Where the Mind Sprocket staff writes about inspiration, communication, culture, storytelling, and more.

The Back Page is where the feet go up on the desk at the end of the day. It’s that good book with a mug of hot cocoa just before bed. It’s where we goof off after a hard day’s work. The Back Page is our blog.

All posts filed in

by Lindsey Charlton on April 28, 2009

… She prized the frank, the open-hearted, the eager character beyond all others. Warmth and enthusiasm did captivate her still. She felt that she could so much more depend upon the sincerity of those who sometimes looked or said a careless or a hasty thing, than of those whose presence of mind never varied, whose […]

Answer me this, please.

by Jacqueline on April 25, 2009

What is success? Who measures it? Is success simply a question of relativity, defined by circumstance? Why are some achievements better than others? 
  

“Documenting the Unseen” is published!

by Edward Atkinson on April 22, 2009

This is your long-awaited announcement: Documenting the Unseen, the first book by Mind Sprocket, is published! Simply go to our homepage to get your copy!!
Documenting the Unseen is the end result of over a year’s hard work and dedication by the whole Mind Sprocket staff, and was made possible by a host of committed individuals […]

Keeping Dreams

by Lindsey Charlton on April 6, 2009

 
 
 
It’s funny how your dreams
Change as you’re growing old
You don’t wanna be no spaceman
You just want the gold
All the dream stealers
Are lying in wait
But if you wanna be a spaceman
It’s still not too late
 
–Oasis

Stunning digital recreations of statistics

by Edward Atkinson on April 1, 2009

http://www.chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php
These photos are visual creations of the actual things represented by statistics.
“My hope is that images representing these quantities might have a different effect than the raw numbers alone, such as we find daily in articles and books. Statistics can feel abstract and anesthetizing, making it difficult to connect with and make meaning of 3.6 […]

Sometimes the truth is
Not what you want it to be.
Is it ever what you expected?
No, probably not.
Are you okay with that?
Are we meant to create truth or
Are we meant to find it?

Subscribe to our RSS feed or get e-mail updates.