Friday, October 28, 2011

Nike's Jordan Brand

This was done by the agency Wieden + Kennedy for the release of Jordan Melo's shoe. Such an inspired idea, walking on water.

The world is hitting 7 billion people next week!

National Geographic put together the most typical person. I think it's so cool, probably just my planner brain nerdness!


Tuesday, October 25, 2011

E.E. Cummings

I vaguely recall memorizing this for class in middle school. It was well beyond my years then, true romantic at heart it appears. I just love this poem- it flows so beautifully.

 “I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart)I am never without it (anywhere
I go you go,my dear; and whatever is done by only me is your doing,my darling)
 I fear no fate (for you are my fate,my sweet)I want no world (for beautiful you are my world,my true) and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you

 here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart I carry your heart (I carry it in my heart)”

― E.E. Cummings

Monday, October 10, 2011

my Monday morning jam

Cold morning- hot cup of tea and some good tunes at work.

"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice.
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle."
Steve Jobs, RIP, 1955-2011

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Words of wisdom by Johnny Cash

"So, I learn from my mistakes. It's a very painful way to learn, but without pain, the old saying is, there's no gain. I found that to be true in my life. You miss a lot of opportunities by making mistakes, but that's part of it: knowing that you're not shut out forever, and that there's a goal you still can reach."
-Johnny Cash