed with bear attacks when we were…
Essential Knowledge: a series of instructional drawings teaching basic skills for success in challenging situations
September 14, 2016
In 2011 and 2012 I was living on on the barren Atlantic coast of Ireland where the weather is an ever present and dominating factor in peoples’ daily lives. From…
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