If you're into #designsystems, I'd love your answer on this week's question:

https://us9.list-manage.com/survey?u=0f766efbf71b1e45af76b770b&id=3acc9ad423&attribution=false

Thanks!

Had a chance to revisit an old hobby of mine last week. I wrote about the connection between making a portrait and #designsystems here: https://bencallahan.com/portraits

Hope you are all well!
b

Having some fun with my typewriter today for a little surprise date!

#poetry

Maybe we hold too tight to what is expected?

*forget*

each day
an exercise
for a tree

grip the earth
root down
hold tight

each moment
a rehearsal
for the next

know your lines
hit your mark
speak to be heard

today
i wonder
can i loosen
the grip
forget
the lines

remember you
your wounds
and me
my pain

#poetry

*delight*

the birds are returning home
pale blue skies
and weather too warm for february
are a welcome invitation
to our leafless trees

they search for old nests
brown and dry from the winter
hoping to bring them back to life

they tell of their adventures
with singing voices
as the sun comes up
each song, a tale of their delight
homecoming compositions
that have never been heard

#poetry

Monday morning thought: #designsystem adoption is really only a valuable metric over time. The trend is what matters, not the snapshot.

Agree? Disagree? Why?

decrescendo

the morning breeze was singing
an invisible bow on pine needle strings
fingers over vanilla skin

everything else, decrescendo
bring this moment to focus
play for me, your breath so close

can we slow down?
see souls through eyes

our melodies
may be harmonies
if we let them go

#poetry

your hands
have always been healers
and my soul
always in need of healing

#poetry