Adam Kirsch, in his 12.31.10 New York Times Sunday Book Review article, The Will Not to Power, But to Self-Understanding, beautifully says:
Whether I am writing verse or prose, I try to believe that what matters is not exercising influence or force, but writing well - that is, truthfully and beautifully; and that maybe, if you seek truth and beauty, all the rest will be added unto you.
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Let the beauty we love be what we do. -Rumi
Using Creative Power.
It is when you are really living in the present - working, thinking, lost, absorbed in something you care about very much, that you are living spiritually....For I know that the energy of the creative impulse comes from love and all its manifestations - admiration, compassion, glowing respect, gratitude, praise, tenderness, adoration, enthusiasm. And why should we all use our creative power? Because there is nothing that makes people so generous, joyful, lively, bold, and compassionate.
Brenda Ueland
Brenda Ueland
Coaching
We at Blossoming offer a myriad of types of coaching:
Creative Idea Generation and Problem Solving
Leadership
Team Development
Effective Communication
Conflict Resolution
Creative Idea Generation and Problem Solving
Leadership
Team Development
Effective Communication
Conflict Resolution
Writing workshops
We offer private, one-on-one writing sessions or small group sessions you can attend with friends or family members. Please email for availability + pricing.
you.blossoming@gmail.com.
you.blossoming@gmail.com.
You are both the traveler and the destination.
Julia Cameron, The Vein of Gold
Julia Cameron, The Vein of Gold
Word exploration with L.A. pottery artist, Lori Koop
Lori is known for her inspiring pottery work, much of which incorporates words. Beginning in 2010, she has created UPWORD - a weekly word : designed to inspire. She begins 2010 appropriately with Listen.
www.moveUPWORD.com
www.moveUPWORD.com
Writing Produced in our Writing Workshops. In a word, Fabulous.
It's cold out here and he feels there is a warm place nearby, but can't tell which way to head in the dark. All of the trees look the same in all directions. If he were to pick a direction even at random out of desperation he could find himself right back where he began, and most likely wouldn't even realize it. He had a friend who would know, who could follow a path, but that was long ago. Now, he cannot even find the start. He will wait some more, wait and see. In the midst of these trees, in the dark.
sok.
sok.
The owl in the apricot tree
The cup of noise from the owl in the apricot tree
Causes me to lose focus.
Focus.
Drink in the experience.
No distractions.
Only my own to reign in and explore.
cmv.
Causes me to lose focus.
Focus.
Drink in the experience.
No distractions.
Only my own to reign in and explore.
cmv.
Recommended Reading
- A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
- All of the Ten Poems Book Series by Roger Housden
- Anything by Mary Oliver
- Before You Know What Kindness Really Is by Naomi Shihab Nye [Poem]
- Callings: Finding and Following An Authentic Life by Gregg Levoy
- Centering: In Poetry, Pottery and The Person by M.C. Richards
- Saved By A Poem - The Transformative Power of Words by Kim Rosen
- So Much Happiness by Naomi Shihab Nye [Poem]
- Status Anxiety by Alain de Botton
- The Architecture of Happiness by Alain de Botton
- The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron
- The Book of Qualities by J. Ruth Gendler
- The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
- The Journey by Mary Oliver [Poem]
- Vein of Gold by Julia Cameron
- Words Under The Words by Naomi Shihab Nye
- Zero Circle by Rumi [Poem]
Followers
In the words of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Strangely enough, I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. You can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be. This is the way the world is made.
~Martin Luther King, Jr.
~Martin Luther King, Jr.
Recommended Websites, E-Shops + Blogs
- www.ArtbyNemo.com
- www.askugallery.com
- www.beyondordinarycafe.com
- www.blossoming.squarespace.com
- www.corecooking.blogspot.com
- www.etsy.com
- www.etsy.com/shop/divineline
- www.etsy.com/shop/monkeyminddesign09
- www.lamusewritersandartistsretreat.blogspot.com
- www.pomegranateplace.org
- www.robertmar.com
- www.sixsentences.blogspot.com