Archive for the ‘What Inspires Me.’ Category

What is the Plastiki?

I just stumbled upon this project (thanks to my dear friend Sean Woolsey). The Plastiki is a project that was started in 2006 by David De Rothschild in response to a UN report of the ’8th Continent’ which exists as a floating pile of human waste that is the size of Texas. The project has [...]

What Teacher’s Make

- My beloved sister Molli Patterson shared this on her facebook wall the other day, and I felt compelled to share. I love this and think it is so important (especially in our current economic times) to remember how important our teachers are to us. Recently I was fired from a job (will not state [...]

The Tenth Dimension

- Rob Bryanton’s popular animation about “a new way of thinking about time and space.” If you have not seen this, prepare to have your brain explode by about 6:48. Bryanton shows off a very thought provoking argument about string theory. I had this one for a couple years now, but felt I had to [...]

The Story of Stuff

- This video has been out a couple years but I had to throw it up here. I know it is a little long, but I assure you Annie Leonard does an amazing job getting an incredibly important point across. Check out the website StoryofStuff.com to learn more information. There is quite a heated debated [...]

Where the Hell is Matt?

- ‘Where the Hell is Matt?’ has become quite world famous by now, but I had to get it up here. Every time I watch this I still get super excited. Please watch it for yourself; and if you have seen it 546 times like I have, then watch it again. You know the feeling. [...]

The Sum of All Encounters.

- some random pictures Ive taken-the earth: a wonderful thing to ‘reflect.’ I think often about mirrors… Everything we do is a mirror image or act of something that makes up our environment. We go to work, hang out with friends, go to school; and when we come home we give a mirrored reflection to [...]