A matter of perspective
`Reality is a question of perspective´ Salman Rushdie Sometimes we all get stuck. I see it happen to my students all the time. They have a certain way of looking at something, and they are unable to look at it from a different angle. It's like one of those drawings where when you look at it you either see a duck or a fox. But once you've seen the duck? You can never ever unsee it. The trick of course, is to change your perspective, to take a step back and look at the problem from another angle, in other words: change your approach. But, this is easier said that done. Our brains are funny things and stubborn to boot, and not just our brains, our behaviors too! We don't like changing course once we've set out to do something, or at least I certainly don't. It takes something radical, something completely different to change my perspective once I have gotten truly stuck. Today, serves as an excellent example, for it was an unbelieveably hellish day due to many reas