Perhaps as I am headed towards a significant birthday, I’ve recently been admiring many things of yesteryear. There’s something so fun and creative in all things retro. This week I headed out to some op-shops with a few girlfriends after…
5 Posts to Inspire Shiny Significant Change
I’ve been wondering about the steps required to make a difference using social media – big and small – so I’m sharing some posts written by others about “doing good” this week. 1. People want their lives to matter. I…
Virtual Adventures and Girl Scout Cookies
Click, flick, scroll, click. I see you – clicking and peering through your screen, hoping to happen upon a tasty morsel on the interwebs. Well, let me tell you about my friend Kieran. Kieran and I first met in 2007.…
Wonderment and Possibility
Joanna Young has an interesting writing challenge happening on her blog over the next couple of months on the theme of ‘Possibility’, covering the language of possibility, writing beyond our sense of what’s possible and helps to make things happen,…
50,000 words just for fun
I’ve gone and done something silly. I signed up for NaNoWriMo. I’m going to attempt to write 50,000 words in 30 days. Well, I spent the first three days deliberating over whether I should sign up or not, and figuring…
Images that dare to dream
Beautiful images provoke us to dream and imagine the unseen. I was just about to drop my 52 weeks project, but I think I just needed some fresh inspiration. Thanks Rosie for reminding me about simplicity, imagination and the reward…
Exploring Creativity
I’ve been persevering with the 52 weeks project, taking a self portrait every week. Well, not quite every week. For one, I need to set aside the time. Also it does feel terribly narcissistic; I don’t think it’s too healthy…
Exercising Imagination
What does imagination mean to you? What power does it hold? What importance does it have in your life? A quick Tweetscan revealed some curious insights and quotes on imagination this week. edallen33 People with imagination can’t imagine how there…
Jumping In
You’re issued a challenge (to coordinate an event.) You don’t think you have time and you are already feeling a little stretched by your other extra-curricular activites. It’s been a while since you organised something like this. It seems like…
Saul Bass
Like many others, I have always been impressed and inspired by the visual style of the talented graphic designer Saul Bass (1920-1996.) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz46qS38OgM] Vertigo title sequence [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHLgUyE9pfI] Walk on the Wild Side title sequence [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwydIuP31Ls] Casino title sequence His obituary…