“Any form of art is a form of power; it has impact, it can affect change. It can not only move us, it makes us move.”
— Ossie Davis
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Posts Tagged ‘Thoughts’
Time to Move
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, art, change, creativity, power, Thoughts, Writers, writing on February 6, 2025| 1 Comment »
You’re Ready
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, artists, creativity, inspiration, Thoughts, Writers, writing on February 4, 2025| Leave a Comment »
“If l’d waited to know who I was or what I was about before I started ‘being creative,’ well, I’d still be sitting around trying to figure myself out instead of making things. In my experience, it’s in the act of making things and doing our work that we figure out who we are. You’re ready. Start making stuff.”
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Look for What’s Good
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, hope, Thoughts on February 3, 2025| Leave a Comment »
The forces of chaos are strong this week, especially with our neighbours to the south. Look for what’s good!
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What the Future May Hold
Posted in Holidays, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, silly fun, Thoughts on February 2, 2025| Leave a Comment »
In defense of Groundhog Day — America’s silliest holiday
As a kid growing up in Pennsylvania, there are a few state treasures you come to revere, like Tastykake’s Butterscotch Krimpets, a 64-pack of Crayola crayons with a sharpener on the back of the box, soft pretzels and Hershey’s chocolate. But no locally-produced treat could touch the majesty of the state’s ultimate icon: Punxsutawney Phil.
Happy Groundhog Day! This wacky holiday is good fun, but even our friendly neighborhood rodent doesn’t always know what the future will bring.
Whatever comes, let’s try to face it with a warm heart, constructive goals, and a sense of fun.
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Wishing You Happy Endings
Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, ideas, inspiration, Thoughts, Writers, writing on January 31, 2025| Leave a Comment »
The Power of Story
Posted in Holidays, Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, future of civilization, history, memory, Thoughts on January 27, 2025| Leave a Comment »
Today is Holocaust Memorial Day. I do try to emphasize the brighter side of life in this blog and this is not that, but it’s important. Fewer children are taught this history and too many adults act like it never happened (and could never happen again).
As survivors pass on those of us who remain must remember what and how and why. Not only for those who died, but for ourselves and our futures. This is the power of stories.
It is right that those who committed atrocities be held responsible, but remembrance days like this aren’t primarily about blame for past guilt. They are about the political tides that make these events possible. They are about the ordinary people swept up in such times.
Most of all, they are about avoiding future repetition.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day – United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27—the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau—as International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a time to remember the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and the millions of other victims of Nazi persecution.
‘New way of bearing witness’: one of biggest Holocaust archives goes online
Announced on Holocaust Memorial Day, the Wiener Holocaust Library’s new online platform includes more than 150,000 items collected over nine decades. Users can view letters, pamphlets and photographs that record the rise of fascism in Britain and Europe.
My grandpa chose not to speak about his Holocaust experiences – but he asked me to tell the world
I’ve been asked why I believe Holocaust education is so important, and I find it hard to verbalise. It seems so obvious to me, as the grandchild of survivors, that these stories must continue to be told – it sounds cliche to quote “those who forget history are doomed to repeat it”, but with every passing year, it’s clear we are continuing to forget the horrors humanity is capable of. Gyuri’s final message was clear: tell the world, so they can learn from it.
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Understanding Others, and Ourselves
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, brain science, brunch, science, society, Thoughts, truth on January 26, 2025| Leave a Comment »
We had brunch today with good friends. They are smart and fun and interesting and love our cat (which, let’s face it, is about the best thing you can say about a person).
We don’t all share the same politics. Why do I mention this? To point out that it doesn’t matter.
We may not be on the same page in terms of voting and algorithms, but we like a lot of the same real-life things, we share a lot of the same fundamental values, and are always curious about the others’ experience and perspectives.
It doesn’t hurt that they like my cooking;)
How to step out of your inner monologue and understand the world better – Big Think
The interesting thing about being a human is that we’re stuck inside our internal model—it’s all we ever see. But with the endeavors of science, literature, and philosophy, we’re able to step outside of ourselves and understand, “Hey, the way I see the world isn’t the only way to see the world. It’s not the only truth.” The more we get good at that, the more we can try to build a better society.
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Have Fun Writing
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, art, creativity, life, Thoughts, Writers, writing on January 24, 2025| Leave a Comment »
“We are the opening verse of the opening page of the chapter of endless possibilities.”
— Rudyard Kipling
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Expect the Unexpected!
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, Thoughts on January 21, 2025| Leave a Comment »
Ah, the ongoing joys of adulting! Fortunately, things are pretty okay today, and there are a lot of positives to adulting, too (ice cream for dinner! voting! autonomy!). That said, I ran across this comic the other day and it felt true, or at least truer than my eight-year old self might have expected.
I’m off to call customer service, figure out what’s for dinner, and then maybe watch a little Star Wars!
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To Dreams, and Waking
Posted in Holidays, Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, action, inspiration, persistence, progress, Thoughts on January 20, 2025| Leave a Comment »
“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
— Martin Luther King Jr.
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day, everyone! Today, I plan to celebrate the beauty of dreams, and the satisfaction of bringing those dreams to life.
“Be a bush if you can’t be a tree. If you can’t be a highway, just be a trail. If you can’t be a sun, be a star. For it isn’t by size that you win or fail. Be the best of whatever you are.”
— Martin Luther King Jr.
To learn more about Dr King, his impact, speeches like “I Have a Dream” and more, check out History’s site on Martin Luther King Jr.
I also appreciate this related quote:
“The best way to make a dream come true is to wake up.”
— Anna Wintour
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