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How Do You Find Inspiration?

I have been trying to get a start for this blog with no success, so thought I would pose a few questions. What do you do when you can’t figure something out? Do you keep pushing – hoping to be struck by inspiration? Do you step away from the problem and do something else, opening the way […]

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Curious – Inquisitive

I have often talked about holding the space of curiosity vs seeing things as fixed and solid. And yet, personally when I get stuck, it is usually when I have forgotten to be curious – oops! I was reading a book last week and the author talked about how she is inquisitive. It got me […]

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Nested Poem – I’ll Feel Inspired Today, Maybe

I’ll feel inspired today, maybe I’ll feel inspired today maybe inspiration is waiting for me I’ll feel inspired today maybe inspiration is waiting for me the hope is that it will arrive soon I’ll feel inspired today maybe inspiration is waiting for me the hope is that it will arrive soon I will be soaring […]

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Nested Poem – Struggle is the illusion I have created

Struggle is the illusion I have created Struggle is the illusion I have created a world filled with holes Struggle is the illusion I have created a world Filled with holes I see my safety net as solid Struggle is the the illusion I have created a world Filled with holes I see my safety […]

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Nested Poem – My Life is Living Itself Around Me

Several years ago I read an article about nested poems and found that this form suits me.  It allows me to have a journey with each poem, not knowing how it is going to end.  I love the “aha’s” that I discover as the poem unfolds.  The poem becomes a meditation and a discovery.  I […]

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Create Your Own Word Webs

 I have been asked to describe how you create a word web.  The way I create a web is to write the focus word in the center of a page of paper.  You can use any size piece of paper.  Some of my more interesting word webs are created when I use a large piece […]

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