Anatomy of a Goat

There are very few chances that you will read Guide to Regional Ruminant Anatomy Based on The Dissection of The Goat but if you had the anatomy more readily available, you would eat, drink, sleep goat.

Diabetic shoes

In BioMechanics for Dummies, Steve McCaw explains how special shoes for diabetic patients. They eliminate high pressure areas that risk infection.

Mismatched Shoes

                                                                                       
Mismatched shoes are a trend this year according to Marie Claire.. The yin and yang, the summer fire and the cool ice to beat it are a great combination for this season.
When it comes to design, summer is a perfect time for some soothing green as well as bright pink of
the watermelon to grace your feet. Two colors shoes is great for contrast as well as wholeness.
Now I am thinking, couldnt you shape tiny watermelon shells into shoes like the big ones scooped out to look like  a basket.

Dress Design

A light pink jumper
with a pattern of
2 pink and a light blue
roses and small leaves together
intermittent smaller leaf pattern

The pattern was so becoming
it turned the whole fabric
into that pattern
breaking the monotony
and minimizing it

Is it easy for our brain to look
at little things?
Is that why we have designs?

KidKraft Florence Dollhouse

LE BLANC Serum Healthy Light Creator

Le Blanc Serum is Formulated with precious ume flower extract, exclusive TXC™ technology and fine pearl protein.

Ume is regarded as the most graceful flower by Japanese.
TXC was introduced in 2011 after 9 years of research by Chanel. It is said to regulate melanin production from start to finish."Existing dark spots are reduced and the formation of new ones is reduced"
Fine Pearl protein is from Akoya pearls grown specially for Chanel. According to Milad Darejeh, Akpya pearls were the first to be cultured in 20th century in Japan.

Le Blanc Serum is the Spring and Sea rolled into one for a Healthy light.

Mapping Innovation: A Playbook for Navigating a Disruptive Age

Innovation is easily the buzzword for companies. If they dont know it, then they are out of business.
We know many interesting stories of how things were invented by accident. Greg Satell in 'Mapping Innovation: A Playbook for Navigating a Disruptive Age' shows how innovation takes a village and more and dispels the myth of lone genius accomplishing it all. He traverses the path penicillin took to discovery from labs to the pharma industry. The author provides the reader, a foundation and conditions that were necessary for the famous inventions. From this he draws what can be used for current situation.
The provided framework is a Matrix of 'Problem Definition' Vs 'Domain Definition' which shows you clearly where your company fits and the kind of innovation it should be targeting. Depending on the kind of innovation you need disruptive, sustaining, breakthrough - there are various options of achieving them. Just this matrix should reveal if your approach to innovation is right for your company and the industry you belong to.
I loved the example of Experian and their Innovation Matrix which explains how Eric Haller made problem solving for customers, rocket into consulting business which feedsback into Experian's capabilities and growth.
With examples like Afisha, Experian and Children's Health, Gregg illuminates how companies can modify their business models to inject organic growth.
Its back to the basics with Business Model Canvas by Osterwalder and Michael Porter's Five Forces Analysis
Three Horizons of Innovation with 70/20/10 lets you have all kinds of innovation instead of having to chose one by allotting time and resources for each. if you are familiar with Googles 20% for your pet project, then you get the drift.
P&G innovation matrix is a surprise with 'open innovation'. IBM and Microsoft examples show the advantages of courting 'open'.
With this orientation, you are well on your way to figure what works for innovation at your company.

Time, Talent, Energy: Overcome Organizational Drag and Unleash Your Team’s Productive Power

Time, Talent, Energy by Michael C. Mankins; Eric Garton is an inspiring as well as informative read.
It starts with the idea that in today's funding rich world, an organisation needs to take a good look at how its time is spent and how to gain it back from the bottomless meetings that drain it. How to rely on A player teams when it comes to business critical projects that will pave way for you organisation's jump to the next level. How engagement is very important, so your employees bring their best self to the organization and feel empowered.
I found the talent chapter most inspiring with how a new model of Boeing was done within 5 years, how an A team in the race car world can slash the pit time down to half.
there's a reference to another book Founder's Mentality - which I liked and the usual formula of supporting your arguments with studies, graphs and good visual aids of what are good leadership traits.

