A different perspective overview, an unusual way of looking at a topic.
The title, Eyes as Big as Plates”, comes from the eerie gaze of a dog (or a troll) that lives under a bridge in a Norwegian folktale. Two Scandinavian artists, Riitta Ikonen and Karoline Hjorth, developed a unique body of work, Eyes as Big as Plates, depicting people in their 60’s, 70’s. 80’s and older, […]
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Pursuing perfection smacks of trying to summit a mountain after having been kneecapped at basecamp. Reaching the top symbolizes the goal of perfection, but you are already crippled with expectations, frustrations and an inner and external peanut gallery of critics and judges. The teacher, author and artist, Julia Cameron, brilliantly describes the paradox of perfectionism;
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“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” ~ Søren Kierkegaard When we live life forwards, however tiny our steps on that path, each step creates its own luck and opportunity. Those tiny steps give us the space, wisdom and courage to grow our understanding, however difficult, of what has already passed.
“My journey has always been the balance between chaos and order” –Philippe Petit A metaphor for life?
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Meet Heman Bekele, a 15-year-old young scientist, who came up with the idea to integrate the treatment and maybe even prevention of skin cancer into the everyday-a bar of soap. Read more: https://time.com/6996507/heman-bekele/
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Burnout shuts out hope or possibility. Creativity, on the other hand, seeks fresh perspectives, novelty and opportunity. A creative mindset is not easily accessed in the midst of burnout and we may resist what we see as irrelevant and foolish. Reading stories of people whose careers are built around imagination and innovation offers the realization
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“Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough.” -Richard Feynman We see the world through the windows of our mind. Keeping these windows open demands time, energy and commitment. Feelings of frustration, disappointment, boredom and uncertainty cause us to retreat and little by little, inexorably begin to shut these windows behind
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“But I’m just a sidewalk poet, a son of bitumen.” The people of Lyon, France call Ememem, an anonymous local street artist, “the pavement surgeon”. The work is called flacking, from the French word flaque, meaning puddle, also symbolically referring to an area that differs in appearance from the surrounding area. Beginning in an alleyway
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There are countless quotes about the importance of goal-setting: “Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.” – Tony Robbins “The thing about goals is that living without them is a lot more fun, in the short run. It seems to me, though, that the people who get things done,
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In some parts of the world, catching a monkey involves halving a coconut, cutting a hole the size of a monkey’s hand in it and hammering it to a tree with a banana inside. The monkey comes along, smells the banana, puts his hand through the hole, grabs the banana, but can’t get his fist
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