Managing Director
I come from a family where five brothers and a sister were all encouraged to do whatever they wanted provided they were committed to it. We learnt how to be ourselves rather than conforming to what others might have preferred. We questioned, we challenged, we did our own things. We got into the habit of taking risks and trusting our judgement. We are all very different and we have all been successful.
This pattern turned out to be the model for The Learning Connexion. I believe the same approach can work for everyone. The toughest part is coping when things don't seem to be working. I ran into serious strife in the early 70s - deeply in debt and without any obvious means of progress. I bought a book on screen printing, learnt how to do it, made my first print and sold a hundred. A few weeks later I took a space at the Auckland Easter Show. Things didn't go well until we created a poster of Peter Fonda on the Easy Rider "chopper". Suddenly we experienced a commercial feeding frenzy and we couldn't print the pictures fast enough. At the end of 10 days we had enough money to buy a house (and my brother bought a racing motor bike for fun). From that time I've always felt confident that I can make things work in the market place. I want to share the pattern with anyone who has a yearning to live creatively instead of getting locked in a production line.
Biographical: Jonathan Milne is managing director and founder of The Learning Connexion. He is equally interested in science and art and has always been captivated by the notion that life has meaning and heaven is within. He has led courses on art, business and creativity in businesses and universities. In 2008 his book, GO! The Art of Change, was published. He says 'It's amazing to realise that books have become my art medium. I love it. It's like running marathons that have beautiful scenery and last for years.' He is working on new books in which the themes are 'Art, Meaning and Myth' and 'Teaching for Creativity'. He is married to Alice Wilson Milne and they live above a beautiful beach north of Wellington.
The Learning Connexion
Phone +64 4 568 0320 or
0800 ART POWER
(0800 278 769 within NZ)
Fax +64 4 567 9864
www.tlc.ac.nz
info@tlc.ac.nz
PO Box 9811
Wellington 6141
Taita Campus
182 Eastern Hutt Road
Taita, Lower Hutt 5019
New Zealand
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