affirmation

Opening Poetry and Art Books at Random Each Morning Sparks Hope (Naomi Shihab Nye + Joseph Albers)

Because we are aware of the dark side of things, we’re always on the lookout for antidotes and reminders of other ways of seeing. This morning, we struck gold.

Shout What You Love (Jessica’s Daily Affirmation)

In this great video, we see a little kid’s unique method of daily affirmations. So we tried it ourselves. It’s both uplifting and energizing.

Leonardo da Vinci’s Affirmations to Counter Failure (Including a Wild Kitchen Fiasco)

We like to open books at random to see what chunk of synchronous wisdom they might offer. Recently, we found this description of Leonardo’s wild, endearing culinary FAIL…

Morning Poem, Meditation, Mantra: Jamila Woods’ ‘Holy’

We find Jamila Woods Holy a lovely day to orient the day: meditation, mantra, big expression of joy and selfhood.

Hand Signals for Challenging Times

When a friend was about to undergo a challenging surgery, she posted images of her “fingers crossed” on her Instagram. We realized that each of us has our own way of wishing/hoping/praying/sending energy during difficult times. Many of them involve hand signals.

Estrella Morente and the Meaning of Olé

At a concert of Andalusian-born Flamenco singer Estrella Morente, whose often wild, incredibly expressive and complex singing is legendary in Spain, members of the audience would occasionally say “Olé”, as would Morante and her accompanists when one of them was performing particularly moving or daring passages. This is not bull-fighting olé most Westerners know of.