Author Archives: Jacqueline Ashby

As a master I realize that the seed of my creation is the knowledge that I bring to it. Although I must know enough, I must also be sure of the quality of what I know. ~ anonymous

Another brilliant piece! Definitely see Picasso in that last version :).

Meaningless Conversations in Beautiful Environments from Lisa Östberg on Vimeo.
So funny. So true.

A big thank you to HOK Vice President Daniel Niewoehner for sending me HOK’s recent innovation! The Academic Workplace cards are fantastic. They’re an informal tool to initiate conversations around emerging topics in environmental psychology and design. I’m particularly fond of lenses, failing upward, embrace wellness, and re-imagine entitlements. Would love to work with HOK one day! #OnMyBreakfastTable #HOK #AcademicWorkplace

“The thing I began to notice was not the fear of an ‘F’, it was the fear of any mistake,” she said. “It’s not that students couldn’t get to a final draft, they couldn’t get even their ideas down. From a teacher’s point of view, that’s a nightmare! If they can’t take a risk, then certainly they aren’t raising their hand with an I-wanna-try-this-idea-out kind of thing.” ~ Jessica Lahey (Author of The Gift of Failure). Read more here.

Building on children’s affinity for nature! Love it! More to learn here at Outdoor Recreation Council of British Columbia and British Columbia Federation of Drift Fishers. (Thank you Sarah for sharing!)

You fill up my senses
Like a night in a forest
Like the mountains in springtime
Like a walk in the rain
Like a storm in the desert
Like a sleepy blue ocean
You fill up my senses
Come fill me again.
~ John Denver

We need to commit, as a community, to writing for the masses. Our work needs to be accessible to the public so that they can make informed decisions about their health. For starts, simplify your wording, spell out your acronyms, explain the jargon, and use visuals. And if possible, make it interesting!

Bahaha!