February 5th, 2012.
The super bowl of social media and creativity.
I woke up thinking about Wednesday this morning. As if Wednesday was a person I knew.
This last Wednesday was a chaotic morning and no amount of breathing was going to lift me out of the mushroom of frenzy.
Usually calm and steady, on Wednesday morning I was agitated and hyper sensitive to noise. I always try to see what is the longest amount of time I can go without plugging into music with my headphones. This time even music didn’t help. People rushing to some grand nowhere. I joined them to head to one of the most dilapidated parts of New York City. ... read more »
Tagged art, authors, bell hooks, books, life, process of writing, questions, relating, social media, twitter
It is a new year after all.
Makes me wonder about all those other “new” years. I never felt they were new per se so it wasn’t that I got duped the last decade with the habitual hype at the end of the year. It is just that I couldn’t participate as authentically as I would have liked because I knew better in my bones. But this year is finally new.
new | n(y)oō |
adjective
1. not existing before; made, introduced, or discovered recently or now for the first time
2. already existing but seen, experienced, or acquired recently or now for the first time
3. just beginning and regarded as better than what went ... read more »
Tagged 2012, art, choices, ibn sina, life, non-fiction stories, process of writing, relating
December 11, 2011.
What is art without vision, then?; Symmetry Breaking; Darren K. Woods on his passion for opera; Music to My Ears.
I was immersed in life to my fullest capacity the last two Sundays. Every cell felt like a sponge for Stillness, joy, love, warmth, observations, growth…
There comes a point when living and experiencing catch a momentum faster than one can share through any medium. I believe that’s when the real challenge begins for one who has decided to undertake being an artist.
We are all creative (some more talented or innately gifted than others); however, not all are artists.
Art without vision is creative stimulation for pleasure. In order to have ... read more »
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For those of us for whom it is not about money (
although that is marvelous given one needs it, however minimally, to exist in this physical space without anxiety) nor about fame or celebrity (
celebrity is a choice and it comes and goes; fame may not be a choice and can be attributed for a variety of reasons one never intended) but about the fragrant, sweet gratification of having sewn our stitch or stitches in the Embroidery of what we saw and heard and what is Possible…for those of us, there is no alternative but persistence.
Mama says persistence means you believe [honestly] in the [realistic] value of what you have to offer regardless of however ... read more »
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Still Sundays.
November 13, 2011.
Stillness is a guardian angel.
That being said, on days where the frozen wind in New York City feels like the wrathy breathing of some evil gods, I do yell aloud, forgetting all I know about seasons, climate, and weather, “God you can’t be real! Because no one in his or her right mind would actually create a day this cold!”
Yet so far November feels like early spring. Will March then be like early winter? Maybe winter has never been that long after all? Climate change is changing.
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What do I know without a doubt this Sunday morning as this calendar year is almost over?
Light ... read more »
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