[vimeo 39578584 w=500 h=281] This video documents the work of Ian Ruhter, who started using different techniques for photography, a work about which is a incredibly passionate. He asks the following question: “If you had been searching your whole life for something you love, what would you be willing to sacrifice?” Passion, Inspiration, Motivation… these are all things I feel Read more…
Article: Go Easy on Yourself, a New Wave of Research urges I ran across this article and was intrigued. Self-care is hugely important in any field, but especially seems to fall to the bottom in helping professions. This means the very people who strive to care for others sometimes neglect to turn that amazing compassion towards themselves. “The research suggests that Read more…
“As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives. ” Thoreau When Read more…
The existentialists believe that the moment you set out to find meaning in life, you’re already on the wrong path and will never find it. I’ve believed that developing creativity and problem solving is the same way: creativity and solutions are found tangentially. In other words, it’s by doing other things, not focusing on the end goal that you find Read more…
There are many ways to interpret this saying. One is that there is a bit of ourselves in every person we meet. Thus, when we fight with them, we are also fighting ourselves. Another is that we are often our own enemy. I’m especially reminded of this after walking away from an argument, a bad day, or someone that Read more…
