Over on the Be Bold Blog, I have a write up on the Web of Change conference I attended at Hollyhock. At the risk of being redundant, it was a pretty magical experience, but you can go read all about it yourself. And enjoy this view we got on the way home…
Tell someone not to be afraid. And give them a hug.
“Don’t be afraid to fail, don’t be afraid to take risks, ask questions, ask stupid questions, don’t be afraid to trip, fall and don’t be afraid to get back up.” – Michelle Obama’s motivational remarks at Oxford University to North London schoolgirls from Elizabeth Garrett Anderson school. At the end of the hour-long visit, she …
This is it. Give your best work now.
I finished reading Hugh MacLeod’s book Evil Plans: Having Fun on the Road to World Domination over the weekend. It was a good read, especially for someone like myself: a determined creative who feels a little bit stuck and in need of some focus. I was hit over the head with the chapter “This Is …
On discipline, writing and compassion.
Today is my brother, Rashid’s birthday. Six years older than me, tall, fanatical about literature and hilarious I hold my brother responsible for shaping my life in three critical ways: On Discipline. I played a lot of sports growing up and one thing that I remember is that I was never very good at these …
2010 in Photos
Before we jet out to bust out the sparklers, a quick photo set I threw together with some moments and memories I loved from 2010 and the friends who made it a blast. The fun includes: surprising best friend at the Kennedy Center, Rome, Malta, my first (and last) visit to Founding Farmers, Isra + …
Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.
“Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.” Plautus 2010 was rough but taught me so much. I think I’m finally beginning to leave a thick cloud of grief and mourning to reignite my life, love of adventure and put some purpose behind all this pain I’m leaving behind. And I couldn’t have …
BeingBrina Take II
Or Doing a blog right. I’m relaunching this little site of mine so bear with me as I tweak the design, some CSS and find my voice again. I’m out of blog shape, someone hand me a water bottle… or you know, the geek equivalent of a water bottle (a protractor?) I’m going to be …