We’ve been thinking about the theme of ‘daily labor’ in poet Naomi Shihib Nye’s poem ‘Frankly’ all week. Patti Smith, S.J. Bernstein’s and Ram Dass converged to illuminate it.
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Clarifying Questions to Start Every Day
Over the past few months at Swiss-Miss, we found two related ideas that really hit home and made us think hard about what we really want.
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A Mindshift for When You’re Feeling Overwhelmed and Lost
At illustrator Monica Ramos‘ website, we stumbled on a section called 🙁 “Sometimes I want to fall off the face of the Earth” A solo show about about feeling overwhelmed and lost. Overwhelmed and lost is a feeling we know well, and hear about frequently from friends. Ramos’ image vividly describes the dual nature of…
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more bill murray: ‘being relaxed’ (+ how to get there)
In the the Bill Murray interview we excerpted recently we held back an essential chunk, perfect for right NOW: I realized the more fun I had, the more relaxed I was working, the better I worked. Q. That seems to be a philosophy you apply not only to your work but to your entire life. A.…
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patti smith’s lesson in improvising, via sam shephard
Our favorite hunk from Just Kids, Patti Smith’s story of finding her artistic voice, in tandem with her friend Robert Mapplethorpe. Here, a life changing notion from Sam Shepard. Related posts: the possibilian explores time patti smith’s (+ ancient chinese) smile therapy brian eno on ‘structuring ideas’ in improvising tina fey’s 4 1/2 rules (in 4…
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patti smith’s (+ ancient chinese) smile therapy
We had just finished writing the post on Laughter Yoga when we remembered an interview punk rocker Patti Smith gave to The New York Times Magazine. She outlined her personal “smile therapy,” evolved to ease the pain of a rough life. “Do you ever feel lonely?” the interviewer asked. “Sometimes the pain still — the…
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