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'Spring Tiredness': It's a Thing

March 23, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Language, Reflection

The spring is commonly known to elicit a lethargic and even melancholic response, as the German word articulates.

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March 23, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Spring, Tiredness, Frühjahrsmüdigkeit
Idea, Language, Reflection

Jim Kwik: Technology and the Brain

March 16, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Reflection, Impression

Kwik offers useful insights into the effects of modern technology on the brain.

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March 16, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Jim Kwik, Limitless, Brain, Training, Digital, Technology, Effects
Idea, Reflection, Impression

Steinbeck on the Writer's Purpose

March 09, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Reflection, Writing, Craft, Action

Steinbeck’s Nobel Prize speech challenges writers to reflect both the worst and the best man can be, in a quest to better humanity.

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March 09, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
John Steinbeck, Nobel Prize, Literature, Speech, Writer, Purpose
Reflection, Writing, Craft, Action

'Whatever You Can Imagine Exists'

February 02, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Reflection, Action

The imagination literally is potential.

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February 02, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Imagination, Creation, Manifestation, Potential, Rhonda Byrne, Srimad Bhagavatam, Genesis, Werner Heisenberg, Quantum Physics
Idea, Reflection, Action

Queer Eye and the Power of Metaphor

January 26, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Media, Idea, Reflection

It’s a force for good, to be quite sure.

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January 26, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Queer Eye, Fab Five, Civic, Social, Work, Improvement, Life, World, Perspective, Colour
Media, Idea, Reflection

The Joy of Repetition

December 22, 2021 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Reflection, Action, Craft, Language, Impression

The joy comes from observing the pattern as it becomes increasingly meaningful to us.

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December 22, 2021 /Katie Musgrave
Joy, Repetition, Christmas, Tradition, Milan Kundera, Friedrich Nietzsche, Eternal Return
Idea, Reflection, Action, Craft, Language, Impression

When Writing Moves: A Story of Love

September 22, 2021 by Katie Musgrave in Reflection, Writing

What is real and true speaks for itself and has the capacity to move others - in a few sincere and loving words.

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September 22, 2021 /Katie Musgrave
Moving, Writing, Love, Sincerity, Brevity, concision, Sympathy, Empathy
Reflection, Writing

On Freedom

September 08, 2021 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Reflection

Freedom is a privilege that demands responsibility.

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September 08, 2021 /Katie Musgrave
Freedom, Choice, Decision, Restriction, Limitation, Responsibility
Idea, Reflection

‘A Year in the Life’

September 01, 2021 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Reflection, Writing, Self-styling

Celebrating one year in the life of CRAFT | POLISH.

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September 01, 2021 /Katie Musgrave
Blog, Anniversary, Year, Measure, Rent, Seasons of Love
Idea, Reflection, Writing, Self-styling

‘Get Busy Living’

June 30, 2021 by Katie Musgrave in Image, Reflection, Action

When I see this tree from my train, it recalls these cinematic trees, and the narratives of loss and life bound up in their symbolism.

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June 30, 2021 /Katie Musgrave
Tree, Sign, Symbolism, Six Feet Under, The Shawshank Redemption, Life
Image, Reflection, Action

This Little Light

May 05, 2021 by Katie Musgrave in Reflection, Image, Impression, Teaching

Teacher wellbeing is as vital as the role teachers perform.

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May 05, 2021 /Katie Musgrave
Teacher, Role, Society, Candle, Light, Wellbeing
Reflection, Image, Impression, Teaching

'All the bright precious things'

Oxford
April 07, 2021 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Impression, Media, Reflection

I’ve often wondered at Lurhmann’s line and at this sweeping moment in his version of Gatsby.

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April 07, 2021 /Katie Musgrave
The Great Gatsby, Novel, Film, Adaptation, Baz Lurhmann, F Scott Fitzgerald, Aesthetics, Interpretation
Idea, Impression, Media, Reflection

How Do We Know? - Part 2: Bias

Oxford
March 31, 2021 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Reflection, Impression, Media

In our consumption of information, we like what we like, we follow what we like, and we believe what we like.

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March 31, 2021 /Katie Musgrave
Internet, New media, Social media, Communications, Homophily, Bias, Confirmation bias, Wason, Psychology, Reasoning, Logic, Prejudice, Politics, Goverment, Elections, Fake news
Idea, Reflection, Impression, Media

How Do We Know? - Part 1: Ways of Knowing

Oxford UK
March 24, 2021 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Reflection, Impression, Media

How do we know what we know? A blog series exploring knowledge in the digital age.

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March 24, 2021 /Katie Musgrave
Knowledge, Philosophy, Epistemology, Debate, Rationalism, Empiricism, Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Information, New Media, Politics
Idea, Reflection, Impression, Media

Self-Audit: Rubin's Four Tendencies

Oxford
March 10, 2021 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Reflection, Self-styling, Teaching and Learning

The crucial benefit of students learning their tendency is how the revelation can help them form habits and meet goals.

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March 10, 2021 /Katie Musgrave
Self-audit, The Four Tendencies, Gretchen Rubin, Students, Remote learning, Reflection, Productivity, Goals
Idea, Reflection, Self-styling, Teaching and Learning

Redeeming Time

February 24, 2021 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Reflection, Self-styling

What does it mean to lose time? And if we lose time, can we reclaim it?

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February 24, 2021 /Katie Musgrave
Time, Milestone, Pandemic, Redeeming, Narrative, Control
Idea, Reflection, Self-styling

Calling All Eves

Oxford
February 03, 2021 by Katie Musgrave in Reflection, Image, Action

Pay attention. Women are leading. Calling all Eves.

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February 03, 2021 /Katie Musgrave
Eve, Bible, Genesis, The Fall of Man, Milton, Paradise Lost, Women, Independence, Leadership, World, Leaders, Progress, Change
Reflection, Image, Action

The Bridgerton Allure - Part 1: The Mashup

Oxford
January 13, 2021 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Media, Reflection, Impression

While Bridgerton is derivative, it is variously so; it’s a mashup of popular society narratives.

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January 13, 2021 /Katie Musgrave
Austen, Bridgerton, Historical, Romance, Julia Quinn, Series, Can't Buy Me Love, To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Popular, Novel, Shonda Rimes, Gossip, Gossip Girl, The Age of Innocence, Black, Casting, Queen Charlotte, Black Queen, Royal Family, Black Lives Matter, Inequalities, Sexism, Classism, Regency Era, Britain, Shondaland, Progressive, Post-Racial
Idea, Media, Reflection, Impression

'Sic Semper Tyrannis'

Oxford
January 06, 2021 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Media, Reflection, Action

The phrase means ‘thus always to tyrants’, suggesting bad outcomes always befall tyrannical rulers.

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January 06, 2021 /Katie Musgrave
US, Trump, Mob, Capitol, Building, Breach, Fascism, News, Media, Election, America, The Morning Show, Apple TV+, Sic semper tyrannis
Idea, Media, Reflection, Action

2020: An End and a Start

Oxford
December 30, 2020 by Katie Musgrave in Language, Writing, Reflection, Action

Four Quartets is considered Eliot’s masterpiece, and its final lines suggest the culmination of his life’s work in this contribution: Life can be purified in the present.

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December 30, 2020 /Katie Musgrave
New Year, End, Start, Time, TS Eliot, Four Quartets
Language, Writing, Reflection, Action
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