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”The history of art is about how we look. It is not only about the men and women who – with their paints and pencils, their clays and chisels – created the images that fill our world, from cheap trinkets to ‘priceless masterpieces.’ It is even more about the generations of humankind who have used, interpreted, argued…

‘And what is the use of a book,’ thought Alice, ‘without pictures or conversation?’ Books and Conversation. Words on the page and words spoken are powerful and can inspire us humans to turn toward beauty or toward darkness. But a gentle conversation can allow for grey and a little bit of tolerance which is what…

(Sorry for the late “Day 10” post. I thought I published it yesterday but turns out the internet had cut out before I left home and it was left in drafts. Jungle life) We live between the act of awakening and the act of surrender. Each morning we awaken to the light and the invitation…

KNOTS. I like knots. I talked about the messy ones yesterday that arise from tangling. There are other knots that we intentionally tie that bind. I want to talk about those ones today.  I began to appreciate the beauty of knots. The ones we choose to tie because we need to something to hold fast…

MESSY. The following are excerpts from the post for Day 9 from 2019 and it is amazing to me how little things change: When we visit Toronto, I am a mess. It’s not the falling apart, sobbing on the bathroom floor type of mess. It’s more of a tangled ball of yarn type of mess.…

The thought of leaving home in three weeks, leaving our home in Costa Rica and our community, hit my daughter hard yesterday. She panicked that she wasn’t ready. She started projecting herself into months ahead about plans and what if’s. She was in that place of uncertainty where truthfully, we all reside in all the…

There is a Japanese concept named mono no aware.  It is the “ahhness of things” or “the bittersweet poignancy of things” or “the sadness or pathos of things.” I love this description best from this Japan Times article: the appreciation of things in the shadow of their future absence. The spring blossoms are out in the city…

Alice laughed. “There’s no use trying,” she said: “one can’t believe impossible things.” “I daresay you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” My kids think the most impossible and…

“Fall down seven times, stand up eight.”― Japanese Proverb I think it takes courage to be optimistic – to be able to balance optimism with real world constraints. I wrote this four years ago and I believe it now more than ever: This is our legacy of being human – being optimistic to build resilience. Resilience…

TODAY’S PROMPT: Goldilocks Conditions. Think of your own bursts of creativity and joy. Reflect on the Goldilocks conditions – internal/external “temperatures” – that allow for those moments. Where are your boundaries for “too hard/too soft” or “too much/too little”? What are the physical, emotional, spiritual, environmental conditions that are just right for YOU? Imagine all the possible…