Field Notes

What Mick Jagger Taught Me About Experience

I was listening to David Marchese interview Mick Jagger for The New York Times Interview when one word stopped me:…

1 week ago

What an Assassin taught me about Experience

In The Bourne Identity, Jason Bourne has no idea who he is. He has amnesia, which means he doesn’t remember his…

2 weeks ago

What a Doctor taught me about Experience

Most people think experience gives us answers, but what happens when our experience fails to answer our questions? When it…

3 weeks ago

What My Parents taught me about Experience

During the last few years of Dad’s dementia, when Mum and I would visit him in the Aged Care centre,…

4 weeks ago

What Dementia Taught Me About Experience

My Dad died a couple of years ago after living with dementia. He went from someone who was sharp, practical and…

1 month ago

What a Mindfulness Teacher taught me about Experience

We often expect our experience to predict what will happen. But, what if it doesn’t? I started practicing mindfulness to…

1 month ago

What Rambo Taught Me About Experience

We often think experience accumulates into value automatically. But Rambo shows it doesn't work that way. I recently rewatched Rambo:…

1 month ago

What Trainspotting Taught Me About Experience

When two people are standing side-by-side watching the same event, is our experience the same? My brother loves trainspotting. And…

1 month ago

What an Anthropologist Taught Me About Experience

Most people think experience is all about having seen something before. But what if it’s not? In the first conversation…

1 month ago

What the Socceroos Penalty Shootout taught me about Experience

Sometimes we see problems through the lens of age or skill, when the real issue is experience. Previously, I wrote…

1 month ago