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active imagination embraced

“Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don’t keep it a secret.”

Mary Kay Ash

“It ain’t over till it’s over.”

Yogi Berra

“You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one.”

John Lennon

“If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.”

George Bernard Shaw

Shopping at a different side of town

Grocery prices have crossed the line into ridiculous. One grocery chain in particular seems to feel entitled to charge, sometimes over three dollars, more per identical item than the nearby big box retailer. In addition, […]

Looking Back

Pausing on this rainy day to reflect on the past ten or more years. Here’s my truth: I love this blog. I love being reminded of the thoughts I had back then. Those thoughts changed […]

Leaving the Reservation of the Mind

Read the article “Leaving the Reservation of the Mind” by Sherman Alexie in Light the Dark: Writers on Creativity, Inspiration, and the Artistic Process. Alexie writes: “I think every writer stands in the doorway of […]

Learning to dream

Safe and small and not dreaming at all. Make Your Creative Dreams Real. Sark The above quote has been sitting as a draft since January 21, 2015. So much has happened since I found those […]

Coming to a close

The past couple of years have been about letting go of ideas that I thought I wanted to do, but actually didn’t. On December 31 I’ll let go of yet another idea and close the […]

At the Dali + Magritte

Also known as a lesson in imperfection Dali’s paintings are inspiring in a multitude of ways. Mostly I love being able to look at the works closely enough to see the various brushstrokes and how […]