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Nov 3, 2015
Letting go can be hard, either of something that’s close to you or a fond memory. It can feel traumatic at times, but when you truly release something you feel free. It can be especially challenging when you put lots of time and effort into your your art, knowing its demise, like I did today. […]
Nov 3, 2015
For our introduction to our two day challenge, Blake Boles read us the poem The Perfect High by Shel Silverstein, in which a character goes to meet a wise guru. We were told that the following day we would go to meet him. We were emailed a packing list and told to have a belly full of breakfast by […]
Nov 3, 2015
Partner dancing is a lot harder than it may seem, and, as we soon discovered, even more so when you’re working together as a group to create one seamless routine. Here are a few comments from my fellow group members: Max said: “At first I was really excited, but once we started dancing, I didn’t […]
Oct 30, 2015
Today my group was with Joel, doing his first non-food challenge. It was the perseverance challenge. The idea of the challenge was to push ourselves to learn a new skill that we didn’t know before. Joel was assigned by us to practice makeup, and we helped our fellow group members decide what they wanted to […]
Oct 30, 2015
Have you ever wondered what people think of you? Have you ever wished you could find that out in a healthy environment with people you respect? Today our challenge was to give and take constructive criticism from our group. People told me that I have a habit of using humor to express and invalidate my […]
Oct 30, 2015
Hello Mr./Ms. Reader, Our names are Micayla and Gabriella. We are young life enthusiasts and entrepreneurs. Today our group embarked on a challenge to reach out to people just like you. Highlighting their inspirational work and hoping to meet up with them while we’re in Denver. After doing research on the things we are most […]
Oct 29, 2015
You might ask yourself what happens to a born criminal mastermind when you make him do repetitive and pointless tasks, like juggling potatoes for hours. Well, he gets bored, then runs off and picks locks on electric panel boxes in construction sites, diving in bushes when he hears a noise. I started out trying parkour, […]
Oct 29, 2015
In the immortal words of Midge Field, “I had heard the word lit before, but I never truly understood the meaning of it.” Today we learned. We began our challenge the night before when we sat down with Ari in The Spare Oom to discuss the trials and tribulations that we would face the next […]
Oct 29, 2015
Hello, My name is Katie, I am seventeen and requesting an endorsement from you for my website that I developed with Blake Boles during Week 2 of the Adventure Semester. This would be very helpful for me to help legitimatize my website as I send it to future employers, and as I apply to more programs […]
Oct 28, 2015
Let me set a scene for you. Eight people of various genders, sitting silent in a convention center on Mount Crested Butte, Colorado. Shoes are strewn on the floor, pillows are being solidly clutched, and a fact hangs heavy in the air between them: no one is perfect. Everyone has problems with those they cohabitate […]