by laurel5289 | Dec 28, 2020 | Big Questions, Mindset
Image: Pastel and ink on paper • “Soul Singer” • Katy Ward A friend once told me: “the worst mistake anyone can make in life is to build someone else’s “ideal scene.” The “ideal scene” is the dreamed-up version of your life, where every part is a personal...
by laurel5289 | Jun 7, 2021 | Big Questions, Environment, Mindset, Sustainability
Questions covered in this show: How would you define ‘green’ or ‘sustainable?’ How does that affect how you live? How do you integrate it into your life? What drives you in this direction? What’s your WHY behind sustainability? Was there...
by laurel5289 | Feb 9, 2021 | Big Questions, Social Good
Pastel on paper by Katy Ward There’s one common breakdown I see with every brand I work with. The team is lit about their product or service… but the customers get a watered-down dose of that passion at best. Why does this happen? Think about it – every...
by laurel5289 | Nov 11, 2020 | Big Questions, Mindset
Breaking the Matrix 101 Part 1 of 3 in the Allegory of the Cave series. Feature art by the McGill Library for Unsplash. Why does the holographic steak taste so good in The Matrix? There’s a scene in the film when Neo plugs back into the Matrix to have a conversation...
by laurel5289 | Nov 5, 2020 | Big Questions, Mindset
Have you seen The Truman Show? It’s a film about a guy named Truman who lives in a simulated life that is completely predetermined and broadcasted to a TV audience. Truman has no idea his life is inside a TV set… and no idea that the reality he sees is not the reality...
by laurel5289 | Sep 3, 2020 | Big Questions, Environment, Social Good, Sustainability
Did you know that Einstein came up with Relativity by thinking about it for years? He started thinking about what would happen if you ran next to a beam of light when he was 16. After playing with concepts in his mind, he introduced a new framework for all of physics...
