creative wisdom: first steps

"Why should we all use our creative power...? Because there is nothing that makes people so generous, joyous, lively, bold and compassionate, so indifferent to fighting and the accumulation of objects and money"

Brenda Ueland

"A mind too active is no mind at all"

Theodore Roethke

"Poetry often enters through the window of irrelevance"

M.C. Richards

this century challenge

IN THE 19TH CENTURY, the paramount moral challenge was slavery. In the 20th century, it was totalitarianism. In this century, it is the brutality inflicted on so many women and girls around the globe: sex trafficking, acid attacks, bride burnings and mass rape.
NYTimes

time flies....

a week ago i was in the franco-italian city of my heart, re-finding unions and connections that life and laziness help evaporate....yet not totally
two weeks ago i was in the brit-american experience, with harry potter dancing in the streets and law, aspiration and the deeply rooted belief on a better world dancing in books and conversations alike....yet with commonalities in spite oceans of separation
five weeks ago i was enjoying family company in a foreign land for them, for us, for me; an impasse in time and space, yet its signification still to fully come to me....not just yet

today an inspirational company needing support and 'courage' (to be pronounced the french way)... yet as pleasurable as usual
tomorrow a long awaited arrival......yet am i ready for it?

el 'i-phoneo'

forges, como siempre, el dedo en la llaga, con mucho humor

lessons from a 90 years old lady

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and family will. Stay in touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
8. It's OK to get angry.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; life never blinks.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else. 20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no foran answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Over-prepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
35. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.
36. Your children get only one childhood.
37. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
38. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
39. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'dgrab ours back.
40. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
41. The best is yet to come...
42. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
43. Yield.
44. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.

formal dinners

(in the harry potter hall)

mille collines pride

they are young, capable, hard working, ethical and stylish designers

and i don't just say this cos they are my friends, they simply are

you can check it yourself!