Ten Thousand Hours: A blog about Reading, Work, and Process

Ten thousand hours is the amount of time Malcolm Gladwell states in his book Outliers: The Story of Success it takes to obtain mastery in a pursued field of study. Trouble is, I don’t know what I want to be a master of.  Sure, I have some ideas: a hazy combination of community organizer, educator, and multi-media storyteller. But what if my field of study lacks a defining name? Join me on my journey as I try to master an unnamed profession.

Why am I blogging?  1.) To become a better writer and thinker 2.) to catalogue my TOIL 3.) share what I am doing

In my quest for 10,000 hours, I focus on four themes:

Community Education: Exploring education outside the classroom

DrawCorps: Exercising the core muscles of creative problem solving

Storytelling: Telling stories through film, animation, comics and more

Awareness: Being present in our world

Jude Shingle is a Filmmaker, Artist, and Educator living and working in Erie, PA. You can find a select portfolio of his work here.