You Got Skills? MuseCubes Photographers Needed.

Nature MuseCubes MuseCubes Non-Natural Environments I’ll cut to the chase — MuseCubes need help! Of the photographic variety. I’ve done a fairly good job with my point-and-shoot Canon, taking pictures of the MuseCubes in outdoor settings (click on...

Call for Art Submissions

A year ago, MuseCubes started as a wacky and artful tool to help folks get more into their bodies. This summer & fall I’m launching the new-and-improved Cubes as well as three new products. And I need some help. More specifically, I need art! The Background...

The Hoopla: Playful Ritual at Its Best

My roommate Katherine just left on a potentially life-altering trip to Germany. Since we’re both play-and-ritual junkies, this morning we had fun acknowledging her big transition in style. Breakfast First, I made a delicious french toast breakfast. Then for a...

The Inspiring Science of Fitness & the Brain

I think I’m in love with Dr. John J. Ratey. What’s not to love about this declaration: What I aim to do here is to deliver in plain English the inspiring science connecting exercise and the brain and to demonstrate how it plays out in the lives of...

“Relax Your Brain” with MuseCubes

Last August I invented an office toy called the MuseCubes.  It’s designed to liberate people who think too much. Although I originally intended the MuseCubes for grown-ups, teachers have been buying them right and left.  They recognize the MuseCubes as the...

Move Your Body, Solve Your Problem!

Anyone who knows me is aware that I’m crazy about the links between movement and cognition (“embodied cognition” is the fancy term for it, I’ve recently learned). So imagine my thrill when the following headline came across my email today: Body...