I am no artist. Never considered myself a good photographer. Or designer. But I do have an eye for artwork that evokes emotion. Ponderance. Today I share with you some images I’ve created — modified drastically from the originals. Deeper colors, richer textures, a little other-worldly. They give me a sense of an altered...
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Tags: apps, art, artwork, beauty, creative, creativity, expression, image, images, iPad, little, PhotoPad, photos, posters
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. I am awesome And you can’t bring me down With your rude remarks Your judgmental tone Or your superiority complex. . I am awesome A superb lover A trustworthy friend A brilliant professional And a dutiful daughter. . I am awesome A woman in a man’s world Making it on my own terms...
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Tags: abuse, ambitious, awesome, beauty, can't, care, confident, culture, don't, feminine, friendship, girl, husband, introspect, life, marriage, men, woman, women, words
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Your parents aren’t always right. They are not flawless. They’re not always virtuous. They won’t always be there when you need them. They lie. They err. They fight. They sometimes set bad examples. They are unreasonable. They are demanding. They are needy. A lot of times they’re simply selfish. At all times — they’re...
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Tags: adults, child, children, dificult, empathize, empathy, expectations, family, imperfect, India, innocence, kids, life, marriage, parenting, parents, pedestal, perfect, relationships, teen, teenager, toddlers
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It’s not tattoo’s unless you’re saying, “The tattoo’s color faded.” It’s not you’re unless you mean you are. It’s not visitor’s unless you’re saying “It’s because of my visitor’s loyalty that I remain motivated to blog.” It’s not taco’s and burrito’s. It’s not “kid’s have fun on the weekend.” It’s not pizza’s or computer’s...
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A colleague sent me this article from the Wall Street Journal bashing — nay, ripping apart — performance reviews. While Samuel A. Culbert dismisses this procedure adopted across all companies as a standard measure of employees’ skills/achievements/career trajectory, it’s hard for me to imagine the corporate world doing away with the idea altogether. He...
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Tags: achievement, annual, culbert, demotion, doing, evaluate, got, hard, introspect, it's, manager, measure, passion, path, performance, promtion, resign, reviews, self, wall street journal, wsj, yardstick, you'll
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I finally had the opportunity to attend The Vagina Monologues — a theater production with proceeds to benefit the girls and women of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was a packed house — 250 men and women sitting with eager anticipation. I had heard a lot about the monologues but didn’t quite...
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Tags: abuse, american, beauty, child, children, family, feel, feminism, feminist, girl, husband, innocence, marriage, men, monologues, oppression, rape, relationships, sex, stories, vagina, vagina monologues, violence, woman, women, word
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I’ve been talking a lot about our trip to South Africa the past few days. Most of it was because we had a friend staying over — a person we had become friends with during our vacation last fall. It’s funny how you can meet strangers and immediately click sometimes. That’s what happened with...
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Tags: adventure, cheetah, close, days, elephants, following, impala, jackal, jeep, jungle, like, lion, lions, once-in-a-lifetime, Pilanesberg, safari, south africa, travel, trip, watering hole, wild, wildlife, zebra
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There are some things that you just can’t take your eyes off of. Like these stone sculptures. There was something about their still presence that captivated me. Someone had spent the time to find the right-sized, right-shaped stones that could be aligned perfectly. Stacked them up. And then left them there for others to...
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Tags: abandon, beach, beauty, calm, day, experiencing, inanimate, introspection, life, looked, love, point, right, ship, solitude, stone
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Have you ever walked on the beach around sunset? It seems other-worldly. The mist and the light conjuring up a surreal scene. So fragile. So serene. People soaking in the last rays of the sun. Reveling in the beauty of the moment. Some, like this woman, staring into the endless ocean. Seeking answers …...
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Tags: beach, beauty, connection, introspection, life, love, nature, peace, peaceful, people, serene, sober, sombre, sunset
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“Leave the worries of the world behind you” “Center yourself” “Close your eyes and listen to your body” “Think of nothing” “Exhale and let it all go” Words that mean nothing when you’re reading them on your screen. But when you hear them at the end of the day with soothing background music lightly...
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Tags: abdomen, aches, body, breathe, breathing, core, cramps, exercise, free, let body go, mind, muscles, neck, pain, Personal, pilates, stiff, yoga
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