Tag: Learning

  • A Necessary Corrective

    A Necessary Corrective

    It’s Contagious… Imagine yourself walking down a wooded path. You are contentedly listening to a podcast, fully immersed in your own little world, and from a distance, you notice an individual who is staring up into the trees. They are perfectly still, focused and appear determined in their level of attention. Suddenly, you notice your…

  • Silent: Listen by Another Name

    Silent: Listen by Another Name

    I had no way of knowing what awaited us. Unwittingly, with our recent residential move, we traded in a constancy of sound for a sentinel of silence. During our first few days in the new house, I often found myself passing a whole hour within its void. The presence of absence felt pervasive, and my…

  • Playing Catch

    Playing Catch

    Like a pop foul ball that no one tried to catch, his words arced and landed with a quiet thump between them. After a long weekend of working an art show attended by defended and disengaged art viewers, the arrival of an eager and unlikely inquiry felt like medicine for Ken’s beleaguered creative spirit.  “What…