“How would you like your hair cut?” a talkative barber asked a client. “In silence”, the man replied! This is one of the oldest recorded jokes, attributed to Roman times. Most people shy away from silence as it is awkward and scary. We often see silence as a vacuum that needs to be filled, quickly and furiously. Yet silence can also …
Emotion: Tapping the final frontier
The roar of the crowd watching football on a large-screen TV on Saturday immediately drew me into the cafe. And it wasn’t even my team playing! What makes sport such a spectacle to watch is the emotional rollercoaster it unleashes on players, fans and even unsuspecting passers-by. Could you imagine watching sport and feeling nothing? No emotion – that would …
$US80 million and counting: The recipe for going viral
David Beckham and Brad Pitt have done it, and Kim Kardashian even caved in. But in a classic Kim moment, she stopped to take a selfie first. “It” is the ice-bucket challenge, which involves dumping icey water on your head, then challenging others to follow suit. The challenge raises money for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) – known as motor neurone disease in Australia. …
David Bowie is…
I’m a huge David Bowie fan and was excited to learn that an international touring exhibition on David Bowie is coming to Melbourne. The exhibition is simply titled David Bowie is… The title is alluring as it is an open loop. You immediately start to add to it. David Bowie is… a legend, a performer, a superstar. In a world where …