Robin Good
@robingood
Robin Good
@robingood
"empower all who want to share what they know to find those who want to learn it from them"
Ivan Illich - Deschooling Society
Learning and
Curating = Unpacking for a General Audience
Thomas B. Campbell, Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, shares in this TED video, his journey to become a respected museum curator, and the valuable discoveries and insights realized along the way.
This passage, in particular, struck with me louder than a thousand words:
"We live in an age of ubiquitous information, and sort of "just add water" expertise, but there's nothing that compares with the presentation of significant objects in a well-told narrative... what the curator does, the interpretation of a complex, esoteric subject, in a way that retains the integrity of the subject, that makes it -- unpacks it for a general audience."
People with this type of failure are characterized by noble and winning traits. They study a great deal, but love personal activities as well. They worship action and ha... See more
Dreamers, oh dreamers, I know too well some of you. Wake up, before too much of your precious lives has passed by.