Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass saw in beauty a deeper motive power, but of a different kind - not one that mobilizes contemplative intellect alone but one that adrenalines action in the...

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The Creative Process

The Creative Process

Even Mr. Rogers found the creative process challenging. We must all remember to trust ourselves and to do the work. It's not easy. And it doesn't get easy but as Mr. Rogers said,...

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To Dare or Not To Dare

To Dare or Not To Dare

Soren Kierkegaard said, "To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself." Which reminds us of Seneca, who said, "It is not because things are...

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Being Alive

Being Alive

Marion Milner writes,"I did not know that I could only get the most out of life by giving myself up to it." And later, "It struck me as odd that it had taken me so long to reach...

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Precious Works of Art

Precious Works of Art

I was going through an old trunk of mine and came upon these precious works of art from my little brother Fraser, now an accomplished grown man of course. Art is the best of...

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