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Archive for February, 2007

Patti Smith: "Kick doors open yourself."

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

Patti Smith was called the “high priestess of punk” in the 70s, but in a recent interview she admits, “I didn’t feel that I was growing as an artist at that point. All of my energy was being put into peripheral things - interviews and getting my picture taken. Constantly. And concerts and touring and [...]

Positive - not limiting - expectations

Monday, February 12th, 2007

In George Bernard Shaw’s play “Pygmalion” [and the musical “My Fair Lady”] Professor Henry Higgins claims he can transform Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle into a duchess.
Eliza realizes “the difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves but how she’s treated.” [From article The Pygmalion Effect by Eric Garner.]
Dr. Robert [...]

Embracing our inner depths

Saturday, February 10th, 2007

Honestly looking at what we are on the inside, in our souls, is necessary for substantial personal growth and creative excellence. It is a hero’s journey and heroine’s journey, not to be undertaken without courage. What lies within us can be chaotic and threatening, at least until we know ourselves enough to embrace who we [...]

Schooling can leave us with limitations

Thursday, February 8th, 2007

School can incubate our passions to achieve. Like these valedictorians. But it can also instill self-limiting patterns of thinking and behavior.
Robert Kiyosaki recalls his early school years: “Today I don’t use much of what I learned after the fifth grade. But that’s not to say school didn’t leave its permanent mark on me. The fact [...]

Awareness, Neuroplasticity and Buddhist Psychology

Thursday, February 8th, 2007

Making use of our talents and creative abilities depends on being relatively unhampered by constricting or distorting emotions, and gaining a more fluid and open awareness.
As writer Susan K. Perry, PhD notes, “I don’t believe that when you get into a creative place, you’re giving up thinking. You’re super-thinking — better and with more parts [...]