Creativity calls for truth telling. “A lot of growing up is learning to shift the responsibility from the other to the self.” ~ Brian Koppelman (from his interview on The Tim Ferriss Show) “The word integrity (from integer) means ‘wholeness.’ Living in integrity means expressing and doing what’s true for you in all situations. Depart from…
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Shift Your Story to Create a New Self
“Who would you be without your story?”~ Byron Katie Mom tapped the side of the spoon on the edge of the saucepan, knocking off excess tomato paste and said, “Well, you know, Susie, you are a survivor.” I was 16, and I took this as a supreme compliment—a badge of honor. I didn’t know what…
How Being “Too Sensitive” Makes Your Art, Life & Business Remarkable
Being too sensitive is a superpower. “Tish is sensitive, and that is her superpower. The opposite of sensitive is not brave. It’s not brave to refuse to pay attention, to refuse to notice, to refuse to feel and know and imagine. The opposite of sensitive is insensitive, and that’s no badge of honor.” ~ Glennon…
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How to be True to Yourself: The Art of Us Against Artifice
To be true to yourself requires solitude and courage first. “I am not who I think I am; I am not who you think I am;I am who I think you think I am.”~ Charles Cooley I looked at him across the patio table and marveled at how grown up he was. How tall he…
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Pure Imagination: Traveling in the World of Your Creation
Your pure imagination is the great escape. “You’ll definitely have to commit suicide to be free,” I told him.“In fact, ideally, you’ll do it all the time. Not physically. Mentally.”“You want me to kill my mind?”“Not all of it. Just the dungeon.”~ Excerpt from Martha Beck’sSteering By Starlight: The Science and Magic of Finding Your…
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A Gap Analysis of Your Artful Journey of Becoming
A pause can be the perfect moment to do a gap analysis of your journey. “What art is, in reality, is this missing link, not the links which exist.It’s not what you see that is art; art is the gap.” ~ Marcel Duchamp I stood on the platform at the Hendon tube station, reading the…
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