Articles from category Metaphors

A thought about a canvas

Photo by The Swirly Girl

What does it mean to redesign your future?

The default future is a concept proposed by Steve Zaffron and Dave Logan in their book: The Three Laws of Performance. This is the future that each of us privately fear or hope for. It is not a fantasy we don’t believe in, but it’s something that seems like the truth about us and our [...]

Turning the ordinary into something magical

I’ve always been fascinated by how some people are able to transform mundane things into sources of inspiration. Evelien Lohbeck is one of those people. In the following video, Evelien tries to confuse the reality by challenging expectations and illusions.

I believe that the ability to turn mundane things into sources of inspiration is one of [...]

Imagine the unimaginable

I created the “Imagine the unimaginable” dream after beeing inspired by a photo shot by teeesa. One of my aunts lives nearby a lake and she has a couple of chickens and ducks. I am always used to seeing the ducks having fun on the lake. The chickens would run like hell only if you throw [...]

Walking the path versus building it

Pinned along the steep walls of a narrow gorge in El Chorro, near Alora in Malaga, one can find “The King’s little pathway” (Spanish: Caminito del Rey). [1]
I watched the video-recording of a person crossing this walkway. Only watching it made me feel… amazed.

If it’s courage, freedom, craziness and ambition that one needs to [...]

Weapons of mass inspiration

Seeing the mushroom cloud of an atomic bomb always makes me think of death and hate, of suffering and evilness.
Each time I see a great dream I think of happiness and sincerity, of enthusiasm and the power to change the world for the better.

Isn’t the dream our weapon of mass inspiration? I always think about [...]

Become a professional “life Dj”

Have you wondered what’s it like to be a Dj? If you’re not familiar with the term, “a Dj (also known as disk jokey, Dj or deejay) is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience.”[1] While playing, they record their selection of tracks thus creating dj “sets” which can be played [...]