This image found in The New York Times’ T Magazine Holiday Issue speaks volumes on the radically transformative power of art.
Read More2 Posters About Peace, One You Can Buy
In our travels online today we came two powerful posters about peace, the rarest of commodities these days. One is by designer Frank Chimero. The other by artist/photographer Nancy Burson can be had for a bargain $100…
Read MoreRandom Surprise: Groucho’s Spiritual Practice + Pattern Synchronicity
The random surprises we find daily make us realize that there is SO much going on all around us, if we only just look…
Read MoreCourage in a Bottle and Elsewhere…
Furnace Creek Farms clever elixer seems a fine way to get a dose of courage, which we need daily these days. If you can drink it, there are other ways to be reminded of the strength within.
Read MoreTo Bend To Not Break (Cecile Belmont)
Cecile Belmont’s art work message is a particularly potent reminder of a way to be daily, hourly, minute by minute, as many forces may seem to try to break us. Trisha Brown’s foot prints sum it up.
Read More2 Essential Heartening Messages from Yoko Ono
The news is so very terrible, it is weighing on everyone we know. What to do? These two messages from Yoko Ono really help.
Read MoreDebra Rapoport’s Powerful 111-Word Philosophy of Living
We haven’t got a thing to add to artist Debra Rapoport’s perfect, powerful 111-word philosophy of living (except to make a big loud sign out of part of it):
Read MoreE. Jean on Life, Decor, and The Best Piece of Advice She’s Ever Given
E. Jean Carroll, the longest running advice columnist in history, lives alone on a small island in the woods of upstate New York.This short video profile gives us a glimpse of a pure original whose carved out a completely original life, in the mainstream, yet completely OUT.
Read MoreBox of Smile, Jar of Time and Space (Yoko Ono et al)
Yoko Ono’s 1971 A Box of Smile reminded us of the many kind of conceptual vessels that can hold ideas for us, and give us experiences. Including a log cabin, and a canning jar.
Read MoreReminder: Where Good Ideas Can Come From
Where Do Ideas Come From? is a video that features vastly different answers to the question from some seriously creative people, from David Lynch, Susan Orlean and Chuck Close to a couple of kids.
Read MoreAlisa Barry’s Encouragement Cards + Care Packages
A couple of weeks ago, a big cardboard box arrived in the mail with an unusual sticker on it: BE BRAVE. What we found inside blew us away.
Read MoreWhat Happens If You Apologize Every Day?
This sign on Holton Rower’s studio door instantly shifts our perspective: about being more mindful of the potential to hurt someone’s feelings……including our own
Read MoreAdvice for Someone Who is Juggling Her Life
Like most people, we often feel like we are juggling way too many things in our life. Although we try to simplify, make choices, edit out the unnecessary, we have not yet mastered the equilibrium of just enough. How startling then to find A Poem for Someone Who is Juggling Her Life and its affirmation of a very counter-intuitive option…
Read More2 Simple Strategies for Managing Stress (Eileen Fisher)
We learned a lot from this revealing snippet from an interview with Eileen Fisher, creator of the eponymous clothing line, about how she manages a global business and her life: two quick useful strategies in particular.
Read MoreNever Give Up! (Buson and Babar)
Just as we were wondering if March, the fickle, endless-feeling month would ever end, we found hopeful signs…
Read MoreHow Cures And Answers Arise (Thomas Ashcraft)
Whenever we hit a period of illness or depletion, we think of this artwork our friend Thomas Ashcraft made many years ago, with its powerfully healing reminder.
Read MoreOur Most Effective Strategy for Problem Solving
An essential question, and strategy, can help find unexpected solutions to problems.
Read MoreThings You Can Control, with Caveats + Brian Eno
There is SO much beyond our control these days, that is was a relief to a list of things we CAN control. Then we thought about the idea of trying to control things, which can tighten things up too much, add stress and an impossible ideal. Musician Brian Eno’s words inspired a better way to view it.
Read MoreValentine’s Day Practice (Jenny Holzer + Yoko Ono)
We’re thinking alternative ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day…
Read More“There IS more that brings us together than we think: All That We Share’s Personal Challenge
This extraordinary video will shift your view of people you may be pigeon-holing, reminding us that: There IS more that brings us together than we think. Our question: how to live that compassionate view in dark times?
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