Talk: Making Consensus Without Losing Your Mind Group decision making can be a soul-sucking experience. Too often the loudest person’s ideas dominate. The group can splinter into coalitions. Disagreements on the matters at hand can become personal and battles of will can eclipse questions that would be much better settled through rational discourse. The pursuit… Continue Reading
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Summer Reading at the Hearth
-written by Hearth Member, Marika McCoola Americanah, a book that explores race and culture, love, opportunity, class, and education- it’s a lot for one book to tackle. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie manages to explore these enormous concepts (and the tensions they result in) in a novel that is a character-driven. The result is a surprisingly readable… Continue Reading
The Second Annual Hearth Retreat
There is this moment, when you hit a note just right or find the perfect elusive phrase, when you know you are doing what you are supposed to be doing. When you feel this, just for a second, it is possible to understand your own significance. In a planet of over seven billion people, this… Continue Reading
#WhatIMake Speaker Profile: Nathan Chow
Talk: The Magic of Juggling: How to Slow Down in Order to Maximize Success Juggling–and doing anything else in life–is easy once you know the secret: slowing down. The audience will be challenged to break down any goal into small steps and keep a slow, calm, and patient mindset. Call it meditation, art, or entertainment. This… Continue Reading
BIG Art; Tiny House Post No. 11 – Dormer Windows and Outriggers
Working up to this weekend was not the most fun I’ve ever had. We juggled bad weather possibilities, newly discovered building steps, and the general weight of fatigue. In an optimistic view, I had been hoping to work on roofing this past weekend and move on to siding by Labor Day. Turns out, there were… Continue Reading
#WhatIMake Speaker Profile: Camille DeAngelis
Talk: Private Writing for Public Impact When we talk about being an effective communicator, we’re talking about how we share our ideas with other people. But our success in communicating our vision depends upon how skilled we are at communicating with ourselves. Camille will share how her private writing supports the work she produces for… Continue Reading
BIG Art; Tiny House Post No. 10 – Windows and Outriggers
This weekend taught me to not count my blessings too soon in regards to weather. Over 90. Both days. The fact that no one on the building team got a sunburn or passed out from heatstroke is simply a miracle. That being said, we got all of the windows on the first floor in as… Continue Reading
#WhatIMake Speaker Profile: Ben Holmes of Aeronaut Brewery
Talk: Building Aeronaut 2.0 While starting Aeronaut Brewery in Somerville, Holmes has seen how hard it is to create community spaces. Based on his experience, he’d say that it’s not for either of the following reasons: 1. lack of willing participants or interest 2. lack of space, ideas, or opportunity His talk will describe the challenges of building community spaces,… Continue Reading
BIG Art; Tiny House Post No. 9: Roof and Windows
What a perfect building weekend. For anyone who is planning to build their own tiny house, I’d recommend starting in August or September if you think you’ll have enough time to finish before it snows. There was something beautiful about clambering around the shell of my house without dripping sweat everywhere. The tiny life, so… Continue Reading
#WhatIMake Episode Four: Marika McCoola
Learn about three dimensional illustration from Hearth Member Marika McCoola in this short video by John Douglas Manson. Check back throughout the year to catch upcoming episodes that highlight makers in the Greater Boston area. If you would like to nominate someone to be interviewed, send an email to mirandashearth@gmail.com.