At the coffee shop!
Originally uploaded by xiane threeravens

Helen mentioned through Twitter that when I tweet about being at the coffee shop, she now has a mental image for that, since she’s seen my usual haunts now. I figured it might be nice to clue everyone in to how I look when I hang out here, [...]

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At The Storque: One Woman’s Road to Veganism
At Walk Score: America’s Most Walkable Neighborhoods [my town got a 55/100]
At The Simple Dollar: Lifestyle Choices as a Hedge Against Inflation
The lifestyle choices page has lots of great suggestions that, in my opinion, we should be following everyday anyway. One of the best ones is to drink [...]

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lyrics today from Siouxsie and the Banshees [kiss them for me]
The Artist’s Way this week bade me to list five favourite films, so here I go:

Harold and Maude
Pretty In Pink
Fallen Angels [aka Duo luo tian shi]
Chungking Express [aka Chung Hing sam lam]
Camille Claudel

What common denominators do these films all hold?

love
loss
figuring out one’s place in life

Also, [...]

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Hello from the floor!

Originally uploaded by xiane threeravens

Squeegee and I just wanted to say hi! [look at how lazy we are!]

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I’ve had a few people wonder where I found the name for our Artist’s Way creative cluster, “i plant the seeds.” It was actually from a quote from the writer of our guide, Julia Cameron – and worth sharing here:
“When I listen to love, I am listening to my true nature. When I express love, [...]

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Welcome to the July 21, 2008 edition of the artist’s way – i plant the seeds.

magickalrealism presents You Should Write a Book posted at Magickal Realism Natural Perfumery.
chapter work

magickalrealism presents Chapter 6: Creating a Sense of Possibility posted at [...]

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This is Week Seven: Recovering A Sense of Connection. This week we will turn to the practice of right attitudes for creativity. Our emphasis will be on our receptive as well as active skills from Monday June 21st to Sunday July 27th 2008.
Tasks:
* Finish this sentence: “If I didn’t have to do it perfectly, I [...]

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… I feel like a ghost.
Sick all day, on and off nausea. Tired, listless. Feeling low because I missed a craft show meeting, but I hardly ever miss anything, why am I beating myself up when I already feel bad?
Yep, that’s me, asking the penetrating questions.

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Today was a fantastic day!
I’ve been hanging out with my pal Helen Mosher all weekend, as she’s in the area for a visit – and we decided that Saturday was obviously “go to Asheville and see the sights” day. I know I was just there last week with Melissa and Bo, but there’s never enough [...]

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Here’s an interesting blog post with 15 widespread creativity myths, from LifeDev.
http://lifedev.net/2008/07/creativity-myths/
I thought that all my friends interested in working on their creative output might find this list insightful.

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