art

  • A Barrier To A Better Future

    To build a vision of the future, and a plan to achieve that vision, requires being realistic about ourselves in the present. It is impossible to navigate to a distant point if we do not know our current location. People… Continue reading

  • Beautiful Losers

    The only way to elevate others is to steadfastly resist their efforts to drag you down to their level. It is a basic principle of evolution; even though they will lose the battle, the fight has a small impact on… Continue reading

  • Understanding God’s Art

    [Another piece of fiction added to “Learning To Adapt.”] Jesus sat under an olive tree, or, at least that is what he thought. There was no moon and the night was pure black. He could hear the others collected a… Continue reading

  • The Cycle of Art, Governance, and Management

    First we build a vision of what we want, then we make choices about priorities and principles, and then we try to make the vision real. Naturally, we learn along the way and must make revisions, which alter priorities, and… Continue reading

  • The Conscious Narrative

    To me, what we call consciousness is nothing more than a continuous process of storytelling. Much like how DNA is continuously replicating itself, our minds are constantly telling and retelling our story.  Most of this process we are unaware of;… Continue reading

  • Art And Small Talk

    Small talk is like any other art. At one end of the spectrum is the purely superficial chat about the weather or sports just to pass the time. At the other end are chats that have layers of metaphor and… Continue reading