Did you ever wonder if the person in the puddle is real, and you’re just a reflection of him?

~Bill Watterson

My museum mentor, boss, and good friend, Mary Ann, always said “We do not learn from experience…we learn from reflecting on experience.” Time for reflection was an important part of every workshop we did at the museum and it still is. Talking with someone about an experience, journaling, or simply sitting quietly and thinking about what you just experienced are all effective ways to get the most out of any event.

Of course, there are other types of reflections and I often pause to take those in as I travel through our new landscape. Here are a few from the past couple of months.