Monthly Archives: September 2011
Laying it bare – monthly round up of September Life Lenses™ blog posts
We’re laying it bare. Stripping it down. Peeling back perspective. In this monthly round up you’ll find the Life Lenses™ blog posts laid bare for the month of September. Get bare, dive in deep and take a full look around … Continue reading
Posted in All Life Lenses, Go Life Lenses, Journey Life Lenses
Tagged assimilation, barbie, perspective, rolling stones, self-awareness, seth godin
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Are you my drummer or am I your singer? Seth Godin on the Stones
I was caught by this post by Seth Godin. Are you my drummer or am I your singer? It’s all in the perspective. Notice how the perspective dramatically shifts…. Keith Richards tells a great story about Charlie Watts, legendary drummer … Continue reading
What frames your view? A Life Lenses™ take on provocative video
Is the video below funny, creative, rule breaking and subversive or a waste of time, waste of energy and sadly pathetic? Depends on your view. Depends on how you frame things. A Carrot Life Lens™ appreciates the attention to detail. … Continue reading
Barbie’s booty meets Ruby – an illuminating perspective from the Body Shop
Meet Ruby – from an ad by the Body Shop. Illuminating. Thought provoking. Colourful. Educational. Insightful. Creative. The ad was banned in the United States – Mattel, the makers of Barbie issued a cease and desist order. From Anita Roddick’s … Continue reading
Posted in All Life Lenses
Tagged anita roddick, barbie, body shop, mattel, perspective
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Bugs in the bathroom = the problem with Journey Life Lenses™
I was doing my business in the bathroom the other day and happened to catch site of a small bug. (I’ve recently moved to Nairobi, Kenya where on top of luscious foliage, lots of bugs are a reality.) It was … Continue reading
Posted in Destination Life Lenses, Journey Life Lenses
Tagged destination lens, journey lens
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Pickled perspective on powers of persuasion & assimilation
Chances are you have a jar of pickles buried at the back of your fridge. Did you know pickles were once at the heart of immigrant identities and cultural tension? If we can be so far off the mark with … Continue reading
Posted in All Life Lenses
Tagged assimilation, immigration, jane ziegelman, new york times, perspective
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This light never turns green (& other complaints from Go Life Lenses™)
This photo made me laugh out loud – it’s a perpetual complaint self-assessed Go Life Lenses™ have of Stop Life Lenses™. Do you know someone who always wants to think things over for a loooooong time before taking action? Wants … Continue reading
Posted in Go Life Lenses, Stop Life Lenses
Tagged go lens, personality test, self-assessment, stop lens
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Back to the future – what would your former self have to say about your current self
Irina Werning, a brilliant Buenos Aires photographer was inspired to ‘re-enact’ old photos of people. She asked friends and family to turn back time & have themselves photographed as they were in old pictures. The ongoing project is called “Back … Continue reading
Posted in All Life Lenses
Tagged back to the future, irina werning, perspective, worldview
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What’s behind door #1? Self-awareness & perspective
My good friend Michelle recently said in an email … “‘Go where the door is open’ and it occurred to me – that – that’s what you did Lee-Anne – you opened the door.” And as I’m sitting here writing … Continue reading
Posted in All Life Lenses
Tagged dyana valentine, perspective, self-awareness, tribe, vulnerability
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