Art - The Story of Telling (Fri 18 Aug 2017)

Abstract - Glebe (Sun 30 Jul 2017)

The Story of Telling on Art:

Art allows us to be remembered for our humanity and make meaning part of our [life].

via The Art Of Customer Loyalty by The Story of Telling.

Curiosity - Bernadette Jiwa / John Gregory Olson (Wed 07 Jun 2017)

Torn - Glebe (Wed 07 Jun 2017)

Bernadette Jiwa (from Story of Telling) on Curiosity:

the first key is curiosity. You can’t see problems worth solving unless you’re curious, and you also care about solving them.

via Birth of a breakthrough idea by John Gregory Olson.

Decisions - Bernadette Jiwa / Sally Haldorson (Tue 13 Jun 2017)

Leaves - Glebe (Thu 08 Jun 2017)

Bernadette Jiwa (from Story of Telling) on Decisions:

we don’t need more time, we just need to decide.

via Hunch: Turn Your Everyday Insights Into the Next Big Thing by Sally Haldorson.

Change - Ian Goldin / Tim Elliott (Fri 09 Jun 2017)

Broken - Learning to Fly - Glebe (Mon 05 Jun 2017)

Ian Goldin on Change:

The challenges are great, but change is incremental. If you can make a small contribution, then that's great.

via Nelson Mandela adviser Ian Goldin on our chances for a new golden age by Tim Elliott.

Blue - Peter Orner / After Water (2016)

division - Glebe (Thu 18 May 2017)

Peter Orner on Blue:

How many shades of blue do you think there are?

via After Water Fiction: The Last Cribkeeper by After Water.

Time - Russell Ord (Tue 21 Mar 2017)

Hour Glass - Glebe (Wed 12 Apr 2017)

Russell Ord on Time:

"That's all it is. It's just a moment in time."

via Creatives: Russell Ord by Russell Ord .

Is Comedy the New News? - Dan Ilic / Andrew P Street / Spectrum (Fri 07 Apr 2017)

Poster (Pauline Hanson) - The Monthly / Glebe (Fri 07 Apr 2017)

Dan Ilic on Comedy:

[Andrew P Street] is comedy the new news?

[ Dan Ilic ] Politics is often dense and obfuscates intent, so there's ... value in breaking down, in simple, clear language, what the hell is going on.

via How Donald Trump killed comedy - What happens to satire when the world of politics is a joke? by Andrew P Street.

Belief - Drew Ginn (Wed 17 Oct 2012)

Believe - Glebe (Fri 31 Mar 2017)

Drew Ginn on Belief:

Creating belief is about what you do daily and with out reservation for everything counts towards those peak moments, those events and collective rise to events we dare to dream about. Daily practice and training build that belief in self and the team.

via Creating Belief by Drew Ginn.

Action - Marcus Aurelius / Ryan Holiday (Mon 20 Feb 2017)

Red - Glebe (Fri 17 Feb 2017)

Marcus Aurelius on Action:

The impediment to action advances action.

What stands in the way becomes the way.

via The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday.

Intention - Seth Godin (Fri 30 Dec 2016)

shadow / bike - Glebe (Wed 10 Aug 2016)

Seth Godin on Intention:

Intention opens the door to forward motion.

via Moving a conversation forward by Seth Godin.

Hope - Story of Telling (Wed 28 Dec 2016)

Mickey and Donald - Glebe (Thu 22 Dec 2016)

Story of Telling on Hope:

Hope impacts our internal narrative acting like the aperture of a camera’s lens controlling the amount of light reaching the film. It makes us more resourceful, fuels our resilience and strengthens our resolve. We might not have the ability to alter the scene but we can change our perspective.

We have more power to shape our stories than we realise

via The Power Of Perspective by Story of Telling.

Photos - Pamela Bradley (2016)

books - Glebe (Sun 21 Aug 2016)

Pamela Bradley on Photos:

with photos you can never really tell: one captured moment could mean many different things.

via Maybe I'll Be Cleverer Tomorrow A Reflection on a Complex and Often Prickly Father/Daughter Relationship by Pamela Bradley.

Memory - Pamela Bradley (2016)

flower - Glebe (Tue 30 Aug 2016)

Pamela Bradley on Memory:

I've been doing a lot of that lately: testing my memory. But I wonder if what I am remembering is really as it was; memories are so elusive, unstable, and fragmentary things; shifting and changing over time.

via Maybe I'll Be Cleverer Tomorrow A Reflection on a Complex and Often Prickly Father/Daughter Relationship by Pamela Bradley.

Seeing - Pamela Bradley (2016)

black scratched - Glebe (Fri 26 Aug 2016)

Pamela Bradley on Seeing:

is it that as we get older and spend more time alone we see the beauty in things around us that we once overlooked?

via Maybe I'll Be Cleverer Tomorrow A Reflection on a Complex and Often Prickly Father/Daughter Relationship by Pamela Bradley.

Algorithms - Radhika Subramanian (Tue 15 Dec 2015)

The Footbridge - Glebe (Fri 06 Aug 2016)

Radhika Subramanian on Algorithms:

Data is inherently dumb. It doesn’t do anything unless you know how to use it, how to act on it, because algorithms is where the real value lies. Algorithms define action

via Query Vs. No Query! Do You Care? by Radhika Subramanian.

Trying - every little counts - Kurt Wallander / Sam Wollaston (Mon 23 May 2016)

Abstraction - Glebe (Fri 29 Jul 2016)

Kurt Wallander on Trying:

"Do we make a difference? Maybe. Sometimes. Not much. What I do know is that we should never stop trying. We need to remember that every little counts …”

via Wallander review: he’s back – and he’s still got it by Sam Wollaston.

Humble Obsessiveness - it's never summer (Fri 05 Aug 2016)

Notice - Glebe (Fri 05 Aug 2016)

it's never summer on Obsessiveness:

Humble subject matter does not exclude obsessiveness

via Mapplethorpe’s “Kitchen Sink” by it's never summer.

If You Want To - Seth Godin (Tue 19 Jul 2016)

I want to .. I am .. - Library / Glebe (Wed 20 Jul 2016)

Seth Godin on If You Want To:

anyone with a $300 laptop can use the very same tools as the people at the top of just about any industry. [..]

If you want to learn, do research, make a ruckus... your local library has access to the same tools as you'll find in a skyscraper in a big company.

via The very same software by Seth Godin.

I've realised this for a long time and now I have the opportunity to make something of it here at the Glebe Library. Really making some great progress with everything that Seth mentions in his post - The very same software - and I am excited about what I am creating.

On Risk and Failure - Quentin Tarantino (Wed 19 Dec 2012)

It's a Little Bit Scary - Glebe (Sat 24 Nov 2012)
Quentin Tarantino (*) talks On Risk (*) and Failure (*):

I’ve always been pushing that envelope.

I want to risk hitting my head on the ceiling of my talent.

I want to really test it out and say: O.K., you’re not that good. You just reached the level here.

I don’t ever want to fail, but I want to risk failure every time out of the gate.

via Quentin’s World (*) by Charles McGrath (*).

A thought to start the year.

Geoff and Michael - Blackwattle Bay / Glebe (Sun 25 Nov 2012)

Geoff and Michael - Blackwattle Bay / Glebe (Sun 25 Nov 2012)
We played hockey together starting in 1982. We bumped into each other recently and Grace took this photo for me, After spending a few years with his Family in Narooma as a cartoonist, they now live in Orange he is a practicing architect. It was great to catch up after all these years.