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I’m listening to a webinar on creating unforgettable content, and the short version of the answer is contrast and incongruity make a message more memorable. But there can only be so much contrast–everything can’t be memorable.
Contrast can be created in many ways, but one I’ve noticed today is the contrast between bright and neutral [...]
Getting up early in the morning is my way of meeting the inner dark, the creative soil of my soul. I do my meditative writing, and often watch as the sky grows light. Today is the end of the moon cycle, the “old” moon that rises as a crescent before sunrise.
This morning as I [...]
Watching my daughter build her business, do her work, and grow into the artist that she will be, strengthens me to walk on to that next gate when I turn 60 next month. I will still need me, and I will still feed me when I’m 64. In the meantime, I’ll teach her all the words to Back in the USSR and O-Bla-Di-Oh-Bla-Da. After all, I want to share my love for her.
My mother told me stories when I was little: Cinderella, Snow White, and Sleeping Beauty. I soon learned that I was not destined to be a princess: my feet were too big; I wasn’t small, dainty and blonde, but large, brunette, and outspoken. I did spend a lot of time playing by myself, trying to [...]
How much care does a person need to bloom? Do I give myself at least enough light and damp medium to allow my inner life a space to grow, and do I pay attention each day to the slight changes in my growth, letting my roots develop and appreciating the daily work the leaves do in feeding the bulb of my soul? Do I check in with myself now each day even long enough to see if I need some watering? Am I getting enough sunlight and time to myself?
On a walk with my daughter at our favorite spot, we saw a turtle out basking in the late afternoon sun, sharing a log with a mallard. I think they enjoyed the warm day, the first day of spring, and coincidentally the first really warm day of 2010–low 70s. It was lovely and I think [...]
About ten years ago, I was privileged to visit the Statue of Liberty while accompanying my daughter’s high school drama class on a New York trip. I can say that experience was one of standing on holy ground, with a deep silence and reverence that ignored the line of people waiting to walk up the [...]
Yesterday I made my third tutorial video, for my new blog How To Paint Acrylic, and I am starting to get the hang of it, even though it’s not production quality yet. This is my setup on my desk by my front window in what used to be [...]
It’s just over a week before Thanksgiving, and I have buds opening on an apaganthus plant by my back door. Aka Nile Lily, this flower has blue, lily shaped flowers that radiate from a central stem. They don’t bloom in November.
Perhaps the plant is confused about the weather, but it has been the [...]
I have not looked at the election results yet this morning–another case of ignorant bliss, guilty as charged. I’ll know in a few minutes who won, yet I am at peace regardless of the outcome.
The president elect has many challenges to deal with, but at least neither of them has spawned a sitcom. No [...]
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