“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” – Aristotle There is a joy, a rapture, that I find in projects that are creative and for people I like. I got
“Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!” – Dr Seuss Milestones are a beautiful thing. Today marks two significant ones: my 37th birthday, and the 600th IQ I’ve published! Amazing,
“I told you That we could fly ‘Cause we all have wings But some of us don’t know why” – Michael Hutchence Taken from this song – and yet, an amazing thought in itself. We DO all have wings. I experienced
“There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.” – Charles Dickens After six hours in the car, three and a half hours re-designing and taping-out our floorplan, and many discussions with my
“Touch one heart, touch one soul. I know it’s cliché, but it’s seriously gold.” – Steve Pajor Today’s IQ comes from a mate of mine – Steve Pajor. An artist, a surfer, a father, a friend. The painting in the
“Stop making excuses.” Yep. You heard me. You know, the ones like: “I’m tired.” “Someone else let me down.” “I didn’t have time.” “It’s not my fault.” “It’s raining.” And so on. You know in your heart when you’re making
“He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher… or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.” – Douglas Adams Today I’d like to pay homage to all the tolerant women out there, married to men who find themselves
“Get Up!” – out of bed. – off your butt. – and be counted. – stand up. – I gotta loosen this load. – and make a difference. – and move. Inspired by the You Am I song, which started
“Work hard, play hard, have fun.” Every Wednesday morning for most of the school year, Indrani has had band practice at 8am – a slightly earlier start than usual, and it has mostly been me that takes her to band
“Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close.” – John Ruskin Make every day count. Be kind to yourself and others, because each day is a new
“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” – Helen Keller Having vision is the art of seeing what could be. It takes stillness, reflection, and time to cultivate meaningful vision, along with life experiences
“When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.” – Pierre Corneille I watched The Truman Show again last night, after a gap of YEARS. (Sadly I had to sit through a LOT of
“Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What’s a sundial in the shade?” – Benjamin Franklin Interesting use of rhyme, Mr Franklin. Also, an interesting use of the notion of applied purpose. A sundial in the shade is
“If you’re bored with life – you don’t get up every morning with a burning desire to do things – you don’t have enough goals.” – Lou Holtz Don’t panic… I’m not bored with life. I just know that I
“Dance with fear. Dance with done. Dance with the resistance. Dance with each other. Dance with art.” – Seth Godin Right now, in this moment, I cannot tell you how much this quote means to me. I also cannot tell
“No is the foundation that we can build our yes on.” – Seth Godin Two Seth quotes within about a week? Yep. The guy is THAT good. I’m convinced that today’s quote has to be a part of my life
“Unity is strength… when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.” – Mattie Stepanek Today’s IQ is dedicated to my amazing wife, and our magnificent two kids. We work really, really well as a family – most of the
“When you look back on your life, you’ll regret the things you didn’t do more than the ones you did.” – H. Jackson Browne, Jr. Today’s image taken by my lovely wife, on the morning of our dear friends Ann
“I have always believed in the magic of childhood and think that if you get your life right that magic should never end.” – Colin Thompson Colin Thompson is the man who brought us such amazing kids picture books as
“Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.” – Epictetus The long saga of selling our apartment is officially complete. The apartment settled yesterday. Today we are mortgage free and cashed-up to buy a
This is the first in a series of Family Photographer Interviews. In this series – starting in Week 2 of our 10th Birthday Celebration – I will be interviewing some of our long-term clients about their experiences with us, and
“The way back will always be there. The way forward may not.” – Unknown This one goes out to my brother in law Lance, who is living and working in Paris, France right now. We had a great hour-and-a-half Skype
“Chase your dreams until you catch them… and then dream, catch, and dream again!” – Dee Marie Today’s IQ goes out to my little sister Bree, the youngest of my siblings. She’s just started a new business called Dream Abreeze making
“Sometimes we need clouds to remind us why we love the sun.” Today was a day of disappointment. No, actually, it was a day of Disappointment. Capital D. Firstly, around 9am, I got an email saying my wife and I
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