The first grueling leg of the unexpected challenge that appeared in my life recently is over, and I am left with many gifts, and a lot of gratitude.
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The Challenge and Wonder of Boxhood (Emil Ferris)
Emil Ferris, creator of the breakout graphic novel, My Favorite Thing is Monsters, writes eloquently about the misunderstood notion of thinking outside the box. She knows what she’s talking about; she’s navigated extraordinary challenges with aplomb.
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What You Can Do When You Are Too Challenged To Do Anything
Last week I was supposed to write some articles for Improvised Life and couldn’t do it. I am a few weeks post-op from a serious surgery. Healing at am unexpectedly glacial place is wearing away at my normally very high optimism, physical energy and focus. I’ve talked openly on Improvised Life before about “being myself in a…
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NYC Marathon: 8 Reasons Why We Run
We felt a little nervous about walking the short block to see New York City marathoners round Marcus Garvey Park, as they entered the last leg to the finish line. The Boston Marathon bombing was still fresh in our minds; we wondered at the possible danger we might be putting ourselves in if we joined…
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challenge as opportunity (houdini) + fab coin magic
(Video link here.) In a recent post at the Houdini File, David Saltman rounded up a huge trove of formal public challenges to magician/escape artist extraordinaire Harry Houdini, inviting him to escape from all manner of restraints, one more complex and seemingly-impossible than the next. According to Saltman, Houdini accepted every single challenge issued: “every…
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people are awesome 2013
(Video link here.) We especially love the kid at 1:30 min. While we watch all these wildly ACTIVE people, we think of all the people doing awesome things unobserved. via Kottke Related posts: danny macaskill’s new video: what he thinks as he rides 94-year-old matilda klein’s gracefully defiant dance weekend fun: new danny macaskill…
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