Cornerstones features the writings of Jennifer StJohn and the Fusion Group editorial team. Enjoy these insightful and engaging essays for a different take on business, life and the pursuit of success and serenity.
Do You Believe in Music?
“He who sings prays twice.”
— Augustine
“Funny thing about memory: it has so many layers.”
— L. T. Harriman
The hotel hallway runs the length of the building, conference rooms marching left, right, left, down to the end. Each door is open, awaiting attendees for insurance training,
[…]Embodied Philosophy
Meditations on Corporate Architecture
“Architecture is inhabited sculpture.”
— Constantin Brancusi
Sculptor (1876 – 1957)
“Music is liquid architecture. Architecture is Frozen Music.”
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“A great architect is not made by way of the brain
[…]Shovel & Pink Tights
The circus came to town. Dad and I made the trip to see the parade down 4th Avenue. Later that night we saw the Main Event under the Big Top! The Elephants were my favorites — a long line of them. There, sitting atop the leader, at the head of the column, was a girl in pink tights and a satin leotard, her blonde hair pulled tightly back in a jaunty pony tail! She had the best job in the world!
Later, during the show, I saw her again as the Elephants took their places in the center ring
[…]Command? or Comment?
“Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?”
Henry II played by Peter O’Toole
in Becket
It was a pointed comment made in a moment of rage.
It resulted in the death of Thomas
[…]Above Politics?
“Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean that politics will not take an interest in you.”
— Pericles
Athenian General, Orator and Statesman
495 BC – 429 BC
Said a client recently, “Hey, I’m not interested in politics. I just want to do my job and get great results!”
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