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Our Very Hungry Caterpillar
Since the arrival of Olivia (one year ago Saturday!) I’ve had a greater interest in children’s books, and have realized that some of them have some really amazing artwork! The large pages and often very simple images make for some really cool imagery. One book I’ve been admiring recently is Eric Carle’s “The Very Hungry…
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A Beautiful Hope
Against All Hope was released last year by Art&Justice League. This 20-minute documentary highlights the struggles faced by the Karen people of Burma for many years at the hands of the military regime. It’s a beautifully-shot video, well worth a watch: Tomorrow I’ll be showing this video to a group of high school students. As…
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Your Sacred Craft
“Then Moses said to the people of Israel, “See, the LORD has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with skill, with intelligence, with knowledge, and with all craftsmanship, to devise artistic designs, to work in gold and silver…
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Infectious Passion & Shining Eyes: Benjamin Zander
Benjamin Zander has an irrational love for classical music. But instead of hanging his head at the fact that only 3% of the world share his love, he, the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic and a hopeful optimist, has set out on a mission to show people that they really do love classical music, they…
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From the Whiteboard: The Surprising Science of Motivation
Recently a co-worker showed me this fun “whiteboard animation” of a talk by Dan Pink. Watch it and you might be surprised by (and be able to relate to) what motivates us to do our work. I’ve referenced a similar talk that Dan Pink did at TED before (you can also watch it below). What…
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Chris Anderson: How web video powers global innovation
In his inspiring presentation Chris Anderson, curator of the TED Conference, introduces to the term “crowd accelerated innovation” and how web video has amplified this process exponentially. “Our brains are uniquely wired to decipher video.” Anderson makes the point that while the written word has done so much to advance ideas worldwide, it is a…
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Sir Ken Robinson and the learning revolution
In my years leading training programs for young adults I had the opportunity to see a transformation in learning in several of my students. Students who hadn’t done well in high school came to our programs and turned a new leaf. One who probably hadn’t read a single book in school was turning his book…
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Derek Sivers: Keep Your Goals to Yourself
This generation has been called “coffee-drinkers” who merely talk about their great future endeavours, but don’t do anything to accomplish them (I guess this is only slightly more flattering than the label “lazy”). In this short TED talk Derek Sivers explains one possible reason why so many of us have a hard time reaching our…
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Resurrection
Resurrection: Rob Bell from The Work of Rob Bell on Vimeo. A beautiful “illustrated monologue” and collaboration between two amazing artists, Rob Bell (speaker) and Chuck Anderson (graphics, storyboards, & art direction). What I love about this piece is the energy of Bell. A super-talented public speaker, his excitement, pacing and passion drew me in.…
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Andrew Bird
Beautiful setting, beautiful music.