Archive for the ‘Better Behaviour’ Category
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Silence
04 Sep 2015(This post is republished from 9/1/15 – still pertinent. I hope you enjoy. As always, your comments and thoughts are welcome. We learn through sharing. ~m ) Silence is priceless. It’s a precious space where the feet of our souls, not the soles of our feet, find solid ground. In silence we can contemplate, innovate, […]
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Studio Space – A Place to Call Your Own
21 Aug 2015How important is studio space to creating the art you love? What impact does it have on your work? To some of us, the surroundings are vital to success…to others, the impact is minimal. I know people who’ve made art in basements, in garages and at kitchen tables. I once made a mosaic bench on […]
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Who’s Your Daddy?
07 Aug 2015Who’s your biggest advocate? Who champions your career, has your back, ferrets out opportunity that will benefit you? I hope your answer is – ME! I don’t mean me…the coach, the artist, the advisor…I mean YOU! You probably aren’t comfortable advocating for yourself. Few of us are, but the truth is, you MUST be your […]
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You Say Devices; I Say Divisives
30 Jul 2015Every week I send an email to my accountability partner, listing things I’ll take care of in the upcoming week. She does the same. We have Alyson Stanfield to thank for our professional relationship, which has evolved into a fine friendship over the years. This week, “Stay away from the computer” was on my list, […]
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Weed Farmers
24 Jul 2015Some people are just weed farmers. They plant seeds of doubt in the fertile manure of your brain, and then carelessly leave them to germinate and grow weeds in your happy little garden. I don’t like that. I hope I don’t trip up and plant the occasional weed, because it’s noxious. Sometimes the evil seeds […]
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Current Events and Current Descent
03 Jul 2015Gratitude keeps us focused on what’s right in the world. It’s makes us float…levitate. In November of 2012, I vowed to express something I was grateful for each day, publicly, for a month. Each day was a contest of goodness, a love affair with what was light, honest and right in the world. There’s something […]
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Caught in the Net
26 Jun 2015Seems these days we’re required to pay attention to avalanches of information. Thanks to “The Internet,” information is at our fingertips – simple to access and with varying degrees of accuracy. We self-diagnose, self-direct and self-compare with the assistance of “The Internet.” It doesn’t come without its issues. Productivity in my studio feels low. We’ve […]
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Two Rabbits
19 Jun 2015[Tweet “He who chases two rabbits catches neither one.”] The saying is a Roman proverb, sometimes contributed to Confucious. Recently, I felt like I was chasing more than two rabbits. The furry moppets refused to hang together and…well…I’m not as fast as I used to be. The constant changing of direction and gears seems to […]
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At Your Service – Overcoming Fear of Sales
12 Jun 2015Freaked out by sales? I don’t mean lack of sales or through the roof sales…I mean actively selling your stuff. Books are written and entire Psychology practices are built upon the science of sales. I used to work with sales teams – and my company would do psychological profiles to identify the most desirable traits, […]
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Bleeding On It
05 Jun 2015I’m a “recovering Catholic.” Yet, I still believe I must bleed on it. Although I’ve taught time management workshops for years, and I can spot a “Time Drain Myth” from miles away – still I clutch to this big lie like Wylie Coyote to a twig on a cliff. “For it to be really good […]
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Clarity Through Clearity
29 May 2015Clean living means a lot more than just the way we eat. And, the occasional clean slate may be a very necessary thing. Last month a gallery that took a LOT of my work for a solo show. They took so many pieces it cleared out both my home studio and my downtown studio, and […]
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Much Ado About Much To Do
08 May 2015I was exhausted last week and I’m still exhausted. It sounds so trite and whiney and passé….but, its true. Hmmmmmffffff! I like to believe I’ve learned a few things in my life, one of them being the benefit of balanced living, but when opportunity knocks – you should probably answer the door. And, when you […]
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Chills and Thrills – Why You Should Do What Scares You Most
17 Apr 2015Cheap thrills, chilling thrills, new thrills, known thrills…I’ll take ‘em all. Sometimes you have dreams of thrills, sometimes thrilling dreams – but stepping off the edge from time to time makes us feel ALIVE. It’s fun to push your boundaries. If you’re not a risk-taker, you still might stretch just a little – in a […]
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You’re Cracked – The Kintsugi of You
10 Apr 2015I love the look of Kintsugi. You know, the Japanese pottery with the intentionally decorated crack in it? The ceramic vessels have an incredible, gold streak adorning them, boasting their history and celebrating their imperfections. People should be more like that. There’s a theme that keeps popping up this week – the quest for perfection […]
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One in the Can
03 Apr 2015I’m writing this on a Wednesday. It’s the day I usually write the post for this blog. If you’re a regular reader, you know I’ve “Gone Fishin.’” In other words, I felt the need for a little break and took a two-week “Blogcation.” Still, here I am, writing on Wednesday. Is it simply a matter […]
