The Look(s) of Success!

Communication: Building . . . SOMETHING.

Someone at work put up this motivational poster awhile back, with the encouragement that we should use "Communication" to "build bridges, not walls":



This immediately made me think of a different purpose to which communication is often put:



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The Nostalgia of the Infinite

I love this painting and even just it's title. But the combination is magic.

"Nostalgia of the Infinite" inspires awe in me. Also a sense that it's not just awe at a potential thing that might theoretically exist. But instead at something that you know, and had known and experienced and enjoyed at one time, that you remember fondly (ie. theophany on a grand scale).

It warms the heart and produces a hope and yearning.

May have been silly, but commenting on my sister's blog it inspired me to write:

Remember, before we started constantly breaking everything down into tiny pieces to analyze and control? It used to just stretch out there before us, vaster than worlds, boundless and heart-shaking, beyond imagination.

Man, I long for that feeling again.

(And, via the wonder of "nostalgia" here it is!)

Nick Vuijicic

Nick Vuijicic has no arms or legs (mostly). It seems there are a fair number of folks with some disability who will emphasize that difficulties in life aren't the end of the world.

But I was just impressed with the cut of this guy's jib in particular. His authenticity, humor and the way he comes across.