Cheerleaders are Never on the Field
I am a provocateur. I like art and ideas that stir the heart, mind, and soul. I like being moved. When I watched Beyonce’s video, Formation, last weekend, I was stirred. It was, at once, a celebration and a call to action. It was loving, hopeful, defiant, and angry, and it said get your shit […]
White Man Rules
As we have previously discussed, systems have consequences. And when we create nested systems within larger systems, often times those who benefit in the large system receive the benefits of the nested system, unless we account for it to be otherwise. Case in Point–A few years ago, Southwest Airlines revised their boarding system from a […]
Fear and Courage
Fear is a powerful thing. My eight-year-old son told me the other day that “taking a chance was scary.” Fear prevents you from showing up, from being vulnerable, from taking a risk, and being who you are. Fear can protect you in times of crisis, but often times we conflate emotional discomfort into danger, and […]
Earth Work
Yesterday I worked the earth. this is not a normal thing for me. I have a job that utilizes my mind and my heart, but not my body. And I dont like to garden. Yard work has always been a chore for me, because, I believe, it does not move me in the way art, […]