Design Principles
- Leverage technology for a global reach
- Based on universal attributes of both emotional and spiritual intelligence
- Engages the whole brain through both images and words
- Multi-faceted, online, and interactive
- Nonlinear (via links) or linear (via table of contents)
- Brings nature and technology together as complementary
- All 24 lenses structured in exactly the same way
- All include some combination of stories, poetry, photo essays, contemplations, quotes, reflection, concepts and models, and additional resources
- Each of the almost 500 pages stands alone, is complete in itself
- Every page has a photo taken by Barbara; most are of nature and have been taken within the Minneapolis city limits
- Every page has a quote – inspiring words of wisdom – from others
- All have a fun addition called ‘One More Thing’ which ranges from Led Zepplin to TED talks to a GoPro commercial
Structure
- Cover – overview, quote, and links to sections
- Welcome – context and contents (2 pages)
- About – concepts and models to satisfy the left-brain (4 pages)
- Everyday Beauty – a wabi-sabi desktop and a photo ‘field trip’ (2 pages)
- Contemplations – Nature, Animal, Earth (3 pages)
- Stories – from my life experiences to trigger yours from your life experiences (5 pages)
- Bring It Home – practical application through questions for reflection and dialogue as well as suggestions for practice and exploration (2 pages)
- Further Resources – primarily books linked to Amazon (1 page)
- One More Thing – a surprise ranging from a Ram commercial to a nature video (1 page)
- Unmistakable Beauty in Presence – meaning of ‘kaleidoscope’ and our beliefs (1 page)
The 24 Lenses
- Acceptance
- Awareness
- Awe
- Compassion
- Congruence
- Connection
- Courage
- Creativity
- Empathy
- Flow
- Gratitude
- Harmony
- Hope
- Humility
- Kindness
- Openness
- Patience
- Perspective
- Presence
- Resilience
- Simplicity
- Trust
- Vision
- Wisdom