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Author Archives: Jacqueline Ashby
Exploring the intersection between person and place.
Powder
This is sheer happiness to me. 🙂
Hues
Interpretation
Enjoy Michael! Looking forward to the children’s visual interpretation of my interpretation of Emily Carr’s work. 🙂 #MakeMoreArt
Listen
Covah
When I was given the book that contains this quote above, my first reaction was to take the small brick of pages and smack the person over the head who gave it to me. This was because I judged the contents of the book by its cover (And it is a ridiculous cover. You have to trust me on this. The book’s saucy jacket was designed to sell copies and fails to honestly reflect the contents). It certainly evoked my inner prude! Ha! But then I began flipping through the pages and realized that it was about quantum mechanics and the energy we create, share, and absorb. And I love quantum mechanics. So, I want to apologize for disrupting a very civil breakfast with my quick-to-judge reaction and whack over the noodle. I’ve learned. Again. 🙂 #NevahEvahJudgeABookByItsCovah
Mistakes
I believe that this may be the first book that has brought me to tears in a public venue. The illustrations are simply divine. But the driving message to view our mistakes or misgivings as opportunities to engage our creativity and to accomplish our goals…it just hit home. I had to go hide out in the kiddie corner and wipe my tears. And Yes! I too will make a cupcake hat and eat my hat! #CaldecottMedal #TheBookOfMistakes
Unpack
Mark Dion! Best library evah! Everything about it works and it just takes everything out of me to keep from wanting to pry one of those books from the middle of your stack. The tree bark! Stunning. 
Courtship
Fumbling and tumbling through books and found this one on animal architecture. Love it. And it just so happens that the first page I turn to is on the Bowerbird. I am so taken by these little winged creatures. All the thought and attention to detail that goes into their courtship astounds me. The seashells are such a warm welcoming entry. It’s about revitalizing a space and making it a place. #MovingDay
Humans
“There’s a strange culture in medicine. People are less friendly to each other than I imagined. I got an MD and a PhD in Neuroscience. I’m finishing my residency right now. I guess I thought that everyone would be compassionate, and would help each other, and would be nice to each other. And don’t get me wrong—I work with a lot of compassionate people. But the stress just erodes people. There’s a lot of tension and anger. We’re taught that 80 hours per week is normal and shouldn’t be questioned. But at the same time, a huge amount of work that medical interns do is administrative. It could be outsourced without affecting the quality of education or care. And the culture does real harm. I’ve had two friends commit suicide. One of them was studying anesthesiology at Yale and overdosed in a parking lot. The other jumped off the dorm building at NYU. There’s got to be a better way. I don’t know, maybe I’m just saying this because I’m stressed. I’m heading to the ER now. I’m almost at the end of my residency. I can see the end of the tunnel. But the tunnel is very damaging.” ~ Humans of New York Project
JACQUELINE P. ASHBY 