Leaving a legacy
I enjoyed a session some years ago with Dawn Eagle woman, healer, facilitator and mentor.
So when I saw her included in a timely documentary ‘Time of the Sixth Sun,’ a film about the shift in global consciousness, I took note of what she said and I loved its relevance to the work I do.
She shared about a time when she died (for a bit) and went into the golden light where she saw the spirit of her father walking towards her. It was particularly moving as he had been wheelchair-bound in his life.
After they embraced, she noticed many lights behind her father and asked what they were, he replied they were her ancestors saying ‘you are the living hope of all your ancestors’
Each of us is the living hope of our ancestors, and one day we will join them.
The best gift we can give to our ancestors is to completely be ourselves so we may express their legacy fully. And what legacy will we leave? Why would we want to? I have heard that one of the regrets of the dying is not what they have done but what they have not done. Wouldn’t it be good to extend this doing beyond our lifetime?
The best gift we can give ourselves is to express our true selves and share that while we can in our lifetime.
When we clarify our vision, detailing our purpose from deep within ourselves and then express that to others experiencing their human journey, we can create shifts that change our lives as well as the lives of others and the future of the world.
When we express our vision in a logo, detailed in every aspect including the colour, symbols, name and strapline we not only expedite this sharing, we leave a design, embedded with our vision, that will live on long after we are gone.
Can a logo heal the earth?
‘Our connection to the planet and the universe; what that means for business.
What’s your intent?
‘Intention rules the world’ said Oprah Winfrey. When we make an intention, it forms the key to the map for the journey we must take to reach the future destination we desire.
Straddling the unconscious
I am fascinated how brands can appeal to us beyond our conscious minds.Techniques abound to increase a brand’s stickiness. We choose and we don’t know why.
The importance of in and out
We spend a lot of time on projects but how we receive them and how we send them off to do their work play be a vital part in their success.
The Rolling Stones were wrong …
… We can always get what we want. We, as individuals, can tap into the world of global brands to create the future we want.
The five senses of a soul brand
See. Hear. Taste. Smell. Feel. As brand owners we want our brands to be seen as beautiful, credible, trustworthy, exciting – whatever our carefully chosen values are.
Did Jeep listen?
Bruce Springsteen allegedly relented and put his name to a brand. Jeep. Is it a timely, good message – with brands still telling us how it can be?
Discovering the You in You
Who do you want to be? Who are you? Are you happy with your life? Want to live different life? There are a plethora of self-help courses at the moment, all eager to answer and supply us with solutions to a better life.
Would a celebrity convince you to be vaccinated?
What’s the difference between Elvis, Joe Biden and Sir Ian McKellen? Joe Biden is the only non-celebrity to be publicly vaccinated as an incentive.
Does size matter?
There’s a lot of consideration that goes into the size of a logo. As designers we might argue that small could be better, especially when surrounded by white space.