Dan Kyles

Inspiration

In Uncategorized on May 12, 2009 at 12:09 pm

You know what? Even if someone were to entirely fabricate this story, even if it all was to have come from imagination, even if it was just a thought… it would still be true. What I mean by that is, it’s the heart. This video itself is a reflection of something very very true.

Word Clouder

In Uncategorized on April 24, 2009 at 2:29 pm

For those who are interested, my soundtrack for writing this blog was 1000 Oceans (by Tori Amos), sung by the PS22 Kids.

Love it.

This has been around for some time, but I hadn’t used it until this morning. Wordle is a website that takes any text you enter (copypaste), and generates a word cloud from it. 

When studying a text, one of the things you do is observation. You sit, observe the text, and note the salient points. Normally this would take a while; Wordle’s great help. To grab an example, I’ll use a book I’m loving right now: Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. I cranked it through Wordle, and here’s the result:

Word Cloud of Ephesians         

Word Cloud of Ephesians

Well, it’s the Bible, so the most used words aren’t surprising. Here’s what I see: 

‘One’

We have one leader, one God, one Father. We all have the same hope, the same faith.
Why divide things?

 ’May’

Desiring an outcome. Looking forward to see something good coming. Wishing that they might see, and know, and be encouraged.

What a great way to pull the themes out of the passage! It resonated with what I’d picked up when reading it.

Funny things I’ve seen

In Uncategorized on April 21, 2009 at 3:17 pm

Yesterday

  • A bus shoots past me. On the back there’s one of those regulation ‘Emergency Exit’ signs, in the perfect position for blocking key words in the billboard.
    “Now you _ have to leave the place you are to get the things you want.” – Mall ad. Wow, great.
  • Unorthodox sign on mailbox. “We ♥ junkmail… It’s the only mail we get!”. Honesty is important!

Today

  • A couple in their seventies drives past in a Mitsubishi Evo 5. I grin and laugh, they’re doing the classic “I think we should go that way” “Let’s just consult the map” thing. The massive spoiler on the back,  a delicious counterpoint.

Anything caught your attention in the past few days?

 

Edit:

Update – I saw the bus again, and it actually says “Now you _ have to leave the place you love to get the things you want.”
Even better.

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