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    The Tension of Creating

    What do you do when you feel that tension-to-create clawing at you, but you’ve got a million-and-one responsibilities and you’re afraid your Muse’ll get pissed if you ignore her? Breathe. Then negotiate. Oh, and carry pencils into the bathroom stall.

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    • June 16, 2013
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    One of many treasures at the Book House in Albany.

    from Instagram: http://instagram.com/p/aRJ9i6xjmk/

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    • June 7, 2013
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    want more love, money, free time, help { fill in the blank with what you “lack” }? first, you need to let yourself receive.

    I thought I was good at receiving. Until an experiment in yin&yang tore that self-view wide open, and I realized: I suck at receiving. And in this posture of unreceptivity, I am sending the universe a great big message: I am not open to receive.

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    • June 3, 2013
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    Are you a dog or a cat of action? An important question to ask yourself before proceeding.

    Hey — did ya know? There are “dogs and cats of action.” You’re most likely one or the other, but there can be some crossover between camps. Cats need MASSIVE amounts of downtime in between their MASSIVE leaps of energy and action. Cats will hunt tirelessly for hours, patiently waiting for the right moment for [...]

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    • May 31, 2013
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    You can have your mojo back but there's something you have to give up in order to have it again. Because when you gave it up, you made some sort of decision. Giving it up did something for you. And in order to get it back, you have to let go of whatever not having it gave you.

    The big secret of why I really gave up my mojo, fourteen years ago

    Lately, I’ve been slightly obsessed with the past. With my past. Memories of a time and place when I really, you know, had it goin’ on. Fifteen or so years ago, I was rockin’ it in my band, Poem Rocket. I had a bright-red Bettie Page hairdo and I wore red vintage dresses with tall boots. [...]

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    • April 23, 2013
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    • belonging fitting in getting your mojo back
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    “we do our art because …

    we love it and it feels good, and then life 'gets in the way' and we put it away—but that's exactly when we need it most! our art feeds our soul, and we need this food of creativity, but instead we feed our souls with all sorts of other things—food, drugs, alcohol, checking out. "

    —sandra gardner

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