Tag: creativity
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A rustic wood frame for this hand-embroidery project means it really and truly is completed. I’m thinking about architect David Rockwell who once said: Every project is an opportunity to learn, to figure out problems and challenges, to invent and reinvent. Framing projects as an opportunity to learn frees up creativity. Yes, I am wanting…
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In an effort to making the coming dreary rainy months more tolerable, I’m employing a strategy I learned from behavioral economist Katy Milkman, whose book “How to Change” has many strategies that I’ve come to value. One of them is pairing, combining an enjoyable thing with a less enjoyable one (listening to energizing rock’n’roll while…
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Do not try to do extraordinary things, but do ordinary things with intensity. From Canadian artist and author Emily Carr’s journal, Nov. 16, 1931. I’ve written about her previously: here and here. Excerpts from her extensive journals have been collected and published, the book titled “Hundreds and Thousands.”
Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now 