Lelia4 days ago2 minMars as MentorMars is transiting through my first house right now and I am beginning to feel some battle fatigue. The past couple of weeks have brought...
LeliaFeb 173 minAll Bad Art is SincereOscar Wilde wrote "All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling." Harold Bloom paraphrased Wilde's idea as "all bad poetry is sincere."...
LeliaFeb 155 minLessons from Ruth Bader GinsburgHarold Bloom wrote, “Information is endlessly available to us; where shall wisdom be found?” I find lots of wisdom in biographies. People...
LeliaFeb 33 minChase Jarvis's Creative Calling and the 11th house"Most of us have a gap in our lives between where we find ourselves and the life we actually want to be living. It's time for you to look...
LeliaJan 213 min"Read, read, read, read, my unlearned reader!"*: A Commonplace"Read books. They are good for us." Wild Mind, Natalie Goldberg "... books have been my windows on to vast tracts of experience, both...
LeliaJan 161 min"Storytelling Is Good for Your Health:" A Commonplace*I see her walking on a path through a pathless forest or a maze, a labyrinth. As she walks, she spins and the fine threads fall behind...
LeliaJul 12, 20202 minBuckminster Fuller and the Dymaxion ChronofileHappy birthday to Buckminster Fuller, born July 12, 1895. He was a man of seemingly uninhibited uniqueness, to use a Jill Badonsky...
LeliaJun 26, 20201 minThe Art of Noticing“Every day is filled with opportunities to be amazed, surprised, enthralled—to experience the enchanting everyday. To stay eager. To be,...
LeliaMay 9, 20201 minA Writer's Guide to WayfindingReading Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird, I noticed that her advice for developing a fictional character could also be helpful in finding an...
LeliaApr 21, 20201 minZine-spirationAs noted in a previous post, I love to make zines. Often I fill them with inspirational tidbits that I clip from magazines. Here's one...
LeliaMar 13, 20201 minJewels of Delight to Light the DarknessIn troubled, fear-driven times, it can be helpful to hit pause and turn your attention, even for a moment, to things that fill you with...
LeliaFeb 4, 20201 minRousseau: A Sunday PainterA visit to the thrift store today resulted in me now owning this treasure of a book on painter Henri Rousseau, who personifies...
LeliaJan 31, 20201 minHow Do You Define Success?In her delightful book Iris Apfel: Accidental Icon, Apfel gives her definition of success: "If you're happy, have found love, are...
LeliaJan 30, 20201 minIt's Ups and Downs: Keep GoingI love this graphic from Austin Kleon's book Steal Like and Artist. We often get caught up in the excitement of a new idea and then find...
LeliaJan 7, 20201 minHeart-Centered MarketingYou don't have to be a writer to find Lauren Sapala's Firefly Magic helpful. Anyone trying to market a heart-centered business in a...
