Sunday, December 16, 2007
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THE ARTFUL GARDEN
"The Artful Garden" is a metaphor suggesting how we can sow seeds of creative ideas. Gardens start with small seeds, much like ideas and art. They both need to be fed, nurtured and loved in order to thrive. This "garden" is a safe place to be both inspired and inspiring to others. It is a way to share who you are and promote forward movement within your life. A way to realize that you are not alone. Please join our "conversation" any time by posting your thoughts, questions and ideas in the comment section of
"the garden."
"the garden."
Books to Savor & Ponder
- A New Earth, Eckhart Tolle
- Anything by SARK
- Art & Fear, David Bayes, Ted Orland
- Brave on the Rocks, Sabrina Ward Harrison
- Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert
- Einstein's Dreams
- Ishmael, Daniel Quinn
- Living Color, Natalie Goldberg
- Living Yoga: Creating a Life Practice, Christy Turlington
- Spilling Open, Sabrina Ward Harrison
- The Artist's Way, Julia Cameron
- The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz
- The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls
- The Secret Life of Bees
- The Time Traveller's Wife
- Turning to One Another, Margaret Wheatly
- Wild Mind, Natale Goldberg
- Wouldn't Take Nothing for my Journey Now, Maya Angelou
Movies to See
- An Inconvient Truth
- Coach Carter
- Dalai Lama: The Soul of Tibet
- Dan in Real Life (so good!)
- Ethics for the New Millinneum: His Holiness the XIV Dalami Lama
- Gandhi
- IL Postino
- Into the Wild
- Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth
- Joseph Campbell: Mythos 1 & 2
- Juno
- Life is Beautiful
- Memoirs of a Geisha
- My Kid Could Paint That
- Rivers and Tides (Andy Goldsworthy)
- Robert Rauschenberg: Inventive Genius
- The Future We Will Create
- The Great Debaters
- Volver
- Who the #$&% is Jackson Pollock?
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3 comments:
A jolly hello to everyone!
I have been thinking about all of the things that I used to love to do when I was younger and what Christmas meant to me. The simple act of wrapping a present filled me with joy and was something that I loved to do. In fact, being the oldest in my family I was the one who would wrap all of the gifts for my brothers and sisters to help my mother out. With all of the bustle of the holidays in the past few years I have forgotten how much I enjoyed this simple pleasure. This year I am trying to slow down and once again be creative in my wrapping and decorating. As I always love getting a beautifully wrapped gift I want my friends and family to feel the same way.
Danielle and I were just talking about how much we used to love unwrapping our gifts with great care so that we could save the wrapping paper and reuse it. Now I wonder about reusing things for other reasons, mainly my concern for the environment.
I have also been thinking about how much I loved to make things for the holidays, even if it was just cards. This year I have decided to paint some wooden ornaments to put on my packages. The stars and hearts in the pictures are a few examples(terrible shots~sorry, the paint was so glitsy!). I was wondering if any of you have been up to anything special and would like to share. Feel free to send me pics and I will post them. I realize all of our talents are different but this is how we can inspire each other. Glitsy smiles and merryment to all!
Dear Laura, Danielle and everyone else. I have been following this blog from the start, but things I have been throught recently made me not wanting to share much of my thoughts the past months... Well I am back, and I would love to be a part of this blog. It is very inspiring (spelling?) for me. I just moved to a new house. Well, it is an old timber house with fantastic timber on the walls inside the livingroom and kitchen. I just know the x-mas three will look amazing in here. I decided not to bring all of my old traditions with me when I moved. I wanted it to be a new start for me and the kids, Tor and Emma. I made for the first time this year, homemade candles. I used old candlepieces and used paperboxes the make them square. They came out really nice and I decorated them with some nice paper, a bow and a "penny". With a card it is a really nice present to the people I like, but usually send a card to. This year I felt like giving something more. I guess I feel really good about myself these days despite everything and I want to share some of that feeling with the people I love.
Karianne~
I loved your candles! Did they take a long time to make? It must have felt good to give them. You are always surprising me. Love you! Laura
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