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Digital Erasures

Digital Erasures

17/01/2016
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Life

A few months back, I wrote about erasures as a metaphor for making life changes. ( Life’s Erasures ) Because every once in a while we all…

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Improv Rules to Live By

Improv Rules to Live By

10/01/2016
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Living Well

In her 2011 autobiography Bossypants, Tina Fey wrote that the rules for creating an improvised skit in front of an audience would make great rules…

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Perfection is only a Concept

Perfection is only a Concept

20/12/2015
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Writing

It is tempting to say Salvador Dali’s quote, “Have no fear of perfection, you’ll never reach it,” is perfect. But perfection is only a concept,…

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Deadlines --Why We Love Them

Deadlines –Why We Love Them

13/12/2015
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Behaviour

Parkinson’s “Law of Expanding Work” states, “Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion”.     So true.  Give someone two…

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There's a Crack in Everything

There’s a Crack in Everything

06/12/2015
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Behaviour

Leonard Cohen’s song ‘Anthem’ has a refrain;  There is a crack in everything That’s how the light gets in. I will not attempt to discuss…

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DayDreaming is Good For You

DayDreaming is Good For You

29/11/2015
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Behaviour, Life

George Carlin declared in  one of his stage shows that every child should have three hours a day of daydreaming time.  And adults should too….

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Your Art or Your Birth Certificate?

Your Art or Your Birth Certificate?

08/11/2015
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Creativity, Retirement

The desire to create can strike at any age.  A person’s inclination to be creative is more likely to be inhibited by confidence, skills, or…

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Your Mortgage or Your Art

Your Mortgage or Your Art

01/11/2015
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Creativity

Life sometimes can interfere with creative pursuits. Artists, writers, and other creatives who began their careers early and stuck with it, clearly had the belief…

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Sometimes the Magic Works...

Sometimes the Magic Works…

25/10/2015
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Creativity, Writing

Sometimes the magic works, and sometimes it doesn’t. This is my favourite movie quote of all time.  It lends itself to a variety of circumstances….

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Life’s Erasures

Life’s Erasures

18/10/2015
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Behaviour, Life

Annulments could be considered erasures for a marital mistakes. Golf has it’s ‘mulligans’. Baseball and hockey have their video reviews. We’ve all had times in…

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