Ten Tears and One Embrace

The illustrations are whimsical. Looking at different kinds of tears makes the reader hyper aware of different situations when we have tears in our eyes. The book makes you cognizant of the differences in the different situations you cry.
Its like Eskimos having more than 20 words for snow because each is different.
The font of the text too is artistic. The color palette of pastels went very well with the theme.
The lens of kids finding this out in the laboratory encourages kids to list out all things related to a theme that they are interested in.
The language and thought is very poetic. tears being shiny that they can be put to many uses, keeping the bottle of tears open so they can join the clouds are all simple yet profound.
Las ilustraciones son caprichosas. Mirando diferentes tipos de lágrimas hace que el lector hiper consciente de diferentes situaciones cuando tenemos lágrimas en nuestros ojos. El libro te hace consciente de las diferencias en las diferentes situaciones que llores.
Es como esquimales tener más de 20 palabras para la nieve porque cada uno es diferente.
La fuente del texto también es artística. La paleta de colores de pasteles fue muy bien con el tema.
La lente de los niños que encuentran esto en el laboratorio anima a los niños a enumerar todas las cosas relacionadas con un tema que les interesa.
El lenguaje y el pensamiento son muy poéticos. Las lágrimas son brillantes que se pueden poner a muchos usos, manteniendo la botella de lágrimas abiertas para que puedan unirse a las nubes son todo simple pero profundo.

Beyond the Label: Women, Leadership, and Success on Our Own Terms

When I picked this book, I didnt know much about Chanel, but I was curious about how one gets to be a CEO of Chanel. Maureen Chiquet's 'Beyond the label' echoes each time she made a bold move for the better.
I like how Chiquet shared lessons learned at each place - L'Oreal, Gap, Old Navy and finally Chanel and the things she pioneered there - Palazzo pants. The author shows how no job is too small to learn lessons and understand the business. Against convention, a career advice goes not to harp on titles but what the role entails. This chimes with the author's upending the label and its expectations ethos. She also stresses on the importance of listening skills in becoming a better leader.
I found it interesting that passionate salespeople on the floor can know a lot about the fabrics they sell.
A great read for those who love arts and design and the impact it can have.

1/17/2022

Having finished MBA, after reading this book, it comes full circle with Leadership through hard conversations.

L'Oreal Paris Skin Care Pure Clay Clear & Comfort Mask

After reading that Maureen Chiquet, ex-CEO of Chanel, worked at L'Oreal, I was curious about trying a L'Oreal product.
L'Oreal Paris Skin Care Pure Clay Clear & Comfort Mask with its pale blue color packaged along with green lid, soothes both your mind and skin from the get go. As soon as you open the lid, its instant meditation/spa aura around because of the fragrance.
After applying the mask, I was reading 'Lilly and Fin, A Mermaid's tale' by Cornella Funke which put me in water in the imagination. From there, it was easy to close my eyes and imagine the seaweeds from which the mask was made. It is comforting to slow down like that.
The mask after drying is not uncomfortable tightening like Multani Mitti/ Fuller's Earth.
After washing the face, I did feel like touching my skin more to see the finger glide.The Titanium oxide does leave your skin brighter.
I found the mask application and waiting for it to dry process to be therapeutic. The mask works in a holistic way. The recommended frequency of application is twice a week. Which means its good to bring down the mid week stress.
I feel that the before and after shows the skin is cleaner and even with the mask's magic.
Happy Relaxing.

Colored pencil painting portraits

The Art of Astrophotography

Better star trails photographs with starstax
Deep Sky Stacker

Connected Water

Earths water may have formed deep within mantle

To eat, cook, bathe with water
to play with a part of Earth
so deep inside

a fly on an orange
the juice its sipping on
is connected throughout
the digit

Balloon Kite

We were nowhere
close to water
Yet soothing tides
bathed our feet

in no time winds
turned the
playdough in my hand
to a balloon that
started flying in the air
and I began
pulling at the string
like a kite

Palmistry

The playdough
a hand
I asked the hosts
how was it made
to have all the
tiny strokes of a
real hand
they said it was
a mold