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January 16, 2015
WEEKEND LINKS ~ Best Reads on Writing & Better Living: Having A Coffee Experience
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Quote of the day
Three coffee experiences can be lived throughout the day:
Coffee for waking up is still preferred as a hot, dilute beverage;
Espresso takes the lion’s share of coffees at breaks, especially in Latin countries and above all in Italy;
In Anglo-saxon or northen European countries, espresso is considered a specialty suitable for relaxing, where feeling and care are involved in its preparation.~ANDREA ILLY, author ofEspresso Coffee.
MOTIVATION
F...
January 15, 2015
Finding Your Writer’s Voice
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I want to hear you, not your voice.
—Iris Warren, Voice Teacher.
Finding Your Writer’s Voice
whispers you how the stories get written.
The sound of colloquial voice:
When colloquial language unites with literary language, a third language often emerges—an alchemical blend of your natural speaking voice, and a more polished language capable of arousing the imagination of the reader. The more you write, the more this language occurs naturally, and the more you...
How Schools Kill Creativity
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Sir Kenneth Robinson is an English author, speaker and international advisor on education in the arts to government, non-profits, education and arts bodies. He was Director of the Arts in Schools Project (1985–89), Professor of Arts Education at the University of Warwick (1989–2001), and was knighted in 2003 for services to art. He is author ofFinding Your Element
,Out of Our Minds, and
Creative Schools.
I have an interest in education – actually, what I...
THURSDAY LINKS ~ Reads on Writing & Better Living: What makes a hero?
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Quote of the day
We argue with stories, internally or out loud. We talk back. We praise. We denounce. Every story is the beginning of a conversation, with ourselves as well as with others.
~ELIZABETH SVOBODA, author ofWhat Makes a Hero?: The Surprising Science of Selflessness
.
FOOD
Why we love the pain of spicy food? [Tasty: The Art and Science of What We Eat
], WSJ| Tweet
Eating hot chili peppers allows us to court danger without risk, activating areas of the...
January 14, 2015
The Art Of Creative Thinking
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Where observation is concerned, chance favours only the prepared mind
—Louis Pasteur.
The Art of Creative Thinking
can lead you into new paths of creative activity. It can enrich your life—though not always in the way you expect.
Use the stepping stones of analogy:
Thinking by analogy, or analogizing, plays a key part in imaginative thinking. This is especially so when it comes to creative thinking.
Make the strange familiar and the familiar strange:
The rever...
The Secret Of Success In Creative Work
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Ira Glassis an American public radio personality and the host and producer of the radio and television showThis American Life .
Watch this video on storytelling:
Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me.
All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. Bu...
HUMP DAY LINKS ~ Reads on Writing & Better Living: Why Football Matters
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Quote of the day
We pay for our sins, to be sure. But even for our virtues there is sometimes a price. I think that everyone who has learned courage from football has got to recognize what it may cost, no matter what the coaches and the boosters say. Character costs something; courage can come with a price.
~MARK EDMUNDSON, author ofWhy Football Matters
CREATIVITY
Elizabeth Gilbert’s next book will be a how-to on creativity [Big Ma...
January 13, 2015
Profound Observations about Love
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On Loveis the debut novel of best selling author Alain de Botton, filled with profound observations about love. He is also the author of The Architecture of Happiness
,How Proust Can Change Your Life
,The Art of Travel.
The story:
Chloe and Alain meet in a plane flying from Paris to London and fall in love. Their romance lasts only about a year, and after they have parted the narrator/author uses scenes from their time together as illustrations of his philos...
The 4 Ways To Successfully Adopt New Habits
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Gretchen Rubinis an American author, blogger and speaker.She is author of the best selling The Happiness Project
, Happier at Home
, and Better Than Before
.
In this 9
9U talk, bestselling author Gretchen Rubin shares the four personality types when it comes to adopting new habits or “rules.” Knowing your personality type and its pros and cons are instrumental to adopting new habits and behavior.
When someone (even yourself) gives you a rule to fol...
TUESDAY LINKS ~ Reads on Writing & Better Living: Selling Yoga
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Quote of the day
There is something about the United States that makes it a particularly booming hotspot for the contemporary yoga market.
~ANDREA R. JAIN, author ofSelling Yoga.
CULTURE
No, the Internet is not killing culture [Culture Crash
], Slate| Tweet
It’s always been hard to make a living in the arts. It still is.
HEALTH
Is depression a kind of allergic reaction?, The Guardian| Tweet
A growing number of scientists are suggesting that depression is a r...
