Following up his great talk at the 2006 TED conference, on How Schools Kill Creativity (which I blogged about last year), Sir Ken Robinson returns this year to once again challenge our fundamental assumptions about education:

Original available on the TED website.

I came across an image today (linked via Digg by someone I follow on Twitter), that struck me as both timely and profound.

In a day and age where media bombards us from all sides with information, misinformation, disinformation, and constant attempts to influence our behaviour, it seems we have to be just as cautious about the “kid friendly” material.

It’s just a drawing with some captions in it … that highlights perfectly one of the main reasons why I so strongly dislike so many Disney movies:

“What Disney Movies Teach About Women”

Well, it’s pretty much all done. Computers are on desks, books are on shelves, clothes are in closets … just a few little things left to sort out and put away.

*Whew!* Moving SUCKS! Unless, of course, you’ve got somebody like A Perfect Move on your side! When they say “A perfect move”, they mean it! Their friendly, professional crew got me from Somersworth to Seabrook in two-and-a-half hours - load, drive and unload!

Best of all, nothing really changes! I still do all my photography on location, and I’m currently accepting commissions in the Seacoast area - from Newburyport MA to York ME, from Hampton Beach to Manchester. (As before, if it’s more than about an hour drive, we’ll need to chat about travel expenses.)

To celebrate the new digs, the first three (3) Seacoast area families to commission portraits of their kids between now and 15 July, get an 8-inch finished photograph, ready for framing (a $125- value!) at no additional charge.