Sara Campbell
- You have a particular definition of business: “An experiment in survival involving money and the creative impulse.” For a lot of people, the idea that you can be capitalism-critical yet pro-
business is a tricky tension or paradox. Can you speak to that?
JA: My work exists not as an endorsement of or a reinvestment in the business paradigm. It’s mor... See morefrom Could a More Feminine Economy Save The World? - SOCAP Global
We cannot know when the time will be ripe for any particular idea. The task of creators is to keep options alive and open and not to be too constrained by the limitations of a present that may be suddenly transformed—by a depression, war, a dramatic collapse of political trust, or a pandemic.
from Another World Is Possible by Geoff Mulgan
- More and more it seems to me that about the best thing in life is to have a piece of work worth doing and then to do it well.
from Leadership Quotes by Doris Kearns Goodwin
- People read nonfiction to learn and to feel. My framework for ensuring a blog post accomplishes both is to start with a first draft that focuses on "novel" ideas.
A novel idea is one that's not just new to the reader, but also significant and not easily intuited. Think of it as new and worthwhile . I've identified five categories:- Counter-intuitive —
from What to Write About
- There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it will be a butterfly — R. Buckminster Fuller
from Tools for Systems Thinkers: The 6 Fundamental Concepts of Systems Thinking by Leyla Acaroglu
- Posting can be fun, entertaining, and even enlightening. But when we want to share a creative act we went deep into the void to create, we owe our work more than a post. We owe it a RELEASE.
A RELEASE is a richer and deeper expression of an idea. A release is not just the work, it’s anticipating the work. There’s an invitation to become part of it i... See morefrom Do you post or do you RELEASE? by Yancey Strickler
- 1. “We tell stories because we have a hollow place in our heart. You don’t fill that with success. You fill it by finding yourself in the stories you tell.”
–Guillermo Del Torofrom Just a moment... by Britton Perelman
- Though womanist identity was not created for me, I believe that womanism offers great insights into the suffering and potential liberation of the male body. Womanism has influenced how I choose to celebrate my own body and experiences. It reminds me of the importance of loving and compassion within my personal struggle to be liberated from my own r... See more
from ‘Woman Hold My Hand’ by Rod Owens
- Perhaps the greatest kindness of Tara is how she reminds me that in order to be free, I must embrace my own suffering and allow it to teach me about the nature of how things really are. In my experience, the practice of Tara is an invitation to experience the divine feminine and to contact a sense of sacred masculinity that transcends racism and pa... See more
from ‘Woman Hold My Hand’ by Rod Owens