Choose Your Own Teachers, Classrooms, And Adventures

I had a conversation with a buddy of mine last week about teachers and lessons.  He made the point we start off with teachers and in classrooms we don’t pick, like in our houses and at school.  The older we get, and the more autonomy we step into, the more we’re able to choose the … Continue reading Choose Your Own Teachers, Classrooms, And Adventures

Rules, Rules, And More Rules

Kyla Scanlon shared Sister Corita Kent’s “Immaculate Heart College Art Department Rules” and they’re print-out-and-hang-on-the-wall good.  Here they are: Rule 1 - Find a place you trust and then try trusting it for a while.  Rule 2 - General duties of a student: pull everything out of your teacher, pull everything out of your fellow … Continue reading Rules, Rules, And More Rules

Podcast Of The Week: John Cleese On Creativity

Ok, so it’s not a podcast, but you don’t need the video if you want to just listen to it - so get over yourself, will you? (Which is essentially what I’m telling myself as I’m breaking form here and not giving you a literal podcast. Ok. I forgive me, I hope you can too. … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: John Cleese On Creativity

A Person Who Doesn’t Read Has No Advantage Over A Person Who Can’t Read

A friend said, “What book is that from?” Well, it doesn’t really matter because I don’t read books, but, I’m still curious.” Mark Twain reminded him, “The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read them.” Somebody smarter than I once told me, “Curiosity is what counts. … Continue reading A Person Who Doesn’t Read Has No Advantage Over A Person Who Can’t Read

Reprogramming Our (Human) Hardware, Firmware, and Software

How many times have you wanted to reprogram a frustrating part of your brain? 10? 20? 200? How about so far today? Ugh. Here’s a helpful thought - what if we think about ourselves, as Daniel Jefferies puts it, in terms of hardware, firmware, and software? Hardware is hard to change. I’m just shy of … Continue reading Reprogramming Our (Human) Hardware, Firmware, and Software

In Which My Dog Teaches Me A Philosophical Lesson About Making Mistakes

Raven is the black one on the right. This post is about her. Zen master Raven. One of my dogs regularly walks into flights of stairs. Not up them, well, not at first at least, but into them. It’s not that she doesn’t know what to do with stairs, it’s just that she always spaces … Continue reading In Which My Dog Teaches Me A Philosophical Lesson About Making Mistakes