Seeing the human in the stationery, a mnml digest
Five links. Ten sentences or fewer. On the importance of humanizing how I use, strategize and consume stationery. My notebooks and pens and inks are made by people. And I’m a person. Who will make mistakes, grow eager about new releases, and will adapt intended use for my own personally-customized meaningful use.
A mindset of rose tinted glasses, a mnml digest
Five links. Ten sentences or fewer. On how mindset matters. My week’s reading calls me to wear rose tinted glasses. To see and name the positive when it arrives. To break the rules when the creativity genie arrives. And to read the possible into the doable.
Approaching the typical sideways, a mnml digest
Five links. Ten sentences or fewer. On approaching the typical sideways. Peering at all three dimensions of my writing tools and writing strategies. Sinking below the surface to see the inner story. New ideas are born from new perspectives.
A little of this and a little of that, a mnml digest
Five links. Ten sentences or fewer. On the power of difference. The transformative potential of trying novel combinations that “shouldn’t work together.” The fabulous lessons to be found in the heterogeneous.