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blind, a photographer reinvents himself

(Video link here.) When commercial photographer John Dugdale lost most of his sight almost twenty years ago, he did not give up photography as one would have imagined. Instead, he started photographing in a new way, using a huge view camera and employing 19th century forms and processes. Life forced him to “see in a…

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aging as an invitation to reinvent oneself

Cerre of 2 or 3 Things We Know posted this video by her film maker/correspondent father. He is making a series of short films (with an accompanying blog to come) about aging baby boomers who have reinvented their careers and personal lives. It’s inspiring no matter what age you are. We LOVE the shift that…

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oddly brilliant gifts + following your own odd brilliance

In an attempt to figure out what I might like for Christmas, my sister Susy sent me a list of fun, oddly brilliant gift ideas I would never have thought of: -cable tv subscriptions for premium channels -night vision binoculars or goggles -flash paper to make sparks fly from your hands -devices to measure volume,…

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