What we could do with a second life…
Cleaning up some posts today for clarity or for improving their appearance in ActivityPub instances I didn’t want to lose this quote introduced to us at Archives New Zealand in a visit from Verne Harris back in 2017. It represents the need for a second life to apply all of the lessons learned in this one – in the GLAM sector, everything we learn getting up to speed, to learn how to work within our institutional boundaries, to align with corporate strategy, or just to hustle to have our work recognized and valued.
My colleague Andrea references the quote a lot and I am often reaching to recall it.
We work in the dark – we do what we can – we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art. – Henry James, The Middle Years
