Archive for October, 2014
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Reclaiming Simple Pleasures
31 Oct 2014My life is abuzz with energy…and it’s not good. It’s election season and people are fervent with the passion of their ideologies. The media is trying to capitalize by sensationalizing every. Little. Thing. We should be afraid of Ebola, terrorists, politicians (that goes without saying) and apparently, one another. It’s getting thick and deep out […]
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6 Steps for Surviving the “Angsty Middle” of the Creative Process
17 Oct 2014Change is like an Oreo cookie. There’s a crispness to the beginning and end…but the middle is sticky and gooey. I suspect it’s the same with the creative process. It doesn’t matter what you create… There’s that angsty little bit in the middle. It’s sticky and gooey, but it isn’t all that sweet. Our creative […]
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Illuminate Your Fear
10 Oct 2014Donald Neale Walsch said, “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” Several years ago, I began a quest with a pledge of “fearlessness.” When I segued from the corporate world to work full time as a writer and artist, I made a pledge to do my work courageously and without care for what […]
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Techno-coloured Funk
03 Oct 2014Some people respond to technology very well. Some people stink at it. I’m going to have a nice, brief, honest rant here… Those of you who don’t use email, text or turn on your phones DRIVE ME NUTS! We have business to do here… Don’t. Be. Difficult. I realize being technolocially challenged can be a […]
