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Posted in Book Reviews, Creativity on Jul 10th, 2008
This one was a pleasant surprise for me. It’s a book written by a dance choreographer — the only dance I have in my life is when M and I watch (at her behest) Dancing with the Stars and So You Think You Can Dance. In other words, when I read the author about this [...]
Posted in Creativity, Writing on Jul 8th, 2008
Anne Lamott’s book, Bird by Bird, has a great chapter called Shitty First Drafts that’s all about getting over those internal voices that tell writers that what we’re writing sucks. The essay is all about accepting those voices, realizing that they’re going to be there for as long as you’re doing something creative, and then [...]
Posted in Creativity, Writing on Jul 1st, 2008
Writing a story is like flying a hot-air balloon: getting off the ground is a lot of work, but once you’re off it can be really cool and exhilarating. The ride is a lot of fun and you get to see some cool things from a different perspective. But —like writing stories — landing is [...]
Posted in Budgeting, Creativity, Traveling on Jun 24th, 2008
I love to travel and I love to take pictures. To me, the two are closely related. When I travel, taking a lot of pictures is how I capture those moments and take them home with me (I also just plain enjoy the act of taking them, which helps). It’s also how I share my [...]
