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Tag Archives: Word of the Day
Purpose Journal
I went to A Work of Heart for a half an hour last week. I know it sounds crazy to drive an hour for a half and creativity session, but I had to go to the neighborhood anyway. Half an … Continue reading
Word of the Day…Again
Or “oh, for heaven’s sake NOT that again”I might be obsessed with thinking about creativity. I want another WOTD book, but am settling right now for Eric Maisel’s book, The Creativity Book: A Year’s Worth of Inspiration and Guidance. My … Continue reading
Word of the Day: Commitment
I am still doing the Word of the Day, even though I haven’t been posting most of the words here. I find it to be a good meditation and a good way to start my day. Today’s word is commitment … Continue reading
Process
Deirdre sent me the link to this entry in Susan Shie’s blog. The post is all about the process of making one of her pieces. I was riveted reading the detail which she includes in her post. clipped from susanshie.blogspot.com … Continue reading
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Word of the Day: Struggle
I was looking at the photos from the recent AQS show in Paducah. I looked at them (thanks, Leslie, for posting!) and thought they were unbelievably gorgeous. The work, the time, the creativity. I also thought that there was no … Continue reading
Word of the Day: Orientation
The description of orientation didn’t turn out the way I thought it would. When I saw the word, I thought of the way I orient pieces in a quilt (one track mind, I know). “Most of us embody disparate aspects … Continue reading
Word of the Day: Lovemaking
Oooh! Scary, love and sex in a quilt blog! I guess that is the breaks with a Word of the Day type project. “Too many layers of meaning have been imposed upon sex. Religions straitjacket it, ascetics deny it, romantics … Continue reading
Word of the Day: Scars
Another difficult word…. “Throughout our life, but especially during our youth, many scars are inflicted upon us…Others arise from bad education…Unless we recover from these injuries, the scars mar us forever.” and “The only way is through self cultivation…The true … Continue reading
Word of the Day: Accountability
“Eventually, someone has to be at the top. And who will that person turn to? Let us invoke not deities but pragmatism. It is experience that is the ultimate teacher. That is why wise people travel constantly and test themselves … Continue reading
Word of the Day: Feasting
When I saw this word, it conjured up a bunch of knights in shining armor around a big table covered with food having a grand time eating and toasting some victory. “In the past, feasting was a way to bind. … Continue reading
Word of the Day Adoration
The book talks about adoration in terms of imagery and icons in religion. The author says “external worship is merely a means to point within the true source of salvation.” When I saw this word and read the associated piece … Continue reading
Word of the Day: Uselessness
“Useful trees are cut down. Useless ones survive. The same is true of people. The strong are conscripted. The beautiful are exploited. those who are too plain to be noticed are the ones who survive. They are left alone and … Continue reading
Word of the Day: Laughter
This is a great word for today, because we need more laughter in our lives. I have been noting how I feel when I laugh and smile and am trying to do both more. Got any good jokes?
Word of the Day: Renewal
“…just find a little quiet time each day to withdraw into yourself…none of us can maintain the fertility of our beings without renewal.” I recently started a course of career counseling, not so much to find a career, but to … Continue reading
Word of the Day: Communication
“We cannot communicate directly from mind to mind, and so misinterpretation is a perennial problem.” “….we know no absolute truth in the world, only varying forms of ambiguity.” There is a lot of ambiguity in the quiltmaking world. Every quiltmaker … Continue reading
