Author: tseltenreich

Oliver Sacks writing in his seventies (Photograph: Bill Hayes) http://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.brainpickings.org%2F2015%2F06%2F19%2Foliver-sacks-thom-gunn-writing%2F&t=ZmY2ZjUwZWVkMjVmZjg1OTc5NjRiOGJjYzdhYzg4MTdlZDI4NThjMywxMzMxOTQzMjYyMTk%3D&b=t%3AI3Dygjx2uPd17GuuGF19LQ&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwritersatwork.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F133194326219%2Foliver-sacks-writing-in-his-seventies-photograph&m=1 This is my “work space” for this assignment. This spot is in the bottom of the library, next to the cafe. This spot was really good for me because there wasn’t many people in there while i was working so it made it a lot Read More …

Trying to draw the image, I found myself really focused and my sense of time was non-existent. I put my phone away while doing this and I didn’t look at it once and honestly I was drawing for 35 minutes and the time flew by. To be honest, when i was drawing this image nothing Read More …

The piece by Alexie, i thought was very powerful. One thing that jumped out at me in this piece is how he is picking up books before he can even read and finding ways to understand it. He goes on to say that he remembers picking up one of his fathers books and he couldn’t Read More …

A big thing i took out of reading this talk is that the whole “growth” “fixed” mindset can really be applied to about every aspect in our lives. People born/raised in certain parts of the world have different mindsets but that doesn’t mean it has to stay that way. In this talk Dweck talks about Read More …