thinking thursday.
mind :: my brain and yours
One day I sat on a plane beside a man who studies teen brains. "Really?!" I said. "Tell me." "They aren't like adult brains," he said. I smiled. "Even the most academic question lights up the emotional part of teen brains. They don't process information like we do. To expect them to respond rationally and not emotionally is to constantly be disappointed." That was a helpful plane conversation. After that moment, I stopped expecting what wasn't and started understanding what was.
I really love this – a program teaches mentally ill people to do standup comedy.
The flexible brain: how creativity affects aging.
body :: my place and yours
We're deep into Mom and Dad Summer Camp here. For god's sake, send ideas.
Tana Butler rocks the pesto world with Jalapeño-Cilantro Pesto
I haven't tried this, but they seem pretty sure.
I love crayons.
soul :: my heart and yours
I want to do work like this in the world.
I need you to listen to this, and see it.
A final thought :: When you photograph people in colour you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in black and white, you photograph their souls. -Ted Grant
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