Archive for the ‘The Generalist’ Category
The Best Thing to do in Denver, Ever
In: Denver|The Generalist
31 Jan 2007Every year during the stock show the grand champion steer is exhibited in the lobby of the Brown Palace Hotel for one day. As befits such a fancy place, he drinks out of a silver bowl. While the steer is there, you can go get your picture taken with him. It’s free, it’s fun, and [...]
Calvin loves Alice
13 Jan 2007A year or so ago I read “Alice off the page” in the New Yorker, and thought it was the most moving work I’d read in a long time. I passed it on to my brother-in-law, John, who then sent it on to just about everyone else we know. Now it’s been turned into a [...]
The Task of the Artist
30 Dec 2006“At this point words become inadequate and I return to the great discovery I began preparing you for, the knowledge of the one surface with which the world offered itself to this art. Offered, but not yet gave. Accepting it would (and still does) require endless work. Consider for a moment how much work would [...]
Winter Solstice Greetings
In: The Generalist
26 Dec 2006Once of my favorite Hadley Hooper pieces, this one entitled “Solstice” (though I usually call it ‘the one with bjork’), and with it I offer best wishes for a peaceful new year.
Portland’s Enchanted Gardens
In: The Generalist
19 Dec 2006There’s an article in the New York Times today on my favorite place to visit in Portland (which is one of my favorite places to visit). The Chinese gardens in the Rose District is absolutely enchanting, very meditative, and a lovely place to have a cup of tea and a red bean cake. As it [...]
Kill the Buddha
In: The Generalist
29 Nov 2006Sam Harris in the Shambala Sun What will it take to create an American Buddhism? Will it still be Buddhism? Will it still be religion? Sam Harris makes a compelling argument.
Improvement makes straight roads
In: Design|The Generalist
21 Nov 2006I am a bit of a mongrel, though perhaps that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. To quote William Blake from “Proverbs of Hell”, “Improvement makes straight roads; but the crooked roads without improvement are roads of Genius.” My own background is in performance and storytelling; I started working in interactive media in the early nineties. [...]
The General
In: The Generalist
21 Nov 2006Tim Roessler used to tell a story about Norman Schwarzkopf during the first Gulf War. Somebody asked him how he managed to deal with all the complexities of running such a huge enterprise. He responded by saying that he focused on one thing he had to get done. Everything else had to be fit in [...]
About
Hugh Graham does design strategy, research, and storytelling for corporations, non-profits, and community organizations.
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- Anna: This story was used in my English 111 (college) course. This should show how wise of an individual y [...]
- Larry: I found one of these today in Sumterville, Florida. This one is in good condition and in the shape o [...]
- Patricia: went grave reading tonight in a catholic cemetery in Austin, Texas and found many headstones (most o [...]
- 21 June 2011 – Gravestone Symbolism « Wells Family Genealogy: [...] ” Dum Tacet Clamat” “Though silent, he speaks” In cemeteries throughout the w [...]
- Thesaurus: This visual map is amazing. I'm looking on it near 20 minutes and it's still amazing for me! [...]
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