One of the beauties of moving to a new place is seeing how the world looks from the other side…and learning new things. One of my latest discoveries, gifted me by the wonderful versitile and talented artist and friend Andrea, is Shel Silverstein.  American kids grew up on him. A perfect match for my Dr. Suess love-affair. An [...]

I thought that my voyage had come to its end
at the last limit of my power,
—that the path before me was closed,
that provisions were exhausted
and the time come to take shelter in a silent obscurity.
But I find that thy will knows no end in me. 
And when old words die out [...]

 "because to be me is to acknowledge the multiple"
 - thanks to Astrid for the quote!

Digital storytelling is a narrative form that is typically short (2mins) and uses digtal media to tell it - ie it brings old and new together to communicate experience through story (I adapted Barrie’s* explanation). And the beauty is you don’t have to ‘read’ you just watch - it is a mini movie.
I love it because [...]

"Not that I want to be a god or a hero. Just to change into a tree, grow for ages, not hurt anyone."
- Nobel prizewinner Czeslaw Milosz**
Perhaps we in the animal kingdom can learn much from those in our plant neighbours…
Let us take a lesson from a word commonly used for plants: 
tropism (TRO-piz-uhm) noun
The turning [...]

I just left an amazingly nourishing conversation with my friend (and kindly blog commentor) Anthony.
Among the many streams we navigated was the concept of learning how to stand, be patient with, etc, the seemingly necessary murky/fuzzy/unclear waters that come before clarity is hit …
and how to starve off the perceived need to opt [...]

1 x 8+1 = 9 12 x 8+2 = 98 123 x 8+3 = 987 1234 x 8+4 = 9876 12345 x 8+5 = 98765 123456 x 8+6 = 987654 1234567 x 8+7 = 9876543 12345678 x 8+8 = 98765432 123456789 x 8+9 = 987654321

Just one of the wonderful things about mathematics.

Yes, I am about positive change. But sometimes managing/transforming change also means not taking yourself/your work too seriously.
You can get other wonderful twisted inspiration at the deliciously named, Despair, Inc. Sometimes it helps to laugh at (in the face of??) Despair.
PS I just added a new catagory - FUN! If I advocate it, it is about [...]

I have been reflecting on a point made in conversation the other day that as adults we have a lot more work to do in remembering, than in creating new things.
I think this is true for many elements of our lives and world. And I believe that there is a lot to learn from children [...]

"Peter F. Drucker, a Pioneer in Social and Management Theory Is Dead at 95…" read the NY times today.
Perhaps you are not familiar with Peter Drucker. Yet even if you haven’t it is his social and management theories that are driving innovation in these areas to today.
Though often called a political economist and [...]