Category Archives: art

You gotta be hungry… Don’t stop running towards your dream — Les Brown #happiness

Posted on May 26, 2018 by

I love this speech. It’s full of gems of advice: You gotta be hungry… Practice every day (reminder to self)… Someone’s opinion of you does not need to become your reality… You have greatness within you and responsibility to manifest that greatness… … Continue reading →

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The dust dance #amwriting

Posted on May 20, 2018 by

I usually post on Saturday 7:45am. When I miss this deadline, like this weekend, I either do not post or I post at the same time on Sunday or Monday. Today I will do it at 7:45pm 🙂  I want … Continue reading →

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Writer pilgrimage – Jane Austen’s house in Chawton #amwriting

Posted on May 6, 2018 by

This weekend I have fulfilled my long held dream and visited Chawton to see a house where Jane Austen created and finished most of her works.

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Art therapy – Could you? by Mayakovsky #poem #happiness

Posted on April 28, 2018 by

Vladimir Mayakovsky is a Russian poet who lived and created at the dawn of the 20th century. Since my introduction to his art in school, I’ve loved it dearly – there is music to his unusual rhyme and composition, there … Continue reading →

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To speak or to die? Call Me By Your Name #CMBYN #happiness

Posted on April 7, 2018 by

Warning. This review contains spoilers. Also I have not read a book, I plan to.  It is one of those movies – it blows your mind. You watch and rewatch it trying to grasp, understand how you got hooked, why … Continue reading →

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For those who loved and lost… ‘Anything worth doing is worth doing badly’

Posted on February 3, 2018 by

Susan Cain is a bestselling author and co-founder of Quiet Revolution. I mentioned her before on the blog as a person who is making introversion ‘normal’. In one of her recent posts she shared Jack Gilbert’s poem below ‘for those … Continue reading →

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Art Saturday – Spanish still life #amwriting

Posted on November 25, 2017 by

I am making more time to write and it’s amazing. I wanted to share my new poem today. At the moment I am inspired by Frank O’Hara. Hope you make time for creativity, positive experiences and people you love this … Continue reading →

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