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To be creative
Thinking about the creative process, is a piece of work only acceptable if folks other than the creator think it is? Where do the groundbreaking ideas come from? How do they grow wings to fly? Learning requires guidance sometimes, but there should be a moment when...
Pieces of the jigsaw
I can’t say I’ve ever been great at assembling jigsaw puzzles. Maybe I’m not patient enough, though I think I’ve mellowed with age. An influential person in my life once told me I would face obstacles in functioning as my most effective self in the environment where I...
Whither goes the focus?
Experience tells me where to focus my attention. Films, television and other media pump out information about areas of life that are supposed to be desirable, and they do this very well. Of what use are all the creature comforts in the world, when there is hardly any...