Storytelling Event at Kaneko
- At November 25, 2019
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This coming Sunday, December 1, a Live Storytelling event will be held at Kaneko Gallery in Omaha, Nebraska, 1111 Jones Street. The program consists of stories by Haley Herzberg, Elaine Cary, Michelle Ladwig, and Lucy Adkins, and music by Kenny. Dr. Ferial Pearson, author of SECRET KINDNESS AGENTS will be the featured reader. The event will be held 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. If you’re in the mood for stories, and are interested in building connections through the power of story, please come!
Without Words
- At August 27, 2018
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And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. – Friedrich Nietzsche
What better place to talk about creative flow, the magical experience where actions and awareness merge, than dancing? Scott Barry Kaufman describes flow when “one’s mind is fully open and attuned to the act of creating.” Where a sense of wholeness arises, and we move away from the cerebral to the body. Everything feels engaged and meaningful.
Read More»Act on Your Dreams and “Make It So”
- At August 06, 2018
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The world of reality has its limits; the world of the imagination is boundless.—Rousseau
Remember Jean Luc Picard, Starfleet Captain in Star Trek? When he and his officers hit upon a solution to get themselves out of a sticky situation—by going to warp speed, say, or activating the deflector shield to evade a hostile force—he instructed his crew to “make it so.” And it would be done. I love that. Determining a course of action and following through. Making it so.
Much of what we do in this life is based upon the decisions we make. Generally speaking, if we decide to pursue a particular dream, if we believe in it strongly enough and dedicate ourselves to shepherding it to fruition, that dream will come into being. Perhaps you want desperately to achieve a college education. What do you do? Study hard in high school, complete college applications and line up loans and scholarships. Or perhaps you want to write a novel. You go to work—preparing an outline, blocking out periods of time to write, and paragraph by paragraph, you write the book. You “make it so.”
Turning to Others
- At June 25, 2018
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Mentors come to us in all kinds of ways. You may meet them face to face at art shows, writing conferences, or in your local artist community, or they may be artists in your field you court from afar, working with them by phone or the occasional email. However, they come to you and whatever form the mentee-mentor relationship may take, the work is always heart-to-heart.
My mentors have been impactful during different stages of my life, helping me uncover more and more moments when my writing accomplishes what I desire, conveying the message I want. During times when my creativity goes on sabbatical, they provide the encouragement, the little nudge I need to get me going again. More than anything, however, their mentoring pushes me to reflect upon my own writing, and notice like Swiss cheese all the holes. And I learned, and learned again, that satisfaction for one’s finished art is a rare thing.
Read More»A Master Craftsman
- At May 21, 2018
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The following essay is a salute to my father and to all fathers who make a positive difference in their children’s lives.
Although my father was a private person, his beliefs were evident in how he treated the earth as if it were holy, and the many ways he applied the wisdom of nature to his life. He didn’t just think about how he valued the planet, he lived out that basic precept in the activities of each day, his life exemplifying what he believed. Coming from the old school of farming, he knew that all things mattered.
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