Ken Robinson has some great advice about passion and life, accompanied by some dry, anecdotal British humour. A winning combination in my opinion. I have to keep reminding myself that life isn't linear, while aging might be, experience, personal growth and discovery aren't. Ken Robinson believes that everyone is born with extraordinary capability. So what happens to all that talent as we bump through life, getting by, but never realizing our true potential? For most of us the problem isn’t that we aim too high and fail - it’s just the opposite - we aim too low and succeed. We need to find that magic spot where our natural talent meets our personal passion. This means we need to know ourselves better. Whilst we content ourselves with doing what we’re competent at, but don’t truly love, we’ll never excel. And, according to Ken, finding purpose in our work is essentially to knowing who we really are. Get ready to unleash your inner fervor as Ken takes to our pulpit to inspire you to follow your passion. Sir Ken Robinson is a leader in the development of creativity, innovation and human resources, working with governments and the world’s leading cultural organizations. Born in Liverpool, he was Director of The Arts Project (1985-89), and is Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Warwick. He was knighted in 2003 for his contribution to education and the arts. Recent publications include Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative (2001) and The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything (2009). This secular sermon took place at Conway Hall on Sunday 13 March 2011 (thanks to Alanna Scott for the link) Add Comment you had me at fuck you. there's a lot of good advice for creatives out on their own learning as they go. Our speaker at the March 2011 San Francisco, CreativeMornings (creativemornings.com) was Mike Monteiro, Design Director, and co-founder of Mule Design Studio (muledesign.com). This event took place on March 25, 2011 and was sponsored by Happy Cog and Typekit (who also hosted the event at their office in the Mission). A big giant thank you to Chris Whitmore (whitmoreprod.com) for offering to shoot and edit the video. Photos were graciously provided by Rawle Anders (twitter.com/rawle42). The San Francisco chapter of Creative Mornings is run by Greg Storey (twitter.com/brilliantcrank). Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/SanFrancisco_CM I hear this song every so often and it always reminds me of how cool Bobbie Gentry is. Ode to Billie Joe - Bobbie Gentry I notice this song is being used in a new VW commercial. I suppose that's okay, since I like Volkswagen. It's good to be reminded about the fun songs once in awhile. Keep The Lights On - Wave Machines John Lennon is great. The animation is great. My only question is why is "nothing" on top of Canada? I hope it wasn't intentional! This just exploded my heart. I love time lapse, especially when it's pointed at the sky. Watch full screen. Plains Milky Way from Randy Halverson on Vimeo. During the month of May, I shot Milky Way timelapse in central South Dakota, when I had the time, and the weather cooperated. The biggest challenge was cloudy nights and the wind. There were very few nights, when I could shoot, that were perfectly clear, and often the wind was blowing 25mph +. That made it hard to get the shots I wanted. I kept most of the shots low to the ground, so the wind wouldn't catch the setup and cause camera shake, or blow it over. I used a Stage Zero Dolly on the dolly shots and a "Milapse" mount on the panning ones. Canon 60D and T2i Tokina 11-16 Sigma 20mm F1.8 Tamron 17-50 Dynamic Perception Stage Zero Dolly dynamicperception.com Shot in RAW format, the Milky Way shots were 30 seconds exposure F2.8 or F1.8 with 2 second interval between shots, for 3-4 hours run time. ISO 1600 Ten seconds of the video is about 2 hours 20 minutes in real time. Simon Wilkinson from thebluemask.comcreated the soundtrack "Exodus" for the video Wired.com article wired.com/wiredscience/2011/06/milky-way-video/ Bad Astronomer article blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/06/03/gorgeous-milky-way-time-lapse/ For licensing contact dakotalapse.com Follow twitter.com/dakotalapse facebook.com/pages/DakotaLapse/111818295557281 I'll be for sure checking out this opening. The Smith Collection is quite impressive.  It's really sad and unfortunate that Modern Architecture isn't maintained and appreciated for its simplistic forms, forward-thinking ideals, innovation and engineering. It's usually the quietness and efficiency of these structures that gets ignored and over-looked. Someone needs to tell Brad Pitt that Phillis Wheatley Elementary School needs preserving before it's too late. Learning that New Orleans was once a hot bed for Modern Architecture makes me want to travel there even more to document what was and what is now. A Plea For Modernism from Evan Mather on Vimeo. The Phillis Wheatley Elementary School has served the historic New Orleans African-American neighborhood of Tremé since it opened in 1955. Celebrated worldwide for its innovative, regionally-expressive modern design – the structure sustained moderate damage during the storms and levee breach of 2005. Although it is scheduled for demolition in Summer 2011, DOCOMOMO Louisiana is advocating for its restoration via adaptive reuse. "A Plea For Modernism" is narrated by actor Wendell Pierce (“The Wire”, “Treme”). Seeing this video about Bart Prince's creative and design process through models, makes me realize how much I miss building architectural models. Aside from photography, model-making was probably my favourite part of studio at Carleton University. So, uh, ya, anyone need help with making models? | krista + blog = klog
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