Dec 28th, 2008
by ktwisdom.
I first saw Jennifer Lin on Oprah in April of 2006 when she was 16 years old. Not only is she an amazingly talented pianist, she is an equally incredible composer. I was blown away – and get taken away every time I see it – by her improvisational compositions.
I call it divine inspiration and being in the flow. No rehearsals, no polish, no do-overs.
This is what Jennifer had to say about flow … or not … prior to her improvisation performance at TED [watch below @ time point 13:36 ] in 2004 – at the age of 14. continue →
Dec 19th, 2008
by ktwisdom.
Quick – Christmas colours. What pops into your mind first? Red, maybe green … or perhaps white?
How about pink?
Pink? – what’s with that! continue →
Dec 17th, 2008
by ktwisdom.
Hard to believe we would venture out to run errands in the city on a Friday afternoon at Christmas time. But the weather was decent – with an impending deep freeze in the forecast – and there was growing list of errands we’d been saving for the next time we made it in.
An unplanned side trip reminded us of how effortlessly we can create our own reality. continue →
Dec 10th, 2008
by ktwisdom.
Consider the implications of Wilson’s Law (a working hypothesis of Edward O Wilson):
“If you save the living environment, the biodiversity that we have left, you will also automatically save the physical environment, too … If you only save the physical environment, you will ultimately lose both.”
What would have to change to refocus our attention and efforts on our living environment instead of our physcial environment?
Dec 4th, 2008
by ktwisdom.
As you watch the news, documentaries and such on tv, make a point to really look at all that is in the background.
What do you see you didn’t see before?
