bricolage project day 19 [be]
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bricolage project day 19 [be]

ByKymberlee

Today’s randomly-chosen word is be and comes from The Quantum and the Lotus by Matthieu Ricard & Trinh Xuan Thuan.  It’s a fascinating exploration of the intersection of Western science and Buddhist philosophy.   I cannot more highly recommend this book.  Turns out, I’m in good company: The Quantum and the Lotus is the rich and…

bricolage project day 8 [“waking-life”]
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bricolage project day 8 [“waking-life”]

ByKymberlee

This Waking Life I went biking around Greenlake with my daughter this afternoon so I decided to make my bricolage there with whatever I found.  The graffiti was already on the table and I love it.  Love the color and the form.  My rule was that everything had to come from the ground.  You will…

your he(art) is ready.
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bricolage project day 7 [finding]

ByKymberlee

Finding the Frame Has Been Dissolved Today’s randomly-chosen word is finding from Awakening the Heroes Within by Carol S. Pearson.  I continue to be intrigued with the words that are coming each day.  I open the book to a random page and point to a word without looking.  Twice, I’ve pointed to a blank page but otherwise, these…

in the silence
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in the silence

ByKymberlee

This morning, I led my second writing workshop at a local homeless shelter.  Before I arrived, I chose the following prompt: In the silence I understand… We do 20 minutes of free writing and then share.  I found it interesting that one of the women I was working with could hear but didn’t speak.  I…

shoot me in the back if you must
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shoot me in the back if you must

ByKymberlee

I don’t remember when it happened exactly, but it did.  I was probably really young and impressionable at the time and I drank it in:  The criticism and judgments of others, the conditional acceptance that comes with colonizing.   I heard things like:  Be like me and I’ll like you. Don’t be too much of…