What are your (other) interests? - E.C. - + +
+What has been one project or assignment in which you broke the rules + and had fun in the creative process? - Joseph + +
+ + ++I once took an undergraduate-course on Composing Music in the Classical +Style (for example, in the style of Mozart). For an assignment in that +course, I wrote a musical work that appears to be thoroughly +twentieth-century, instead of looking eighteenth-century. My +course-instructor did not accept my work, but I still had fun. +(I’ve realised the importance of surrounding myself with people who +value creativity and innovation - which is not everyone, and I +certainly don’t really appreciate flattery and/or smooth talk, either). +
+- Approximately 4th April, 2020 +
++Tell me what is your oops-boo-hoo moment this week, and what you learnt +from it. - M.P. +
- Well, I would categorise my interests into three: -
what new skills have you learnt later in life (and/or not related +
- Approximately 4th April, 2020 +
++What other things are you doing to manage your mental health? Share +your tips with us! - M.P. + +
++Oh, it's you again, M.P. (Hi again!) I try to have some fun with the ground that is +given me. Like, I try to appreciate the ground I have - yes, the +ground. Like, it’s so stable. And I can have access to it. Ms. Vaishali, + who seems to teach yoga, elaborates the idea, in the following + blog-post: + + https://thestillspace.org/2020/03/22/ode-to-the-ground/ + +
+- Approximately 7th April, 2020. +
++What’s [been] a previous moment of disappointment turned success? + - Mark + +
++In my early twenties, I volunteered to facilitate a week-long camping +activity, during which I got very little sleep. I would evaluate my own +performance, during that camp, as poor - I just wasn’t getting enough +sleep. +
++Fast forward about a decade, now I value my sleeping hours. I avoid +taking on overnight jobs, because I know I won’t be at my best. I’ve +learnt to manage myself a little, I guess - and that counts as a +success to me! +
+- Approximately 3rd May, 2020 +
+What’s the best gift you have ever received from a leader? - C.C. + +
+Difficult to say which has been the best for me, since there are a +few good ones I can identify (which I am thankful for, of course). I +would highlight, as my response to your post, opportunities that a +teacher gave me, when I was 10 years old (approximately). I had +interest in making flashy animation with the software Macromedia Flash +(which is now apparently obsolete). I guess that teacher liked what I +was doing with Flash, because the next thing I knew, I was given the +opportunity to produce animation, for showcase at a major school event +(the anniversary of my Primary School, or something like that). I +didn’t end up feeling proud of the animation that I would eventually +make, but even till today, I am still pleased and flattered that I got +“talent-spotted”, in a way. +
+- Approximately 28th May, 2020 +
+What new skills have you learnt later in life (and/or not related to your work line)? - Andy
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