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Monday #39: The Power of Art Compels You

Posted on May 20, 2013 by

Last Friday, on one of those beautiful sunny, city days, I visited the Philadelphia Museum of Art where the featured show, “Great and Mighty Things,” was a collection of “Outsider Art”– art created by individuals who are not traditionally schooled in … Continue reading →

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Monday #38: Get Your Wabi Sabi On

Posted on May 13, 2013 by

Imperfect, impermanent and incomplete. That’s wabi-sabi in a nutshell. What began as a Japanese notion that was a more austere and melancholy view of the flawed natural and inanimate world, evolved over thousands of years and, under the influence of … Continue reading →

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Monday #37: I Get To

Posted on May 6, 2013 by

One of the things I do as an artist is participate in street festivals and, because it’s springtime, I’ve had a few gigs over the past couple of weeks. Setting up for one of these events takes a lot of … Continue reading →

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Monday #36: Haiku, To You

Posted on April 29, 2013 by

Oh my goodness, I love the vibrant yellow, greens and yellow-greens of spring! It’s springtime now but, at the end of this summer, the 52 Mondays Blog will turn three years old! Wow! As a creative, self-employed person, I often … Continue reading →

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Monday #35: Get Lucky

Posted on April 22, 2013 by

Sometime last fall I started finding pennies. I know we all occasionally find pennies but I started finding them often. The first one that began my penny finding stint was in a parking lot outside the bank. When I got back … Continue reading →

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Monday #34: Get Out Of The Loop

Posted on April 15, 2013 by

I’ve been thinking a lot about the power of questions lately. Last year, I wrote a post about how much our brain likes questions and how they can help us get into more creative, higher level thinking if we let them. … Continue reading →

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