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Enjoy Michael! Looking forward to the children’s visual interpretation of my interpretation of Emily Carr’s work. 🙂 #MakeMoreArt

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 haveContinue reading “Covah”

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 inContinue reading “Mistakes”

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. 

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 seashellsContinue reading “Courtship”

“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 getContinue reading “Humans”

It never ceases to amaze me. Academics. Just when you think something is dead and gone, an Academic will resurrect the matter and publish a paper. I think we should commence all graduate-level “Selecting a Research Topic” courses with “And on the third day…” 🙂 There was (is) an ongoing debate about the use of fractalContinue reading “Fractals”

Where are you investing your time, energy, and attention? Are you fully focused on what is important to you or constantly interrupted by the ping and ding? I encourage you this year TO BE PRESENT. I’m defining this as dedicating yourself completely to what you are engaged in. Commit to the activity. When you cook,Continue reading “Attention”

I’m not gonna dance for you I know that you want me to Better to dance alone Than to dance with a ghost I’m not gonna dance for you Not like I used to. Phase entanglement: “The entanglement of two interacting physical systems means that once the entangling interaction has occurred, the systems, even afterContinue reading “Entanglement”