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24-Hour Nonstop Writing – Rules and Regulations

Write nonstop for twenty-four hours? What will emerge? Prior to this endeavor, the longest duration of time for which I’ve sustained focus on a single composition has been around six hours, probably less, and that experience stands out as a transformational one. I am very eager to write for 24 solid hours. This Saturday, Dave [...]

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Notes Toward a New Rhetoric – Francis Christensen – Quote

The end is to enhance life–to give the self (the soul) body by wedding it to the world, to give the world life by wedding it to the self. Or, more simply, to teach to see, for that, as Conrad maintained, is everything. Share and Enjoy:

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Journal Image Post 45

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What is Environmental Breath and How Does It Help Creativity?

Click here for more information on Wellness and Writing Retreats in Italy Imagine that it is early morning in late summer and you are standing out on a beach watching the sunrise. The wind is calm and there is only the distant sound of slowly-crashing waves. Such a scene is archetypally serene and tranquil. What [...]

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Eva Zeisel on innovation for its own sake

from Creativity pg 72 in my version: This idea to create something different is not my aim, and shouldn’t be anybody’s aim. Because, first of all, if you are a designer or a playful person in any of these crafts, you have to be able to function a long life, and you can’t always try [...]

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