Building Bridges
Niagara Falls, Ontario and Niagara Falls , New York are separated by several bridges, none of which are very long. At two of these bridges you can actually wave on the Canadian side to someone on the American side and they would wave back! As teenagers many of us had
Bridge of Thoughts and Prayers
In my lifetime I have been accused of being a Pollyanna because I believed all people have a redeeming quality a kernel of goodness in which to grow relationships from. In order to build relationships ( bridges) both sides need to see a common goal and work toward a solution.
Symbolic Bridges
On a recent trip to Oregon, in addition to seeing the beautiful western coastline and some snowcapped mountains, we crossed many excellent bridges! I took several photos thinking I might use them as references for my work. When I returned home, however, I discarded each of these literal bridge images
Cross-Cultural Bridge Building
Living in West Asia (often called the Middle East) for the past 24 years, we’ve had the privilege of living among people from more than 100 nations. Daily life requires navigating language barriers, cultural and religious differences, and a vast spectrum of social norms. We encounter situations daily that require
Books Build Bridges
The theme “Building Bridges” brought to mind the image of bridges in George Lakoff and Mark Johnson’s The Metaphors We Live By. A bridge, in their sense, is not only a structure connecting two separate places, but also a way of closing the distance between minds, emotions, and ideas. For
Daring Builders
Bridges—both literal and metaphorical—are an act of connection, collaboration, and progress. I seem to have a long held admiration for the engineering and construction of bridges, as I looked through my photographs, bridges are clearly a repeating subject. Not many man-made structures are as useful and necessary as bridges. Humans
Building Bridges
I have the honour of announcing the second prompt in Round 5, “Create Inspire Connect” I believe the subject I’ve chosen fits well within the “Connect” category. When researching I found in the natural world we have built essential bridges for animals to safely pass over or under our roads and highways.
Imperfect Union
Our country is on a road of uncertainty. Much of the government functions we knew as a running and working, albeit not a perfect system, has been broken up, radically reorganized, critically under-staffed and some have been flat-out eliminated or destroyed. People, citizens alike everyone else within our legal borders
The Moon Jar Within Us – Imperfect, Yet Whole
The Korean Moon Jar, with its quiet asymmetry and irregularity, has long symbolized the beauty of imperfection. Made by joining two hand-thrown halves, its form is never perfect - but always whole. Like the Moon Jar, our lives carry irregularities and flaws, yet within that brokenness lies our depth, compassion,
Impressions of Lace
If you work with reused, recycled and repurposed materials, without a pattern, limited by what you have to hand, hoping that the one spectacular fabric or material that helps keep the whole thing together will stretch far enough, then failing to achieve a perfect 10 is a regular event. But