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Archive for October, 2007

Bower Birds

We watched one of the many David Attenborough DVDs that mum sent through for the boys tonight – part of his ‘Attenborough in Paradise And Other Personal Journeys’ series. This one was on Bower Birds.
i just checked on Wilkipedia to see exactly how old Sir DFA is (81) and found out he was born on [...]

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Fully intent on writing a definitive goal card this morning, I checked my inbox and halfheartedly followed the links in my daily mandy.com jobs listing. Yes, I used to have a ‘career’ in film and tv, before I dared to try doing more than that, like thinking, living and experiencing a bit of the world [...]

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I started a new blog for our MasterMind group adventures…
http://mastermind101.wordpress.com/
Oh no, now I’ve got 2 blogs,  a website, an online photo archive/art gallery, mail and Facebook (bah, humbug) to spend virtual time growing – all from an iBook with less memory than my camera and a vodafone modem that won’t even work within 15 mins [...]

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MasterMind 101

So we’re halfway with the MasterMind Group – 5 out of 10 sessions reading the Napoleon Hill book ‘Think and Grow Rich’ – are any of us even halfway there yet?!
Ch 5 was on Autosuggestion – that’s using positive affirmations daily to reinforce where you think you want to go with your life. According to [...]

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Slow start, slow down…

Hmm… it’s not going well so far this habit-forming virtual studio
“and go there every day…” rings in my ears every day as I’m doing all the other things I make time for
What’s my problem then?
Don’t I want to make artwork?
Am I a phoney, just all hot air?
Am I scared?
Am I lazy?
Is it just not my [...]

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Creative Habits

So I didn’t manage to visit my virtual studio yesterday – I guess I could make some excuses such as running the MasterMind group, having supper after 10.30pm and then taking a work call… but that’s all circumstantial – I just didn’t have it in my mind to visit, so it didn’t happen.
This looks like [...]

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Agnes Martin told me that in 1994 when I interviewed her for my Fine Art BA thesis. I haven’t done very well so far, although I’ve had good runs along the way. A few weeks back, now that my two niños are back at school, and because I feel the time is right, I decided [...]

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