It's over. Two years ago I entered the colourful lobby of the CDM and anxiously began my MDM journey. Over these two years, I've made new friends, created a portfolio full of work, struggled, succeeded, failed, and learned. The MDM is not a program of lectures and exams and papers - it's one of experience, learning through doing. I have done much.

Two big musical events took place in Vancouver in the last couple days. Muse, touted as the best musical act on the planet, a must see event, packed the Pacific Coliseum. Muse is a big act rock band. The other event was a performance by Philip Glass.

What do you want to do when you grow up? In generations past, it was common for kids to say astronaut, explorer. Society used to be enamoured by shuttle launches and captivated by exploring the world and universe. In recent years this has changed though. The explorers of National Geographic and astronaut of NASA hold a very small share of the collective mind space today.