01 Aug #ourcollectiveadventure
In this issue of X : Our Collective Offering, we ponder...
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01 Aug Stranger
What drives this introvert to others initially is a needed, but seldom obtained, connection — craved shared path or experience, a witness. While difficult, I long for the adventure that only strangers can bring to one another. That simple chance to gain a shared kindness...
01 Aug Lose Yourself
The day started at dawn, the sound of young women sweeping dirt into neat rows with twig brooms just outside my window, the strokes striking a rhythm punctuated by the sound of clanging as aluminum spoons stirred morning porridge into metal cups. Young women swept...
01 Aug To Seek
Once as a boy traveling along a country road past meadow and farm, my grandmother sat firmly behind the wheel of a pea green ford with imitation wood sides. There was no destination at all, as summer evenings where apt to produce. This was the...
07 Jul Capturing Summer Stories One Photo at a Time
This post is sponsored by Disney Story. To find out more about this brand-new story-creation app – and how it puts the power of storytelling in your hands - click here. On the heels of lamenting about how much I miss stories (of the written kind) I decide to...
07 Jul A Longing for Stories
Sometimes I miss the stories. Like on days like today. Every once in a while I do the ”bloggy” things I used to do all the time; follow the clicks down the rabbit hole, read story after story, pour over images, watch videos, and get inspired....
01 Jul #ourcollectiveplayground
In this issue of X : Our Collective Offering, we want to urge us all to put away, for even a single moment, that lowly notion that your wanting and needing of play days are gone. Let your playfulness be your mark, your inspiration to us...
01 Jul We Can
Somewhere along the line, the yes of my youth got washed aside. I grew too heavy to stand like a lighthouse on my father’s raised arms. I knew too much about pitch and tone to shamelessly let my pipes blow from the top of the...
01 Jul Remember to Play
Pablo Picasso is quoted as saying that "every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up." If you were to ask a child the question "can you draw?" They are likely to respond with a resounding "yes" and...
01 Jul Yearning to Play
I’d been longing for a change, some event to shake up how I see the world through my lens. Wonderfully my wish came true as recently I was blessed with a trip of a life time. Four weeks away with my family, exploring faraway places,...