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The brilliant Brené Brown on blame.

A beautifully captured moment between Western Australia’s Southern Right Whales and a paddle boarder.

“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners,
I wish someone told me.
All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste.
But there is this gap.
For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good.
It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not.
But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer.
And your taste is why your work disappoints you.
A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit.
Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this.
We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have.
We all go through this.
And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work.
Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story.
It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions.
And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile.
It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through.” Ira Glass

Anthony Painter on The New Digital Learning Age. Who benefits from our technological change? How can we help those seeking greater support? Create cities of learning.

Artist Mark Eckō shares his views on the creative journey. Embrace the mess!

Great NYT video of free solo climber Alex Honnold. What I take home from this clip is that in order to be successful you have to control your fear as well as have confidence in your ability. Self control is key when traversing new landscape. Understand your limits and determine if you have the skills and resources to challenge those boundaries. Keep climbing!

Had an amazing climb this week at Stawamus Chief Provincial Park. Conquered first peak! Second peak next on the bucket list.