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A Flower or a Weed?
What thrives in one place might be unwelcome in another. Sometimes it’s not who you are, but where you are that decides — what blooms in one garden gets pulled up by the roots in another.
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Peter Gilderdale
Peter is a writer, calligrapher, and retired design educator. His research spans Ancient Egyptian art, 17th Century Dutch Calligraphy, Edwardian postcards, and the history of Christmas cards.
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The Algebra of Context
You can teach the same formula a hundred times — but it only arrives when the context is right.
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White Lies and Cake
Something can be true — and still not the whole truth. That’s where understanding begins.
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If you wish upon a… locomotive?
Dreams can light the way, but if they’re only about the finish line, they often leave us stranded. Purpose, on the other hand, carries you forward — even when the dream falls short.
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Falling in Trust
We talk about falling in love, but rarely about falling in trust — even though trust shapes the texture of every relationship that thrives or falters.
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Warp and Weft
A university should be a place where knowledge is woven together, not just pulled apart into individual threads. But what happens when the weft starts to fray?
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Against the Grain
Struggling at something doesn’t mean you’re bad at it—sometimes it just means you’re starting from a different place.
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Teaching, Mozart and Salieri
Teaching is its own kind of artistry—less about brilliance and more about guiding others toward their own voice.
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Hard Work or Good Luck
The Edwardian postcard craze was the social media of its time, revealing a divide between those who believed in luck and those who saw success as a moral reward. A century later, are we any closer to reconciling hard work with fortune?
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Find a Penny
The tactile history of coins and the fading art of the coin toss—how a simple flip can uncover our deepest desires.
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Help, Identity - and Mr Rogers
What if identity wasn’t something to defend, but something to offer—an ethic, not a battleground?
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Wedgwood, Novelty and the Progress Narrative
In our rush for novelty, have we overlooked not only the enduring value of the familiar but also the many other ways we might choose to value what we create?