Mute Presence: A look at an aphorism by E.M. Cioran

Here is a fifteen minute video that I shot on Vimeo. Recently, I have been using Vimeo as an educational platform and a way to share my thoughts. This video opens up an aphorism by E.M. Cioran and brings in some other thinkers, as well. Is it perfect? No, but it was the best I [...]

10 Tips for Mindful Work

Here are 10 general mindfulness exercises for when you are working.
1. Engage yourself in your work as if your job depends on it.
2. Become the best at what you do, not the best at gabbing around the office.
3. If you finish a project early, review your work and look for ways [...]

Quote: Sherlock Holmes

From Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “A Study in Scarlet”:
“You see,” he explained, “I consider that a man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across, so that the [...]

Larry Charles on “Cracking the Code”

Not all of us are as good at improvising as director/writer/comedian, Larry Charles (Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Borat, Religulous). Maybe we can learn to develop that capacity for improvisation.
In this short video, he briefly opens up the idea of “cracking the code” for a piece of art (in his case, [...]

Some Thoughts on Michael Wade’s “Slowing Down”

Michael Wade wrote an excellent article entitled, Slowing Down, which I recommend you spend some quality time with. His brief article deals with, as the title says, “slowing down.” Namely, slowing down the ways in which we might rush through a project, an email or a piece of writing (slowing down our habits of living). [...]