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Mindmapping…mindset shift
Employ your tools to change your ways of creating! You have all this technology, why not use it along with your brain? Here’s a thought: [below graphic]. Here’s another thought: [{CLICK it} for the step by step video of it] In my opinion, there is probably a better way to do this. But learners are gonna learn around here! WordPress is not as intuitive as I’d like it to be. I’m sure there’s a plugin for that. Find it. Run it. learn it. I’m on to other things. now #mindmap #Freemind #visualthinking #threatofthoughts #clickthelinkforthevideo
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Thursday Seeds: Animals that don’t talk
Should I be nervous? There is no time. There are no words, this female deer is headed toward me up the hill and onto the plateau that is my neighbor’s backyard at dusk. My cat, the only one at the time, was surprised too. I can tell by her stance as the deer walked right past her and toward me. It’s only afterward that there is a pause and the twitch of noses in greeting of one another, this dear deer and Tuna, my best friend and travel companion. No words. Her name is Agnes but only because someone else said so. She never announced a name with her presence.…
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Thursday Seeds: ADHD? No Problem!
Passive Resistance. Using Obstacles against themselves. Doing this is more active than it sounds. That’s what this whole book I’m reading says. I’m interested in this because the theme of my post today is this: ADHD? No problem! Turn around to the other keyboard. This is the concept or hack that I picked up from Madeline L’ Engle. She also taught me to meditate and write and several other things just from reading her books. One of which is naming your home even if it isn’t a farm. Hers was named Crosswicks. She is a mentor of mine. I’m pretty sure that her discussion on writing tables was in her…
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Thursday Seeds: Art begets Art
I’m in a fervor at the moment regarding all the options that technology gives me. Art begets Art is the theme. So how do I say it without saying it? By the way, Begets and begats, which do you use? My thoughts are that Begats are for people and begets are for ideas. Now, do I let autocorrect assume the word that I mean? What if the AI folks are wrong? Do I let the iCloud decide which picture is best? What if they are wrong too? How do I teach both of them that I’m not like the others? That my drum beats differently? I go back to pencil…
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Thursday’s Seeds: Have you suffered for your art?
Yes I’ve worked my butt off on books that aren’t yet published because funds ran out. I’ve placed projects on hold knowing what it takes to unwind a mind to relax enough to get to the heart of creativity. It takes months of meditation and self-reflection plus hard work on getting your habits in line. Sure there is the healing of the other things within life. The life tools to heal and also cope with what life hands each of us. Covid alone should be enough suffering for those in the art or creative industries. It’s not all there is though. No The other answer is that NO, I haven’t…
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New Series for 2023 | Thursday Seeds
Heading into a new year means #resolutions. Sure, I wanna shed the weight. I chose those pastries I ate in the holidays. Now, what of shedding a few other things so that I can take this commitment on? Can I do it? There is a plan. I’m beginning with the end in mind. And I’m also making room for the fact that the end that I have planned, might not be exactly what I think it is today. That is a place for #Ambiguity and space to learn to thrive and grow. You know those word finds where they say that the first word you see is the word of…
