“What is it that often puts the B student ahead of the A student in adult life, especially in business and creative professions? Certainly it is more than verbal skill. To create, one must have a sense of adventure and playfulness. One needs toughness to experiment and hazard the risk of failure. One has to be strong enough to start all over again if need be and alert enough to learn from whatever happens. One needs a strong ego to be propelled forward in one’s drive toward an untried goal. Above all, one has to possess the ability to play!”

- Frank and Theresa Caplan’s 1973 book The Power of Play

(via The Atlantic)

This reminds me on the “faces of meth” where meth head mugshots were documented over a period of time to show the damage done by meth. This has a lot more integrity. These are the faces of the soldiers that fight for the country. With time, their faces deepen with character lines and age before their years. Phenomenal project from photographer, journalist and film maker Lalage Snow.

We Are The Not Dead - Images by Lalage Snow