Things to Think About #3

• A gorgeous New Balance commercial by my friend Cole Webley; like if Terrence Malick made commercials.  Just watch him play with the light, it's like a tangible medium for him.  All of which is made more enjoyable by knowing what an awesome husband and father he is. (So proud of this guy!)
• Being healed of being a big deal. (I just discovered deeperstory.com, and I am so a type 4.)
• The daily routines of famous creators. 
• " I’ve begun to think love is a more pliable thing than we make it out to be. Arthur Aron’s study taught me that it’s possible — simple, even — to generate trust and intimacy, the feelings love needs to thrive." - How to fall in love. 
• The perspective of astronauts: The overview effect. 
• A compelling counter argument to men who feel threatened by feminism. 
• And people besides me noticing the cultural trend to treat children like a luxury item, and the lack of support to parents that follows. 

• Some awesome poster art about great women in science (by Hydrogene)
• Hopefully some good news on the Alzheimers front.  My great-grandmother, a remarkable woman, was debilitated by Alzheimers later in life, and died from complications related to it.  Bunny is named after her.  I'd love to see fewer people go through that wrenching experience. 
• PRI story on the first female doctors in the world, from around the world, who studied at the Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1885. 
• I love the way Jordan sets goals.  And she always, always achieves them, or comes close enough that it's still a successful experience.  She's got the science of using goals to one's benefit down-pat. 
• The (politically charged) tragedy of Jean Seberg.  She was so, so transcendent in Breathless, it's hard not to care about what happened to her. 
• And learning how to grieve in our grief-illiterate culture.
• Speaking of which, Brené Brown is brilliant, even in 3 minute snippets. (The Power of Empathy, illustrated.)