Archive for the ‘quotes’ Category

Reflection On Wounds

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

“From our deepest wounds come our greatest gifts”
- Po Bronson, What Should I Do With My Life
I  started reading this book again. It’s surprisingly honest and engaging. Refreshing even. Argh, I sound like some scary mark-comm writer. Still, the sentence above struck me. And as I write it, it gets me thinking again…

Possibly also because [...]

The Shape of Context

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

These two quotes catch me today. I read the first and my mind said “Guernica” for an image and “Christopher Alexander” as an antithesis, or antidote or…somewhere in me, Simon and Christopher’s words connect. And Picasso’s landscape challenges, as does Andy’s, but in a different way…I guess my brain will catch up with my [...]

Flying to Roots & Ancient Homelands

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

“Here is our long-forgotten family home.
And, having heard now and then the voice of ancestors calling,
Like a grey little forest bird, from far-away centuries,
I fly to you,…”

…It’s late, I’ve just finished some last minute work and I’m off to Poland on a “roots trip” with (almost) ALL my family very early tomorrow (actually today) [...]

Always Make New Mistakes

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

A recovering perfectionist, I find this an important maxim: "Always make new mistakes"
 
 Thanks to hugh @ gaping void & esther.
 
 

Real Change

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

What does real change look like? 
I drew this up to amuse myself the other day while musing on real change at the same time as writing about organisational change processes for a client…and watching/dealing with the changes thrust upon people close to me …

I actually think I first ‘created’ the doodle while working in the [...]

Ok So We Aren’t In Control…Now What?

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

 The other week I posted my favourite quote at the moment "Relax - Nothing is under Control" …
Ok, so let’s say we accept that as true. Nothing is under control. But what if your situation feels more extreme than usual. If things really are spinning away differently from how we ‘planned’ or ‘assumed’.
How then [...]

Relax…

Monday, April 14th, 2008

"Relax…
Nothing is Under Control" 
- Mr. Booja-Booja
 
 
via Scott (thank you!) who connected with me via Booja Booja and boojabooja’s cards - see this post… And here are a few more of the older original cards - courtesy of Scott again…
 

 
thanks also to PW for the first booja-booja scent! Really want a "Relax…" card - if [...]

Mondrian… And Me

Monday, December 24th, 2007

The other day I thought "Mondrian". And as I sat to write today it came back…
 At the same time, this very morning, I mapped out my family story project "the family forest" as if it was a patchwork quilt.
 
The quilt/grid I mapped out by hand had 24. 4 rows, 6 columns. I have perhaps [...]

A Little Light…

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

"A little light dispels a lot of darkness…" - The Talmud
Sometimes we only need a tiny bit of light to see things differently.
Sending you a little light to brighten up your day(s)!  And some images, too.

 

PS In keeping with the theme around a little light - [...]

The Medium Is The Message…

Saturday, December 1st, 2007

Once upon a time…
McLuhan’s ghost is at work again.

There is an oddly disturbing yet fascinating emergence in storyland "The Proppian Fairy Tale Generator" - based on the work of Russian structuralist Vladimir Propp…(thanks Paul and others)
His idea, and the idea behind the generator is that all fairytales have basic elements - so this generator [...]