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What is it that I can offer in this present moment? What about it is asking for a deeper look?

Garrett Bradley

Powerful Questions About Personal Expression Sparked by W.S. Merwin’s Garden Time (Consider Journal)

At #Consider Journal, a remarkable post ranges from W.S. Merwin’s last book to the “cyclical effect of nature and art” to the bigger question of how our expression might come to resonate in bigger ways.

Garrett Bradley’s Big Question Transforms Each Day

When we saw this image from New Orleans-based filmmaker Garrett Bradley, we thought: that is a perfect exhortation to start the day. Then we read THIS:

Patti Smith: How to Reread a Favorite Book Three-Dimensionally

We were casting about for a new book to read when we came across Patti Smith’s technique for rereading personal favorites “three-dimensionally, cubistically, from several angles.

Hannah Gadsby’s ‘Nanette’ and Ted Talk ask: “What Is the Purpose of My Human?’

In her TED talk and HBO special, “autistic, pathologically shy” Hannah Gadsby tells how she came to be the most talked about comedian on the planet. It started when she asked herself an essential question:

Brené Brown’s Life Changing Question: Do You Believe People Are Doing the Best They Can?

When Brené Brown asked herself, ‘Do you believe people are doing the best they can? ‘ she admits to answering ‘Fuck no!’ until she explored it further, which yielded pure, transformative gold.

A Modern Mantra That Helps Frame Difficulty and Change

Lately, we’ve found ourselves saying an unusual mantra when we hit difficult situations. It affords an instant, very interesting shift of view, as do the lovely flower mandalas we stumbled upon about the same time.

Oscar Murillo: Airplane Seat as Art Studio, Flight as a Sacred ‘Other’ Space

Columbian artist Oscar Murillo’s view of his singular seat on a airplane flight as a sacrad studio space will change your view of air travel.

Lessons in Stillness and Quiet, with Mitch Epstein’s Astonishing Trees

At first, we only visited the New York Times “Lessons in Stillness from One of the Quiestest Places on Earth” because we wanted to see Mitch Epstein’s remarkable photographs of trees. But then, the story called us…

Henry Miller and Others on the “Finest Medicine a Person Can Give Himself”

When we came across this quote from novelist Henry Miller, we thought, yes that IS some of the most powerful medicine we know.

Reading W.S. Merwin’s ‘Rain Light’ in Dappled Sunlight, We Were Amazed to Learn What ‘Dappled’ Is

When we stumbled on this lovely way to read Rain Light by W.S. Merwin, it took our breath away for a moment as we rode on the New York City subway…Then we read Edward Tufte’s explanation of what “dappled” is…

Yoko Ono’s Instruction for Mending (Cup, Self, Family, Earth…)

Yoko Ono’s 1966 lovely “Mend Piece” is a participatory installation that, like many Ono works, comes with instructions designed to resonate personally, meaningfully, expansively…

Oliver Sack’s On Meeting an Orangutan at the Toronto Zoo

One of the most remarkable stories in the late Oliver Sacks’ posthumously published book is about Sacks’ unexpected meeting with an orangutan while visiting the zoo. It describes Sacks “”a brilliant singularity”: his ability for showing us the big fat gifts to be found in the everyday. Perfection in 274 words.

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Powerful Questions About Personal Expression Sparked by W.S. Merwin’s Garden Time (Consider Journal)

Garrett Bradley’s Big Question Transforms Each Day

Patti Smith: How to Reread a Favorite Book Three-Dimensionally

Hannah Gadsby’s ‘Nanette’ and Ted Talk ask: “What Is the Purpose of My Human?’

Brené Brown’s Life Changing Question: Do You Believe People Are Doing the Best They Can?

A Modern Mantra That Helps Frame Difficulty and Change

Oscar Murillo: Airplane Seat as Art Studio, Flight as a Sacred ‘Other’ Space

Lessons in Stillness and Quiet, with Mitch Epstein’s Astonishing Trees

Henry Miller and Others on the “Finest Medicine a Person Can Give Himself”

Reading W.S. Merwin’s ‘Rain Light’ in Dappled Sunlight, We Were Amazed to Learn What ‘Dappled’ Is

Yoko Ono’s Instruction for Mending (Cup, Self, Family, Earth…)

Oliver Sack’s On Meeting an Orangutan at the Toronto Zoo

Alex Soth and Richard Long on What Can Be Made From the Process of Moving Through the World

The Secret Language of Trees via Animated Drawings And Richard Power’s Wondrous Novel

A Transformative Word from the Ottoman Empire on How to Have the Abundance of Life…

Varieties of YES: A Zen View, John Cage, Mary Oliver, James Joyce and the Katz’s Deli Orgasm

Yayoi Kusama Transforms Obsession and Accumulation into Art and Medicine

Beatrice Wood’s Mistakes “Like Pebbles That Make a Good Road”, with Sculptor Richard Long

Mind-Breath-Nature Mashup Helps Navigate Chaos or Difficulty

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