by Terri Willingham | Jul 3, 2014 | Creativity, Life, parenting, Theresa Williingham, Uncategorized
This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it. -Ralph Waldo Emerson I came across an article recently, that referenced a thoughtful piece that ran last summer in the Huffington Post. I don’t remember anything about the article...
by Terri Willingham | Jun 23, 2014 | compassion, Creativity, education, knowledge, Life, Makers, Philosophy, Society, Theresa Williingham, Uncategorized
When you are authentic, transparent, you will stand out as you are truly seen. When you are transparent, others can “see through” you into you as your heart and true essence shines. You are clear, direct and kind. You are not an enigma; you don’t...
by Terri Willingham | Jun 9, 2014 | knowledge, Life, Makerspaces, science, Society, Theresa Williingham, Uncategorized
Children are born scientists. They are always turning over rocks and plucking petals off flowers. They are always doing stuff that, by and large, is destructive. That’s what exploration really is when you think about it. An adult scientist is a kid who never grew up....
by Terri Willingham | Jun 2, 2014 | knowledge, Life, paradigm shifts, Society, Theresa Williingham, Uncategorized
“Today, we want success in seventeen levels, or seventeen minutes, seventeen seconds — and when the promise of something new and better is just a click away, who wants to wait seventeen years? But that’s the thing that connects all of these great people — they played...
by Terri Willingham | May 23, 2014 | education, Life, Philosophy, Society, Theresa Williingham, Uncategorized
It’s that time of year again, when we get together with a motley collection of friends for the annual running of the Red Bull Creation challenge! This is the third year we’ve participated in the competition, a quirky contest of ingenuity, endurance and...
by Terri Willingham | May 20, 2014 | Life, Makers, Society, Theresa Williingham, Uncategorized
“You can make the whole room smarter than any of the individuals in the room alone, including the instructor. There’s a radical shift in this way of doing things — it’s built on trust, and I think our existing school structures are built more on dependency...
