LISTEN
How about listening to the music of Canadian feminist composer Ann Southam? You can read about her here.
I just learned about Southam today at an international women’s day lecture hosted by the Sexuality and Gender Studies program at the University of Guelph.
READ
I’ve just bought The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again.
From the book, “Judgment is also a fun killer. In order to judge something, we have to step out of an experience so that we can evaluate it, and (as we just noted) when we are out of our present experience, we are obviously not in flow. Even everyday forms of evaluation, such as “liking” things on social media or editing the selfie we just took, count as judgment and encourage self-consciousness—another fun killer—and therefore will destroy that moment’s capacity to be fun. Comparing ourselves to other people is also a form of judgment and is toxic to fun—as the saying goes, “Comparison is the thief of joy.””
There’s also a power of fun interactive online course. It’s 14 days and includes a having fun starter kit.
And there’s also a TED talk.
WATCH
The Engine Inside – A Documentary About Using Bicycles To Build A Better Future
Watch the documentary here.
