I did a lot of driving in the car today so I had time to think. It was nice and also it was sooo cool in the A/C. So I’ve been thinking about the ways I limit myself from doing what I love by waiting for a better time to do it. I’m the writerContinue reading “Driving and Avoidance”
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Peace Helps
My head was killing me today. It was a strange day. But strange or not, I wanted to get some dishes done, so I pulled up a stool by the sink and played an audible book. I took my time soaking and scrubbing while I enjoyed the book. Then I worked on part 3 ofContinue reading “Peace Helps”
Connected
In nature we never see anything isolated, but everything in connection with something else which is before it, beside it, under it and over it. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe One of my most favorite things about life, writing, and learning is finding connections. Even when I find that a connection I made was wrong, itContinue reading “Connected”
On Spirit
Deepak Chopra and Leonardo da Vinci on spirit and art Meditation is the progressive quieting of our mind, until we reach the source of thought, which in wisdom traditions are the realm of our soul and spirit. In this domain of awareness there is infinite creativity, synchronicity, the power of intention, and freedom from limitations.Continue reading “On Spirit”
Leonardo da Vinci on spirit
Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art. Leonardo da Vinci Yesterday I asked if the source of thought are the realm of soul and spirit. I wondered if the well is also considered the source of thought which are the realm of soul and spirit and if in thisContinue reading “Leonardo da Vinci on spirit”
Quieting of Our Mind?
Meditation is the progressive quieting of our mind, until we reach the source of thought, which in wisdom traditions are the realm of our soul and spirit. In this domain of awareness there is infinite creativity, synchronicity, the power of intention, and freedom from limitations. Deepak Chopra The realm of our soul and spirit? TheContinue reading “Quieting of Our Mind?”
What Do You Stand For?
“You have to follow your own voice. You have to be yourself when you write. In effect, you have to announce, ‘This is me, this is what I stand for, this is what you get when you read me. I’m doing the best I can—buy me or not—but this is who I am as aContinue reading “What Do You Stand For?”
The Good Shepherd
11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. 13 The man runs away because he is a hiredContinue reading “The Good Shepherd”
It’s About You But It’s About Others Too
Creative freedom is a gift we have as humans beings. It liberates us from a world that would be just fine seeing us lose our life so that we can fit into their box. I started writing my For the Conscious Writer posts in 2020 with the intention of having it lead into a mentoring program. (IContinue reading “It’s About You But It’s About Others Too”
Curiosity, Freedom, and Intensity
Interesting things happen when the creative impulse is cultivated with curiosity, freedom and intensity. Saul Bass Curiosity, freedom, and intensity where do we find those things? Some artists might say those things find us when we’re working. There’s others that say you have to go out and search for it. I think we must findContinue reading “Curiosity, Freedom, and Intensity”