It’s the Little Things
It’s no secret that I love Kinfolk, the quarterly mindfulness magazine I discovered last year, thanks to a well-informed brother and his even more well-informed wife. This quarter’s edition — The Entrepreneurship Issue — is full of underlines, dog-eared pages, […]
Painting Lemonade with Lemons
Hi Guys! Katy here, Research Assistant for Minerva Financial Arts. This post hits close to home for me… Have you ever spoken with someone, perhaps in your family or a friend, who asked you with skepticism why you […]
Envy-Based Design
I’m envious of anyone who can play with Legos and Pipe Cleaners all day. And yet, the idea of being a kindergarten teacher sounds like a level of hell Dante failed to describe adequately. But by reading The Pleasures and […]
Singing a New Tune
Every once in a while, I read something that feels like music to my ears. It rings true and I respond physically and emotionally. It’s kind of like my own sound track. “This sounds a lot like your […]
January 2015 Tasks
Are you tired of tips to get 2015 off to a great start yet? Me too. Why do we still look for logical restart points, or excuses to recommit to our goals, in our lives? Shouldn’t we be doing that […]
Heads. Hearts. Hands.
I am thrilled to share a bit of news about something near and dear to my heart. This semester, with the support of CCAD, particularly Julie Taggart, the Dean of the School of Studio Arts, we created the CCAD Women’s […]
An Entrepreneurial Interview
I don’t usually think of myself as an entrepreneur. I’m entrepreneurial, sure, but I don’t think I’m an entrepreneur. For one thing, I don’t have an exit strategy. I’d like to keep doing this — helping artists better manage the […]
Jugyokenkyu Meets Art
We’ve all heard the fallacy, “I’m an artist; I don’t do numbers.” But we may have a new twist on that old favorite misconception: “I’m an American; I don’t do numbers.” Last week my inbox and social media feeds […]
New Year. New Roles.
One of my favorite non-profit colleagues hosts a New Year’s Eve party on June 30 every year. Since July 1 is the first day of many fiscal years in not-for-profit world, the party makes complete sense. It is a delightful […]
Hands-On Learning
An accountant, a designer, and an architect walk into a bar… No wait; strike that. An intern, a visionary, and an island designer walk into a bar… They seem like they have nothing in common. And yet, they represent the […]
