foster and edge

foster and edge

please

mj

four ways to see

the greatest quality is seeking to serve others

the greatest effort is not concerned with results

the greatest meditation is a mind that lets go

the greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances

the

first thing which kindles

ardor in learning is the

greatness of the teacher

st. ambrose

wendy ewald

"I taught the children how to use Polaroid cameras to photograph inside their tiny, crowded rooms. I also asked the children to photograph their dreams. Uryi said he hadn’t dreamed since leaving Belarus; he wanted to make photographs of 'a police dream' he’d had back home." Wendy Ewald, from Photography Changes Personal History

(with thanks to royal quiet deluxe)

courage

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,

while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

Lao Tzu

the courage to change: IDEA

From John Maeda: The RISD IDEA

"Right now, our nation sees left-brain thinking, focused on logic and reasoning, as critical to future economic development. You can see it in the emphasis on the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) subjects. What's missing from STEM is right brain thinking -- embodied by what I call the key "IDEA" (Intuition, Design, Emotion, Art). We need both both halves of the brain to work together and channel that brilliance through our hands and propagate ideas throughout our world. We all wonder why Apple's products have that je ne sais quoi that draw us in. I'm beginning to think that it's not just that they understand the power of simplicity, or the power of software. It's that you can see they were born from a person, from two dirty hands, from just a little bit of technology, and from a massively powerful IDEA."

Snag?

"You cannot tell from appearances how things will go. Sometimes imagination makes things out far worse than they are; yet without imagination not much can be done. Those people who are imaginative see many more dangers than perhaps exist; certainly many more than will happen; but then they must also pray to be given that extra courage to carry this far-reaching imagination. But for everyone, surely, what we have gone through in this period - I am addressing myself to the School - surely from this period of ten months this is the lesson: never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never - in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense."

Winston Churchill

October 29, 1941

Harrow School

[Absolutely a good read, here. Just in case you ever hit a snag.]