Category: Creativity
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It’s All About The Love…
In last Wednesday’s Substack post I mentioned the 10 ELAN Principles by which I strive to live. ELAN was a self-development course I created and facilitated a few years ago, hopefully to the benefit of all who participated. These principles have since informed my life and these posts: 1. Honor a Higher Power = Love God by…
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Free Music…
I was fortunate to attend three music concerts this past weekend, all of them free. Friday, I saw David Byrne with my sister-in-law. (More Wednesday on Confessionsofacreative.substack.com). Saturday, I sat in the sunshine to watch our grandson play in a local Jazz Band. Sunday, we weathered freezing temperatures for a repeat performance at a different…
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Quote of the Week…
“Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.” Henry David Thoreau, 1817 – 1862
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Ten Things I Love About New York…
I recently took all kinds of chances (in the midst of a shutdown and wonky flight schedules) to put a drop in a virtual bucket list. One of my ongoing fantasies is to live and act like a local in Manhattan for a month or so. You gotta love the energy of a city that…
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Quote of the Week…
“That is the happiest conversation where there is no competition, no vanity, but a calm quiet interchange of sentiments.” Samuel Johnson, 1709 – 1784
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Quote of the Week…
“Sometimes life drops blessings in your lap without your lifting a finger. Serendipity, they call it.” Charlton Heston, 1923 – 2008
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Straight Trippin’
Last Wednesday I saw a book title promoting healing through psilocybin and I imagined gazing at the sky, lost in a kaleidoscope of brilliant colors. Not from experience, but from curious wonder. Thursday something called Keith House appeared on my map as I searched for weekend events. Wonder of wonders, this new spot was hosting…
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Quote of the Week…
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” Marcel Proust, 1871-1922
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N E W…
I have written and thrown out two drafts of this blog. I just wasn’t feeling it. Then I went to my NEW favorite museum, the Kimbell, to watch short documentaries about archeological discoveries in the Arkhaios Film Festival. What a joyous afternoon. While I miss my favorite haunts of Houston, the art of discovery in…
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