To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man. —Aristotle. The Little Red Writing Book is about what you have to do to hear just the right words at just the right time to speak them in just the right rhythm. A sentence is just like a walk What the morning tells me… View Post
Brené Brown is an American scholar, author, and public speaker, who is currently a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. Over the last twelve years she has been involved in research on a range of topics, including vulnerability, courage, worthiness, and shame. She is the author of The Power of Vulnerability, The Gifts of Imperfection and Daring Greatly…. View Post
Quote of the day Just by living and listening, we have all acquired deep musical knowledge ~ELIZABETH HELLMUTH, author of On Repeat: How Music Plays the Mind SOCIAL MEDIA A teenager’s view on Social Media, Medium | Tweet I read technology articles quite often and see plenty of authors attempt to dissect or describe the teenage audience, especially in regards… View Post
When a man talks from his heart, in his moment of truth, he speaks poetry. Zen in the Art of Writing is a must for anyone interested in writing and life. You will enjoy writing if you know yourself: Lao-Tzu said ‘He who know others is wise; He who know himself is enlightened.’ If you are writing without zest, without… View Post
The story that we all live [is] the cycle of creation and destruction, of control and letting go, of picking up the pieces and making something new. — Julie Burstein. In 2000, Julie Burstein, created Public Radio International’s show Studio 360 to explore pop culture and the arts. Hosted by novelist Kurt Andersen and produced at WNYC, the show is… View Post
Quote of the day Becoming a parent looks—at least in the brain—a lot like falling in love. ~RUTH FELDMAN, brain researcher. CREATIVITY Easy things you can do every day to improve your creativity, Creative Something | Tweet ‘A man becomes creative, whether he is an artist or scientist, when he finds a new unity in the variety of nature. He… View Post
The people who make the most difference to the lives of other people are very optimistic. They have an illusion of control. — Daniel Kahneman In Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic sciences, explains the two systems that drive the way we think. Our thinking depends on neural connections, as Peter Bevelin states in… View Post