by Lauren | 14 Sep 2014 | Comparison, Curiosity, Self-awareness, Values
My partner has been trying to get me to stop reading outrage-provoking things on the internet. (I suspect he’s getting a little tired of hearing me complain about things over which I have little to no influence.) It’s a tough habit for me to break, as it...
by Lauren | 7 Sep 2014 | Curiosity, Fun, Self-awareness
A couple of weeks ago I was walking with my kid through Granville Island – A fascinating corner of Vancouver that includes a big public market, artists’ and artisans’ studios, our local art and design university, and a couple of surprising little pockets...
by Lauren | 31 Aug 2014 | Comparison, Curiosity, Self-awareness
In the past 24 hours, I came across two excellent essays that appear on the surface to contradict each other: Steve Almond’s “The Problem of Entitlement: A Question of Respect” describes the resistance he sees amongst his writing students towards the...
by Lauren | 24 Aug 2014 | Curiosity
There is a quote from the wise and prolific Howard Thurman that I have returned to again and again. You have probably come across it before. “Don’t ask what the world needs,” says Thurman. “Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the...
by Lauren | 17 Aug 2014 | Curiosity, Self-awareness, Values
I didn’t meet another girl named Lauren for the first ten years of my life. As far as I was aware, the only other Lauren worth noting was Lauren Bacall, the husky-voiced, sophisticated – some would say impeccable – Hollywood star. I wasn’t named after...
by Lauren | 11 Aug 2014 | Curiosity, Self-awareness
“We are an odd people,” writes Jeanette Winterson in her essay, “Art Objects”: “we make it as difficult as possible for our artists to work honestly while they are alive; either we refuse them money or we ruin them with money; either we...
