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Siloing on the Island of Creativity (S.B. Dworski)

S.B. Dworski reflects on the nature of being “siloed”, which most of the world is grappling with, and a new way to think about it.

Aretha Sings the Joy and Jumpstarts Mine (The Blue Brothers)

This remarkable clip of the great Aretha dancing and leaning back singing FREEDOM proved an unexpectedly powerful antidote to challenging personal times.

What is Your Terrifying High Dive? (Ten Meter Tower)

Ten Meter Tower shows people who had never been on a 10-meter (about 33 feet) diving tower before, and had never jumped from that high. The film is about approaching a personal limit —a potential leap — full of fear, and either making the decision to make the leap or not. Watching it is both moving and illuminating.

Pursuit of the New: Surfing with Ice and Snow

A source of inspiration to us over the winter months is intrepid photographer Yassine Ouhilal, who documents surf culture in some of the worlds coldest waters. A surfer himself, Yassine is Canadian born but ventures further north to the far reaches of Canada, Russia and Iceland where a small number of like-minded surfers escape the hoards…