Alexena Collins

Leading brand, communication and movement projects @ReadyAndDance. Helping people create and connect through movement and new ways of working.

[Nature is Amazing ☘️ @AMAZlNGNATURE]

Did you know that bees sleep between 5-8 hours a day, sometimes in flowers? Also, they like to sleep with other bees and hold each other’s feet.

(📸: Joe Neely)

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

'Spirit Dancer' by contemporary US printmaker Delita Martin #WomensArt

[James Drake @jamesjpdrake]

Thrush nesting its family in an amber traffic light.

📸- @Telegraph

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

The year is 1736. Elizabeth Blackwell is 29. Her husband is in debtor’s prison. She has a small child to feed. She turns despair into inspiration, learns botany, makes the world's first illustrated encyclopedia of medicinal plants https://t.co/Ozu1TaEp8K #InternationalWomensDay

[Alexena Collins @AlexenaCollins]

@janthonylong Except perhaps rhiannas half time show?;K its not an ad (bar the fenty use midway) but thought it was a masterclass in flawlessly executing a single-minded creative idea.

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

6 meter high Christmas tree, Trivento, Italy, made with 1,300 donated crochet squares #WomensArt

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

'Way home' by contemporary German artist Katja Lang #WomensArt

[Emily Jane Rothwell 🖤🌸🖋️ @emjanerothwell]

Surviving things together 🥰 (By Astrid Sheckels)

[Alexena Collins @AlexenaCollins]

I imagine a South London where the majority cycle for those short journeys. It would be a radical change in noise, air, community vibes....

[Bike Is Best @BikeIsBestHQ]

In the UK nearly 60% of car journeys are under 5 miles. For millions of these journeys there's a better tool for the job.
For our health, for the climate, for less costly travel, for short journeys, #BikeIsBest

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

'Pegasus' from artist Helga Stentzel's clothesline farm animals #WomensArt

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

'Evening Muses' by Natalia Drepina, contemporary photographer who often creates dark and haunting imagery #WomensArt

[Alexena Collins @AlexenaCollins]

@DinaGachman Rod Temperton and Quincy Jones

[Alexena Collins @AlexenaCollins]

Public transport for the win.

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

Denmark's public transit agency has made the greatest transit advertisement of all time. No notes. (Din Offentlige Transport)

[Alexena Collins @AlexenaCollins]

@BloomandWild @nanosheath Sure! Thank you for replying so quickly

[Alexena Collins @AlexenaCollins]

@BloomandWild I bought my husband @nanosheath a Chinese money plant for our 18th wedding anniversary and this is how it arrived today. I know the economy is in a bad way, and I do hope its no reflection on the state of our marriage...can you replace it?

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

“I don't want no drummer. I set the tempo.”
- Bessie Smith #WomensArt

[Alexena Collins @AlexenaCollins]

As someone who finds it difficult to ask for help, but easy to give it, this made me realise how much internal reward I get from helping and I can share that with others too...,

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

People are happier to help than we expect.

Data: we overestimate how inconvenienced they’ll feel—and underestimate how valued they’ll feel.

Asking isn't always a burden. It's often an opportunity to help others feel capable and useful.

Seeking help is an expression of trust.

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

Storm Over The Irish Sea, 2022 by Welsh land and seascape painter Sarah Evans #WomensArt

[Alexena Collins @AlexenaCollins]

@VrboUK a property owner in Edinburgh has cancelled a reservation I made and paid for a month ago, 48 hours before I leave to go with my family and I cant make contact with him or your customer services team. How do I complain?

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

Stephen Colbert was right: “Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the furthest thing from it.”

A worldwide survey of 200k people finds cynical people are thought of as smarter... but that, in reality, cynics test lower on cognitive & competency tests. https://t.co/KLc33j4JFK