I have been reading “Big Magic” by Elizabeth Gilbert and she quotes General Patton in one of the chapters … very, very fitting I might add. If you start something finish it — too much goes undone, unfinished in this life. Do you want to be one to add to the wreckage? Can your soul,…
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(Fitting, isn’t it, that Yoda made it into this shot… anyway…) This is why I write fiction…because I can be exposed, raw, bleeding, selfish, uninhibited, miserable, ecstatic, annoyed, murderous, thrilled, hate filled, wallowing in anguish, disturbed, …and free… I can tell the truth. I don’t know about you, or if you have ever read anything I have written…
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Photo Rights Clare Angelica ©2014 Truly, what is talent? The talented are the people who wake up every day and work for what it is they are passionate about — it may come easily, or it may be bitter, but they fight for it. Their soul fights for it. Talent is not born, it is created. YES,…
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Photo Rights Clare Angelica ©2014 There are so many shadows in this world, be a beacon of light within them. There will be bad days… There will be days you want to give up. There will be days you want to beg them to come back. There will be days you wish you hadn’t made…
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January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016 Can’t you just feel the exuberance, joy, and life emanating from this shot of Ali? You can just tell this man doesn’t know the meaning of the word impossible. And why should he? Have you seen what he’s accomplished throughout his lifetime? — He was a pro boxer and activist to…
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Yes, this is me at my Dad’s drawing table… My parents have always believed in my greatness and they have allowed me to figure out what that is. My route has not been “traditional” – and by traditional I mean after graduating from high school its onto the college life – Ya, that wasn’t for me. The…
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Some people get it, while others don’t… Time is relative. We all have our own wonderful ways of filling the hours within our days. When you are working hard at a task you love time seems to disappear quickly while when you are laboring through a task you have to get done because of …(…
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It truly is never to late to be who you want to be, to do what you want to do, and to get exactly what you need out of life. You just have to get up and show up. We worry so much about tomorrow, or yesterday, or what could be if… We forget that…
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Photograph by Clare Angelica ©2014 These words by Terence McKenna make me feel so GOOD, they make me feel ALIVE, and they make me feel JUSTIFIED that nature is working its magic to give me exactly what I am asking for, what I am working towards, and what I am committed too. You must be COURAGEOUS.…
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You take risks, you jump at unforeseen obstacles, and you spend hours a day …working on a task for someone else… YOU are your best investment. You are the only constant in your life, utilize that gift. Yes, invest time, money, love, etc… in others, but do not deny yourself the gratification you allow others…
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We ALL do it. We worry, we fret, we over-think, we stress (out), we have anxiety, we go nuts, we work ourselves up, we plead temporary insanity … over something that hasn’t even happened yet (or may never happen). We sweat, we pull our hair out, we scratch our skin incessantly … we play out…
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WE all have one… The box of what-ifs… and buts… and maybes… and I should have said sorry… and I wish I was there… and I miss yous and I should have said I love yous and I’ll get to it laters… and I’m not good enough so I’ll stop halfway through… That box is the holding ground for all of our self-doubts. Well, you know what you should do with that box… TORCH that…
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