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Decide

by stargardener

Using the power of decision gives you the capacity to get past any excuse to change any and every part of your life in an instant. ~Anthony Robbins My word for this week is decide. I am brainstorming {and deciding upon} action regarding an editorial calendar {and reTooling} for this blog. {Without action, decisions are [...]

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Visual

by stargardener

I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way — things I had no words for. ~Georgia O’Keeffe There are so many times when images and collages serve as my “words” … Or times when the words of another person prompt an image as the syllables succinctly define [...]

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Begin

by stargardener

Success is a process of diverting one’s scattered forces into one powerful channel. ~James Allen I am a right brain planner {and sometimes scattered and distracted}, and my word of the week: Begin {come into being or have its starting point at a certain time or place}. Seasonal celebrations, some intense decluttering sessions and other [...]

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Emboldened

by stargardener

Indecision becomes decision with time. ~Author Unknown Busy was at my bedside this morning. It is sorta her ritual: to be there on Mondays. We have these talks. And at some point in today’s conversation — as it became more of a speech and personal declaration — I remembered why she visits: to whisper … [...]

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One thing. Every day.

by stargardener

Busy is always at my bedside on Monday mornings. I sorta like her. But … Well, she can be a little annoying! So, today she and I had a sit-down. “One thing. Every day. That is all you get.” She backed off. And just like that her voice in my head was silenced. Emboldened. That [...]

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Design

by stargardener

Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose. ~Charles Eames As a consultant, I know the marketing buzz on design. As an artist, I appreciate its elemental flow and diverse effects. As an entrepreneur, I know it matters; design can change {inspire} what is viewed [...]

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ArtistIc

by stargardener

As artists, we must cultivate faith. We must learn to see beyond appearances. We must trust there is something larger and more benevolent than the apparent odds stacked against us. For the sake of sheer survival, we artists must learn to have a deep and abiding belief in our own work and its worthiness, despite [...]

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Hinge

by stargardener

What adventures are you in the midst of this week? My time and attention has been focused on non-online activities. But I decided to post a quick check-in here with my {weekly word} — hinge — and my application/definition: A detail {element} which facilitates movement. Brilliance always exists in the presence of errors, but never in [...]

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Picture

by stargardener

{A picture is worth a thousand words.} My most-accomplished plans occur when I plan in pictures {drawing; collage; graphics; photos; doodles}. Said plans keep my picture-processing mind focused and on-task. This week I am focusing on visual planning ala mind-mapping and {journal spilling}. To the attentive eye, each moment of the year has its own [...]

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Decisiveness

by stargardener

If there’s no action, you haven’t truly decided. ~Tony Robbins The bloom in the image is a variety of Clematis that blooms in early Spring. I remember when I purchased it; I had to {decide} it I wanted to have yet another varied-blooming Clematis. As both the buyer and the gardener, I had the power [...]