The view from my studio door
We are talking about having expectations about our art, and making a lot of bad art to make some good art
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The past and the future
“We cannot erase our pasts, however hard we try. Instead we must carry them with us into the future. We must carry them with us and look forward with hope. We must look forward because to look back is to waste precious time. We should live as we have never lived.”
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The Vulnerability of Must
We continue where we left off – and end the discussion with the fourth reason given most often for not choosing Must: Vulnerability – far scarier and spoken about much less, because choosing Must means you must confront some very big fears: what’s all this for? Some obscure dream? A childhood fantasy? A fleeting feeling…
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Space to Must
We talk this week about Space: space to create, to make, to think, to feel safe or just to be.
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Choosing Must
Once you discover your Must, your brain’s most primal, protective center gets alarmed, Elle says. The riot gear is called forth. Defense mechanisms go up. Because choosing Must raises very real questions.
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The Path to Must
Last week, we discussed the origins of Should which are put on us from the moment we are born, as we have to grow up under some else’s wing. Continuing where we left off last week, we will discuss today the path to Must. The path to Must is a path we create. It begins…
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Shoulds and Musts – Part II
WE explore the origins of Shoulds, which are put on us from the moment we are born, as we have to grow up under some else’s wing. Eventually, as we grow up, we get to decide how we feel about them – the Shoulds from parents and an inherited worldview from the community, culture and the specific time in which we were born. We become our own person, find our voice, convictions and challenge and shed the Shoulds that no longer serve our evolving beliefs.
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The Crossroads between Should and Must
One of the main messages of the book is this: “There are two paths in life: Should and Must. We arrive at this crossroads over and over again. And every day, we get to choose.”
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The Quilt Show
My experience of taping an episode for the Quilt Show with Alex Anderson
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On Persistence and the patience to let it percolate
The process I used over quite a few years to create “He Heard the Surf Roar”.
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The Power of “No”
The power of the word no and why it’s so important to make the choice of using it to gain back control over your most important asset your time.
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Stay on the bus
The key feature in the Helsinki Bus Station Theory is that it urges you to not simply do more work, but to do more re-work.
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Happenings in my studio
What is going on in my studio: from stitching to completing some work and creating new pieces.
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Creativity is a process
Talking about creativity, Sir Isaac Newton and an apple that by falling in front of him brought about a flash of creative brilliance that changed the world
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The Goal is not the point
About goals, goal setting and achieving your goals by taking one single, easy, immediately doable tiny step.
