There are a dozen stories in that picture of one of my design students talking about color management. Just pick the one you like best. 

[Thx Ann, for letting me use it here.]

Lisa from Speak Schmeak had an interesting post yesterday on physical comfort and dressing for public speaking.

Lisa talks about dressing appropriately. That pretty much says it all. She also talks about shoes :)

When dressing for public speaking, usually other things matter than when you are dressing for a night out.

This is especially true when it comes to shoes. You need to be well balanced in order to give a good talk. And some shoes simply work better than others.

You may think you are cool and comfortable on high heels, but they stress your muscles and knee caps and that stress moves all the way through your body until it reaches your vocal cords. Wearing the wrong shoes may result in that high pitched, tense, stressed voice we all feel so uncomfortable with.

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Does this happen all the time?, he asks. No, I say. Even for Berlin it’s unusual to see a naked woman walking down the street.

I am from Singapore, he says. You would be arrested there, he says. You could be arrested here, too, I say.

He shows me his mobile phone. I have followed her, he says. I have many pictures.

He is a collector. He is not the only one.

She is walking down the bridge at the Museum Island in Berlin Mitte, she is in her early twenties maybe, a little older maybe, and she is naked and she is parting the black sea of tourists.

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