Dele
A small word of encouragement that made it into a public interview.
Keep going
In a 2021 Creative Commons interview, I was asked about the best career advice I had received. My answer came from one of my grandmothers: “dele”.
I explained it as encouragement to continue: less remains than when you started. A short word, carrying a practical kind of confidence. It belongs here alongside the projects and the institutions, as part of the language behind the work.
Exhibit 1ResourcesOpen the thing itself, not a description of it
Where to go from here
Exhibit 2Looking backOne dated note from inside the story
Looking back
2021, when it happened
An interviewer asked for the best career advice I had received, and the answer was a word from my grandmother. I did not expect it to become the signature of a website.