Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Age and Creativity There’s no real age limit on creativity. Psychologists who study creative accomplishments throughout the life cycle generally find that creativity peaks between the ages of mid- to late 30s or early 40s. That’s why Paul McCartney doesn’t write songs as good as he used to?Continue reading “Age And Creativity”
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Creativity & Education
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. According to research, all of us have a creative gene. At around about the age of five, we are using about 80% of our creative potential. We invent daily – no matter that our inventions have been invented before, the fact is that we are innovating at a remarkable rate. In a longitudinal testContinue reading “Creativity & Education”
People
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. I feel like I (we) are living within the death spirals, of a rapidly, seemingly irreversible, ultimate demise of society and our world. The worse thing is though? I often feels like I am alone, or one of aContinue reading “People”
Teacher
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Those who can do, those who can’t teach? Good teachers Good learners Learning & Teaching Great Teachers, love what they do To be able to achieve a job, a career that you love is one of the greatest achievementsContinue reading “Teacher”
PAIN
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Pain My constant companion. I struggle to remember a time in my life without pain? Pain is a symptom of being hurt or sick. It is a negative sensation that is both physical and emotional. We only hurt when the brain actually assignsContinue reading “PAIN”
Guilt
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Dad Mum Only hours after dad had died, a nurse told Carol this…. Dad was recovering in hospital after a heart attack and then a pacemaker procedure. He was not well, turns out closer to death than everybody thought. In the end, heContinue reading “Guilt”
Johnny Reynolds 1918-1987
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. A nice man Dad If my Dad’s name ever came up in conversation, if you were to mention my dad to anyone, they would, immediately respond “Johnny Reynolds”, a lovely man’. Dad was a nice man, simple as that.Continue reading “Johnny Reynolds 1918-1987”
A Short Story About Death
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Death is very likely the single best invention of life (Jobs, 2005). “If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” This particular quote has only recently hit my radar. ItContinue reading “A Short Story About Death”
A Story Of Love And of Loss
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. A story about love and loss Steve Jobs, a modern day (digital), visionary, revolutionary, entrepreneur, inventor, teacher, father and husband, incredibly successful despite him dropping out from ‘college’. Jobs is on record as saying “he was lucky”, lucky, asContinue reading “A Story Of Love And of Loss”
Truck, Barter & Exchange
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. transitive verb. 1 : to give in exchange : swap. 2 : to barter or dispose of by barter. intransitive verb. 1 : to exchange commodities : barter. The story of modern capitalism begins in 18th-century England, where conditions were just right toContinue reading “Truck, Barter & Exchange”
Dying to Live 