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What It Feels Like To Drown

Posted on February 8, 2012 by kevin

I drowned once. There wasn’t a white light, and there wasn’t a tunnel. In fact, it was all purple. Purple, purple, purple… dark and light shades of purple as if I was swimming in a sea of Kool-Aid. Chest ready …

Posted in Blog, Ponderings | Tagged drown, drowning, experience, how does it feel, what it feels like to drown | 1 Comment

Breathing Life Into The Common Camera

Posted on December 2, 2011 by kevin

A year ago today, we reached our fundraising goal for the Common Camera Project in 24 hours. I wrote this piece a few months ago as a short reflection on the whole ordeal.  Thanks to everybody who jumped on board, helped …

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I Like To Meet People I’m Never Going To See Again

Posted on November 19, 2011 by kevin

There’s something magical about talking to someone you’re never going to meet again. I was boarding this bus getting ready for a return trip from Boston to New York. Settled in my window seat, tucking my water bottle into that …

Posted in Advice, Blog, Ponderings | Tagged bus, conversations, friends, meeting new people, strangers, subway | Leave a comment

The N Line Is The Most Powerful NYC Subway Train Of All Time

Posted on November 13, 2011 by kevin

Let’s begin by getting one thing straight, the N line may very well be the most powerful NYC subway train of all time. It jumps from the heart of Brooklyn to Canal St. in Manhattan within a single stop. It …

Posted in Blog, Ponderings | Tagged bridge, brooklyn, new york city, NYC, public transportation, subway, train | 1 Comment

Steve Jobs Tribute

Posted on October 26, 2011 by kevin

Made by my friend, John. Here’s the original:

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What I Learned From Spying On A Wedding

Posted on October 12, 2011 by kevin

I recently witnessed the *very* end of a wedding. I was just another Park Slope passerby until I unwittingly sauntered by this open church door. To my surprise, a newly minted bride and groom walked straight down the aisle towards …

Posted in Advice, Blog | Tagged human connection, lessons, love, relationships, weddings | 2 Comments

Connecting the Dots Between Past Students and Great Teachers of the World

Posted on September 14, 2011 by kevin

Within 24 hours of moving to NYC, I shook hands and agreed to sublet this awesome bedroom in Park Slope, Brooklyn for my first two months as a fresh West Coast transplant. I’d spend the coming weeks in the lovely …

Posted in Blog, Project Updates | Tagged education, ourfutureistbd, TBD, teacher appreciation, teachers, thanks for teaching us, thanksforteaching.us | 1 Comment

Time to Wake Up

Posted on August 14, 2011 by kevin

I moved to Brooklyn a little over a month ago with two giant suitcases, an overstuffed backpack, and a black duffel bag… I believe that’s the maximum amount of luggage a human being can physically move by him or herself. …

Posted in Awesome Orgs, Blog | Tagged breakfast lecture series specialist, creative mornings, creativemorning, creativemornings, new york, swissmiss | Leave a comment

Kevin should __________.

Posted on August 8, 2011 by kevin

There are times when you work on a project and you find yourself with that rich, solid feeling in the pit of your stomach that what you’re doing has the potential to really affect someone. This was not one of …

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Words Just Being Words

Posted on August 2, 2011 by kevin

I hear it’s a classic assignment for graphic design students: depict a word as what it describes. Kind of my guilty pleasure, I really like these little typographic experiments. They can be so simple yet so clever, giving a word …

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