A New Look

D id you ever pass a store window see a reflection think it’s a passerby and then do a double take: WHAT? That overweight/emaciated/old/childlike (take your pick) person is ME?!!! Or maybe you completed a writing assignment at three in the morning thinking Wow! Shakespeare couldn’t have done a better job! only to reread it in the morning: Ugh! What was I thinking?! Or perhaps you reread a book after several years and realized: I never appreciated that book’s many layers and undertones.

In such cases you’re looking at something — an experience a book even yourself — through a new lens. Perhaps it’s through someone else’s eyes. Perhaps it’s through the lens of time. Perhaps you’ve just taken off your own blinders….

In our worlds of publishing academia and government team writing we often call the last review stage of any document the “final fresh eye.” That fresh eye will often disclose new issues new insights elements that — for better or for worse — were not apparent the first time around.

Come take a new look with us as we revisit past experiences. A simple kitchen remodeling. An unthinking remark made by a student. A life-altering moment. From each we gain a new perspective about ourselves and change the way we view the world around us.