The Relationship of Opposites

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What's your sentence?

My theatre management program went to see Dan Pink-- author of the hit book A Whole New Mind: Why Right Brainers Will Rule the Future--  speak at Orange County Performing Arts Center this morning. OC corporations, performing arts representatives, Arts Orange County leaders and education officials were all gathered together (a rather strange juxtaposition). Pink was promoting his new book, Drive, which discusses what motivates people other than carrots (rewards) and sticks (punishment). Autonomy, mastery, and purpose are the chief motivators the book discusses as human drives, but it also touches on two questions that can have a lasting impact on not just the business and educational, but also the personal, and I thought I'd share. They may sound a bit cliche, but for those of us -- like me-- who sometimes get bogged down in the details, it can be nice to have reminders to assure that, in the big picture, we're living the life we want.

Fantastic Speech on Education and Creativity

While I love everything on TED, this one is especially moving. Sir Ken Robinson discusses how education has caused us to lose our creativity and instead has become a machine for churning out college professors. I absolutely loved it and thought I would share. Also, check out his website.

If Form Follows Function...

I find this debate coming up all the time in my graduate studies in theatre management. To make art? To make money (hopefully never the ONLY goal)? To somehow find the harmony between the two? Via Product Etcetera.