Author: Jennifer Hartnett-Henderson
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Pomp & Circumstance
Pomp & circumstance and ceremony emphasize presentation. When presentation and function amplify one another, you’ve got design. When presentation and function are independent, or one is more important than the other, you’ve got something else.
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Planning the New Year, Again
I don’t know about you but planning for the new year, any new year, seems like an exercise in frustration. But so does NOT planning what I want to have happen in the new year. So I started a list, several times. Still don’t have a final one. I remind myself. Progress not perfection. Glass…
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Plain Reimagined
I walked upstairs right underneath this hanging sculpture and didn’t even notice it. Heading back downstairs, the soft mid-morning winter light played the glass like bells, ringing out the dusty stems and slapping a resounding white outline on the bowl of each glass. A kitchen cabinet, reimagined. Functional form turned into beauty by arrangement, placement…
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Roses in the Snow
Seeing roses in the snow gives me hope. Hope that beautiful things can flourish in inhospitable circumstances. The snow and freezing temps did not damage these beauties. They persisted, vibrantly. So may we. When snow falls and frost fingers our story, so may we.
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Happy Accident
Pencil shavings usually remain hidden inside the sharpener or the trash can. But my sharpener got clogged and rather than walk the few feet to the trashcan, I dumped the finings out onto a tray where the messy bits and pieces captured my eye. They are beautiful evidence of preparation and refinement. Perhaps some things…
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Start Living It
“Our power is never about how pretty we are. Our power is about how we live our lives. Start living it.” Cheryl Strayed, interviewed by Lisa Congdon in A Glorious Freedom. This grabbed me. So I spent the last 2 weekends investing my spare time in working on art. What does that even look like?…
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Hood to Coast 2017
Recently, I undertook the physical challenge of running Hood to Coast, a 12-person 199-mile relay from Mt. Hood, Oregon to the Pacific Coast, with the Building Champions team. Physical challenges like this are a genre of leadership development (through extremis) programs. Benefits from breaking a sweat with others include increasing confidence in your ability, learning…
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Country Man
I sketched this face while listening to country musician Roy Clark. My Dad had shared with me his favorite singers and I’d downloaded a few songs on iTunes to check out. “Thank God and Greyhound You’re Gone” was one of the funniest. It was a peaceful day and this is who showed up. I think…
