This portrait of me was created by Kaiyao Duan, a colleague of mine at Blackbaud. Thank you for creating this Kaiyao. Wow. Just wow.
Those of you that follow this blog know that I am constantly finding inspiration in the work created by Hugh MacLeod and the team at GapingVoid. I shared a bit of my love for Hugh’s artwork with my Blackbaud team today during my final team meeting, my last day there. Kaiyao mentioned to me that he felt that inspiration — and as he got back to his desk, he created the above. To create this, he pieced together snippets of Hugh’s amazing artwork, added some Adamisms, and then shaped it into my face (eyebrows and nose ring to boot). I will cherish this portrait as a remembrance of my time at Blackbaud. Thank you so much Kaiyao. Just … WOW!
It’s a beautiful way to end a beautiful day. One last time: thank you to everyone at Blackbaud – and thank you to everyone here for all of your amazing encouragement. Inspiration begets inspiration.
[Rule No. 6 is a lesson that stuck with me from the altMBA. It makes me smile big to see it show up in a portrait of me … because it’s one of the most important lessons that I still need to learn. You can read more about it in The Art of Possibility, but the long story short is: “Rule No. 6 is to stop taking yourself so goddamn seriously.”]
Intoxicated by possibility for everything you and Rusty have achieved and have yet to manifest! 🙂