ThriveWisely

The abstraction is often the most definitive form for the intangible thing in myself that I can only clarify in paint. –Georgia O’Keefe
On Tuesday, I made the snap decision to visit the Minneapolis Institute of Arts to see an exhibit I had been longing to see for months…Georgia O’Keefe: Circling Around Abstraction.
As I pulled up […]

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events not words. Trust movement. -Alfred Adler
This explains the ‘why’ of my absence from the blogosphere–well, this and the fact that my Mac has been in and out of the shop over the past week, and still shuts down whenever it chooses to, including […]

1: the 50 blog comments waiting to be moderated would actually be comments from readers and not viagra ads.
2: two crazily creative and inspiring women I recently met through my favorite colleague who can’t wait to help us make e>v and buddhycall real.
3: Joseph and Birk and Earnest and the whole collective at Overproof. These […]

Do you ever find yourself grinning from ear to ear with a heart that’s so full of love for all that makes up your life and for the people who have found their way into your life–for even just a moment or for the very first time or once again?  Do you ever find yourself […]

Intriguing thought from the Universe today:
Most don’t realize it, Gretchen, and few stop and wonder, yet from the extremely limited perspectives afforded by your physical senses it is impossible to know what you really, really want in material or circumstantial terms, because there is always “more” that you could be […]

Teddy Roosevelt claims that “The worst thing you can do is nothing.” My first reaction to that little piece of bibliomancy was to apply it as an admonishment to myself re: my not-very-well-maintained blog. And then I took a breath and decided that, in actuality, I have a different take. I think […]

As of last week, I’ve returned to one of my great loves–coaching for a high school speech team. And, I have to admit–a bit sheepishly–that I’ve defected from the team I competed and previously coached for (Apple Valley High School) to join the team of their greatest rivals (Eagan High School). Indeed, it’s quite a […]

This provocative chant was mounted by actors from the zAmya Theatre Project as they satirically railed against stereotypes of the homeless (on drugs and, by extension of course, puppy killers) and the fear that some folks have around interaction with homeless folks. Quite an engaging 6 minutes of theatre and just one of 13 entries […]

Turns out, I am. Though the title of this post actually refers to the name of a wildly successful facebook app created and run by my new friend Cliff, I’m simply referring to facebook in general–much to my delight.
Lovely time these past couple of days playing in the social media/facebook application world at the […]

I was inspired by my friend Swandive to visit Rob Brezny’s site to see what sorts of nuggets he had for me this week and here’s what I found:

Jackson Pollack (1912-1956) was a pioneer painter. Instead of using an easel, he laid his canvases on the floor. Rather than manually applying paint with a brush, […]