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Tag Archives: inspiration
Tenacity
I don’t know what kind of tree this is, but I have to admire the tenacity with which it continually regrows branches/suckers that have been cut off. You can see scarred burls from years of pruning all along the length … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Life, Nature
Tagged creativity, inspiration, motivation, nature, perspective
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Some Friday going-home-from-work photos
I was going to do one post and title it “Blue and Red” (you’ll see why), but I decided that these pictures would make better sense if I just lumped them all together beneath an umbrella title uniting them within … Continue reading
Reliving the famous “Ice Bowl” 50 years later
Today’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel contains a fascinating oral history of the December 31, 1967, “Ice Bowl” NFL Championship Game between Vince Lombardi’s Green Bay Packers and Tom Landry’s Dallas Cowboys. Link to the article here. Several thoughts come to mind … Continue reading
Posted in History, Life, Milwaukee, Popular culture
Tagged football, Green Bay Packers, human potential, Ice Bowl, inspiration, NFL, Pete Rozelle
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Reflecting on the Importance of Imperfection
It’s hard to believe now, but it must have rained last week. That’s when I snapped this photograph of/in a puddle on the sidewalk in front of MSOE’s Campus Center. This recurring puddle has been a remarkably fertile source of … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Milwaukee, Photography
Tagged finding inspiration, Grohmann Museum, imperfection, inspiration, Milwaukee, puddles, Reflections in water
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Knot Art – How one artist developed a daily creative practice
I love this article in today’s Co. Design, “How An Apple Alum Found Her True Calling–In Knots.” Windy Chien, a former producer at Apple’s iTunes, is now an artist who creates hanging textile art, jewelry and lights from complex macrame … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Creativity, History
Tagged art, artists, creativity, daily art practice, daily creative practice, inspiration, knots, learning, macrame, Windy Chien
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