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Monday #42: Let Us Eat Cake
Yesterday we attended a surprise 50th birthday party for my good friend and fellow children’s book creator, Danny Adlerman. It was a surprise party and full of all the good, loving vibes that come from someone walking, unexpectedly, into a … Continue reading
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Tagged cake, Creativity, dar hosta, dar hosta james, darhosta, gratitude, happiness, healthy living, mindfulness
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Monday #41: Playfulness
I come from a family of teasers and jokers–people who poked fun, made things silly and often used humor as a coping tool during difficult times. In school, I grew up gravitating toward funny people, mostly creatives–artists, musicians and actors–who … Continue reading
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Tagged Creativity, dar hosta, dar hosta james, darhosta, fun, gratitude, happiness, healthy living, Humor, Humour, Laughter, playfulness
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Monday #38: Get Your Wabi Sabi On
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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Tagged Creativity, dar hosta, dar hosta james, darhosta, happiness, Health, healthy living, Impermanence, Japan, learning, Philosophy, Wabi-sabi
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Monday #37: I Get To
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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Tagged art, Creativity, dar hosta, dar hosta james, darhosta, gratitude, happiness, healthy living, Is the glass half empty or half full?, pessimism
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Monday #35: Get Lucky
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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Tagged dar hosta, dar hosta james, darhosta, happiness, imagination, luck, lucky penny, North Pole, Santa Claus
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Monday #33: What If Kindness Were The Way?
So, you know this already: 2013 is my Personal Year of Kindness. Seems like once you start making yourself aware of something, it just pops up everywhere. It or, sometimes, the lack of it. This past week, I watched one of … Continue reading
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Tagged dar hosta, dar hosta james, darhosta, happiness, Henry James, Kindness, Maya Angelou, Poetry, Roger Ebert
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