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The Architecture of the Becoming: Finding Perfection in the Flaw
Read more: The Architecture of the Becoming: Finding Perfection in the FlawSome things are born with a question mark instead of a heartbeat but look closer, and you’ll see that the question mark is actually a pair of wings.This is the sacred uncertainty of the beginning. When a work of art, a project, or even a life begins with a tilt or a tremor, it isn’t…
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The Spindle and the Thistle: Why We Must Educate the Adult Imagination
Read more: The Spindle and the Thistle: Why We Must Educate the Adult ImaginationAfter 35 years in the atelier, I am haunted by a recurring image: the bush of thistles. I see it in the eyes of seasoned educators and weary adults—a dense, prickly thicket of no, should, and impossible. We speak of educare, of drawing out the light, yet we have become master architects of our own…
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A Natural Conversation
Read more: A Natural ConversationImagination open doors, lets the mind wander, tickles reality, nudges our possibilities, juggles our knowledge and oh, wraps us up in awe. There is also a dark side. Imagination creates shadows that often only the creator knows what stand in between. Walking through a forest I was invited to join in a conversation. No words,…