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From the monthly archives:
There’s a new Blog Carnival coming… If I’d only known then what I know now, I’d………………… I’ve heard it so often. Read it. Said it myself. Would I really live a piece of my life differently, given another chance? Knowing then what I know now? What do I know now that I didn’t know then? [...]
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We never see backstage before a performance, do we? We don’t know what competitors, speakers, musicians go through as the clock ticks toward performance time. How do they prepare those last few seconds? Kali* is a dancer — competing for almost two years in ballet, lyrical, jazz, hip-hop, and acrobatics. The painting below is of [...]
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It’s spring, that time of year when we used to clean our houses thoroughly. In fact, when my sisters and I were growing up in our small town, foregoing this yearly ritual was considered a social and cultural taboo. If you weren’t scrubbing and airing-out and waxing and buffing the same week as your neighbors, [...]
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It has been my goal for a while to be named one of Liz Strauss’ Successful and Outstanding Bloggers, to be honored with an “S&OB” display badge. That goal was realized this past week. Thank you, Liz. I first found Liz’ blog through Bean Fairbanks, my blogging-studio mentor at LVSonline. Bean suggested when I got [...]
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Yesterday Liz Strauss, in a step toward visible authenticity, threw away some stuff. She wrote: Old habits stay with us longer than we need them. Old thoughts that once protected fence us in… Being too safe can be risky. Knowing too much can get in the way of learning… … I had to throw away [...]
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Do My Words Paint Pictures People Can Relate To? Can Connect With?
by Barbara Hartsook on March 11, 2009 · 11 comments
in Blogging,Conversation Over Coffee
How Does Someone Connect With What I Say? Or Write? Or Paint? I’m learning how to use less detail in areas of my portraits outside a small focal area. I’m learning to look at things straight-on and, while not moving my eyes, think about how I see the periphery. Certainly it’s not detailed. Important to [...]
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