A perfect question to jump out of bed with, or ask anytime of the day… …though we might add to it…
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what are you waiting for?
The Whitney Museum recently sponsored a public art project with artist Gary Simmons. To make the project, teens collected responses to the question, “What are you waiting for?” from their classmates and the larger community. The handwritten scraps of paper were then photographed, printed, and wheatpasted onto a wall, creating a layered, complex, and sometimes…
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‘don’t give up what you want most for what you want now’
We found this quote (punctuation ours) on French by Design this morning and have been mulling it all day. It was unattributed. When we did a search to see where it might have come from, we found Weight Watchers and Islam and a bunch of other sources. What do we want MOST? Can we subject…
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‘where do we migrate to?’
We spotted this very intriguing question on our friend Tara Mann‘s site; it’s the title of an exhibition at Parsons. Tara took this instagram in the lobby: just a question. It made us think… where we’ve been… where we’re going… what’s been the great migration?… Related posts: when is enough plenty? david allen’s potent questions for…
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“in my next life, I will be_________”
Public radio’s Studio 360 recently passed out fill-in-the-blank cards to their audience that said: “In my next life, I will be_____________.” Check out the slideshow of some of the responses they got. It makes us wonder: When could our ‘next life’ start? Was George Elliot right when she said, It’s never too late to be what you might have…
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laurie anderson’s big question
We stumbled on this lovely 3 minutes with Laurie Anderson, and found it calmed us and made us THINK. (We also loved seeing her cooled out, very real space). It was made by Dropping Knowledge.org, a website that “invites you to question yourself and the world around you. Every time you ask yourself a question,…
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