Chris Orwig: The poetics of pictures
Chris Orwig is a celebrated photographer, author and teacher. He brings unique perspective, creativity and passion to all that he does. As a photographer, he subscribes to Marc Riboud’s observation that “Photography is about savoring life at 1/100th of a second.
Pattie Maes: Demos Sixth Sense
This demo from Pattie Maes’ lab at MIT, spearheaded by Pranav Mistry caused a buzz. It’s a wearable device with a projector that paves the way for profound interaction with our environment. Imagine ‘Minority Report’ and then some.
Abraham Verghese: A Doctor’s Touch
Modern medicine is in danger of losing a powerful, old-fashioned tool: human touch. Physician and writer Abraham Verghese describes our strange new world where patients are merely data points, and calls for a return to the traditional one-on-one physical exam.
Hung Out to Dry
When I was growing up on the farm, a calf we had, loved to stand at my mother’s washing line (in the paddock) and suck on the sheets. Only the sheets. Somewhere in his thinking, they’d become like a bovine pacifier since he himself was an orphan. Comforting perhaps.
Faybiene Miranda: The Power of Words
“Faybiene Miranda is a legendary name in reggae, not the least of all because of her lyrical stand in music. She was banned from airplay by the Socialist Government during the mid seventies and her first recording, ‘Prophecy’, became a hit and is regarded as one of the biggest classics from this period.”
