We all live in the cocoon of our surroundings. What’s underneath you? A bed, a chair, your shoes? The floor, the ground, the molten core of the earth? What’s around you? A room, music, the weather? Today, take in your surroundings. Notice what is big and vast, such as thunder and the stars. Notice the tiny things, such as pollen and the mortar that binds the bricks in … [Read more...] about In Praise of Your World!
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Sing Praise to Your Surroundings!
A whole world of beauty and practicality surrounds you. Things to hear, see, taste, smell and touch. Sing the individual praises of a few things in your surroundings. Big things such as thunder or small things such as paper clips and insect wings. Here is a longer version of these directions. … [Read more...] about Sing Praise to Your Surroundings!
The Opposite Game
What is the opposite of tiny? What is the opposite of floor? What is the opposite of doorbell? If you approach those three questions like they are a math problem, you might say that the first two are easy and the third one can't be answered. In order to play the Opposite Game, you must come up with opposites for many different words. So you must use a loose … [Read more...] about The Opposite Game
A Writing Practice
When you have a writing practice, you decide that you are going to do some writing. For yourself. To see what good it might do you. This is not the same as “practicing” at writing with the idea of getting “better” at it. In your writing practice, you are already good enough. One part of having a writing practice is about commitment and discipline. The rest is about … [Read more...] about A Writing Practice