Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wes Fryer

Category: philosophy

  • Are virtual interactions REAL? A video answer from @danlovejoy

    Dan Lovejoy is a graduate student in the Technical Communication and Rhetoric program at Texas Tech University, and lives in the Oklahoma City area. Dan interviewed me and several others for his 7 minute, 40 second micro-documentary “Real/Virtual.” Among others, he asked participants over video to respond to the following questions: Have you had an…

  • To succeed we must fail – a LOT

    Success can be and is defined in many ways. We don’t (as a general rule) like failure as human beings, and our school systems certainly have a low tolerance for failure. Yet failure is not only a pre-requisite for creativity, it is also required for “success” in virtually every context. This Michael Jordan advertisement for…

  • Some recent notable pics and reflections

    I love to take photos. My iPhone is the best digital camera I’ve ever owned, because it is almost ALWAYS with me. Here are a few recent photos I’ve snapped which have seemed notable for different reasons. These are all posted to my Flickr account. I found this juxtaposition of the high-tech digital and the…

  • Connecting our world and our generational responsibility to do better

    I watched Hector Ruiz’s moving TedTalk “The power to connect the world” at lunch today. I resonate with his passion for the 50×15 project, which seeks: …to enable affordable, accessible Internet connectivity and computing capabilities for 50 percent of the world’s population by the year 2015. Yesterday at our monthly Oklahoma Creativity Project education committee…

  • Advice for graduating seniors

    I’m sharing the commencement address for graduating seniors in Howe, Oklahoma, this evening starting at 7:00 pm US central time. Connectivity permitting, I’ll webcast my presentation live on Ustream. I haven’t seen the program yet, but I’m guessing I’ll start around 7:15… I’ll post an update to twitter when I have a better idea of…

  • Tales from an adventurer living off the grid

    A couple of years ago when our family spent time in and around Jemez Springs, New Mexico, I met several local residents who aspired to “live off the grid.” By “the grid,” they meant the electricity grid to which most of us in the “developed world” are connected every minute of our lives, and without…

  • Learners and teachers as tour guides

    I am reading Rob Bell’s book “Velvet Elvis” along with about 50 other men in our church’s Friday morning men’s group, and came across the following passage recently which resonated with me as a teacher. Rob wrote: Tour guides are people who see depth and texture and connections where others don’t. That is why the…

  • “What is Schooliness?” – Discursus and Open Thread (Clay Burell guest-post 2)

    I Love Learning. I Hate Schooliness. –this is my motto. It’s one of the reasons I wrote (in a post, “On Leaving Teaching to Become a Teacher,” with about 70 comments now), I’m not sure how much longer I want to work for schools. I’d so much rather teach. So what is “schooliness”? I have…

  • Seize the moment and make the most of NOW

    The “Daily Motivator” quotation from Ralph Marston on October 3, 2007 resonates with me: Do you understand where you are right now? You are in a place, a time, and a set of circumstances toward which you’ve been moving your entire life. Do you realize the enormous opportunity that now exists? You are more experienced…

  • Seeking the elusive “inbox zero”

    It is quite challenging to return to “normal life” and work after a week-long trip and face email inboxes.Since starting David Allen’s book “Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity” several months ago, I’ve started applying several of his core organizational principles with limited but positive results. Since it is quite hard to change…