Posts Tagged as: artists
saying yes to your dream: frank gehry + devotion
Even great artists sell out. Sometimes it happens post fame and fortune. Other times, as in the case of architect Frank Gehry, you sell your soul in the beginning of your career, on what you hope is your way up. It’s better to sell out early, if only because time is merciful and you can...
letting go of cleverness makes room for true art
{This lovely little animation of The Golden Mean / Rule of Thirds is breathtaking and descriptive. I felt like my heart rate slowed down while I watched it inner-fold. Click here to view it’s movement.} The best writing advice I ever received was this: “Sometimes you have to let go of the jewels.” You have...
big view
In this small world, Where here shall I Turn my eyes? It is deep and immense. - Frida Kahlo
magnetic attraction analysis 101
One of the most powerful questions you can ask yourself is: What am I drawn to? Plenty of people are inspirationally challenged – not sure of what lights their fire. Others are so selective about what floats their boat that not much new can get past their preferences. Whether you’re confused or highly particular, curiosity...
take breaks for beauty, intervals of gorgeousness
“A beautiful thing, though simple in its immediate presence, always gives us a sense of depth below depth, almost an innocent wild vertigo as one falls through its levels.” - Frederick Turner Writing and jamming all day, I need to to wrest my eyes from words and the screen. Even if I’m writing fluidly or...
dead end?
If you’re at a dead end, take a deep breath, stamp your foot, and shout “Begin!” You never know where it will take you. - Twyla Tharp, The Creative Habit
- She has the knowledge you need to succeed. What she has to say is what our spirits need to hear.
— Martha Beck | Steering By Starlight - ... ignites the mind in ways that could change your career and life.
— Scott Belsky | Making Ideas Happen - Danielle's passion leaps off the page, and reading a few chapters of this book will ignite you into action.
— Gretchen Rubin | The Happiness Project - ...the revolution you've been waiting for, it will shake-up and wake-up every aspect of your life.
— Kris Carr | Crazy Sexy Diet - ... the new, bad-ass Artist's Way.
— Linda Sivertsen | Generation Green - ... shows us how to do what the world tells us we can't: be unapologetic about our deepest desires.
— Gabrielle Bernstein | Spirit Junkie - The Fire Starter Sessions is a revelation. A virtual road map to more engaged state of being.
— Jonathan Fields | Uncertainty - Money, failure, power, appreciation — The Fire Starter Sessions doesn't leave anything out of the mix.
— Barbara Stanny | Overcoming Underearning - Danielle is one serious Fire Starter, and you'll be one too after reading this masterpiece.
— Chris Guillebeau | The Art of Non-Conformity
there’s more in the hot shop
including freebies
- i renovated the temple! fresh site + new treats! for everyone!
- in honour of the fact that life is short
- focus, failure, assumption antidotes + surprise success: january roundup
- what is your relationship to…life?
- how to love the inevitable pain of getting focused. it hurts so good.
- the manifesto of encouragement
- the “What I Trust List”. why you need one, and how to do it.
- 20 personal money practices that got me to a place of grooving prosperity. (part 1)
- the grand pep talk: decide to rise (refer to this when in doubt, or sick & tired.)
- The Subtle & Abiding Sense of Failure Angel. Know her?
