Tag Archives: creativity
OK Go’s – The Writing’s on the Wall
OK Go is a fabulous example of a band that breaks the rules & makes new ones. A music video with choreographed treadmills? They’ve done it. Marsh monsters coming out of hiding in the gonna-get-you-feeling-good-no-matter-your worst-day? Done in their ‘This … Continue reading
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Tagged creativity, OK Go, perspective, this too shall pass
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A new view on some old items … imagine if we could do this with conflict & people
It’s a gift to be able to look at old things with new eyes, to see new purposes (wildly) unrelated to an object’s original intent. Imagine if we could do this with conflicts, with communication, with people …
To you it may be shit, to us it’s money
So says Isaac Durojayie, of DMT Mobile Toilet, Nigeria. He’s featured in Ashoka’s film on social entrepreneurship called Who Cares. Other than being an utterly captivating film, it’s chock-a-block full of people with unusual perspectives. People who see the world … Continue reading
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Tagged ashoka, creativity, isaac durojayie, perspective, social entrepreneurship
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The truth about bees & elephants
Dominique Thoenes is an environmental artist & creative director (that’s her work above). She had an art show at the UN recently which stopped me in my tracks. Besides her gorgeous art was information about Dr. Lucy King, who get … Continue reading
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Tagged bees, creativity, dominique thoenes, dr lucy king, elephants
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Laying it bare – monthly round up of November Life Lenses™ blog posts
We’re laying it bare. Stripping it down. Peeking in on & playing with perspective. In this monthly round up you’ll find the Life Lenses™ blog posts laid bare for the month of November. Get bare, dive in deep and take … Continue reading
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Tagged adeaters, AOL, carrot lens, creativity, daniel mbogo, go lens, perspective, stop lens
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An interesting lesson in perspective; Teacher turns plane into kindergarten
Here’s what can happen when we let our imagination, & our perspective, soar … A headteacher in the Georgian city of Rustavi h as found an unusual way to get children’s early education off the ground – by transforming an … Continue reading
Laying it bare – monthly round up of August Life Lenses™ blog posts
We’re laying it bare. Stripping it down. Peeking in on & playing with perspective. In this monthly round up you’ll find the Life Lenses™ blog posts laid bare for the month of August. Get bare, dive in deep and take … Continue reading
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Tagged carrot lens, cary huang, creativity, eric hoffer, fred rogers, go lens, handicap, hurry, inclusion, leisure, mike rilstone, mountain lens, perspective, play, robot, rock paper scissors, stop lens
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Think outside the box. Where are your boundaries?
This image, from Mike Rilstone’s facebook page, is a great, visual reminder of the unwitting chains that can bind our thinking. Of the assumptions we can unknowingly make. Of perspectives that can blind instead of illuminate. What assumptions are you … Continue reading
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Tagged creativity, go lens, mike rilstone, stop lens
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Laying it bare – monthly round up of July 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 July. Get bare, dive in deep and take a full look around … Continue reading
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Tagged algebra, carrot lens, creativity, culture, danielle laporte, greek, humour, latin, mountain lens, perspective, pie chart, public speaking, spanish, ted, terry moore, time, value
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The biggest threat to your creativity (a la Danielle LaPorte)
I love this post from my good friend Danielle LaPorte. So much that I’ve reposted it below. It’s a great example of how your perspective can be refreshed, enhanced & rebooted through knowing & telling your own story. The biggest … Continue reading