This tiny, funny, illuminating poem of a film shows everyday objects in the moments of tension — the thresholds — before they fall apart, spring, light, snap together… As we watched it, we couldn’t help thinking of ourselves.
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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.
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‘You’ve got to Jump’ via Annie Dillard and Ray Bradbury
For years writer Annie Dillard’s “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek“, for which she won the Pulitzer Prize, shaped our thinking and way of seeing — observing — the world around us. With her new book ‘The Abundance“, she has entered our minds again and is actively in the zeitgeist; her original, quirky, daring view of life continues to surprise, resonate…
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leap! (turnip)
Recently, we emailed a friend-fearful-of-the-future our version of a care package: a handful of uplifiting signs and images about taking risks, leaping, going forward into the unknown, one of our favorite subjects. We had just sent off “Leap And the Net Will Appear” when Cynthia Allen from 50 Years 50 Recipes sent us a link to…
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leap: risking not being brilliant (but wonderful still)
We’re adding this to our collection of “leap and fly” photos that we see as so emblematic of the willingness to “take a leap”, risk, try new things. We love this one because the dancer is so game, and looks like an ordinary person doing what she loves, maybe not brilliantly, but wonderful all the…
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