Once I stopped ripping myself apart and telling myself that I wasn’t good enough (I wasn’t perfect! Oh no!) life got a little smoother. We create our own turbulence sometimes when we really just need …
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Stoic Quote of the day
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Soul Searching Poem
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Gertrude Stein Quote
Gertrude Stein wrote this quote about Picasso, but it can be said about all kinds of visionaries. The best way to find out what issues society is dealing with is to see what new plays …
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Anna Deavere Smith Quote
When reading Anna Deavere Smith‘s play Twilight about the 1992 Los Angeles riots, you see monologue after monologue of various people’s witnessed monstrosities and worries while underneath there is something glowing steady- hope. With every struggle, …
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How Yoga helped me fly to Australia Solo
Five years ago I would worry about traveling so much that it would take me weeks to pack for a short trip; I was always terrified of forgetting something important. Once I got packed, I’d …
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Dylan Thomas Quote
Growing up, my plan was to move to North Beach in San Francisco and live with the beatniks. Granted I was around 50 years too late, but no matter- I would bring a Revival of …
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Mental Health Poem
I tend to write a lot of poems, as my head tends to exist in rhymes and melodies. When I was first grappling with my anxiety, the Doc said to use a creative outlet to …
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Jean-Paul Sartre
As a senior in high school, I was chosen to direct a one-act play. Being the troubled introvert I am, I chose Jean-Paul Sartre‘s No Exit; a play about three people locked in a room …
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David Byrne
David Byrne is the Downtown World Art-Pop Punk Aesthete that I’ve always wished I could be, and his book How Music Works is a gift to fans curious to know how his brain works. Music …
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Aristophanes
I used to talk so much. Gossiping away about anyone including my own personal details as a nervous habit. Once I quit drinking and started meditating that all stopped, as I learned to soothe and …