Romance Gets You Nowhere…Find The Joy in the Work (#MythOfNormal)
(Picture: Alexander Baxevanis via Creative Commons) Our culture is one which likes to romanticise. We romanticise relationships, success, certain pastimes like acting, writing and singing. We even romanticise God. Our culture encourages us to romanticise because it’s away of avoiding the harsh reality of life. The reality we all know truly lies behind those stories.…
Communism, Consumerism & The Human Body (#MythOfNormal)
(Picture: Bret Polok via Creative Commons) In the world we live in, lots is talked about the best context for us doing life here on this earth. And what often happens is we hear about this battle between individualism, and doing things in community. Some people talk about us all being ourselves, being unique, non-conformist,…
How “1984” May Have Become Reality & How to Escape It (#MythOfNormal)
(Picture: Patrick Hoesley via Creative Commons) “What if a child dreamed of becoming something other than what society had intended? What if a child aspired to something greater?” – Jor-El, Man of Steel Who really has power? We live in a world where we think we are empowered, we think we have freedom,…
Why Steve Jobs never asked before Creating (#MythOfNormal)
(Picture: Segagman via Creative Commons) Steve Jobs and I. We never met, I never even interacted with him. He never consulted me on his creative work – the imac, ipad, ipod and iphone. And we’re lucky he didn’t. Jobs imagination and vision transformed electronics, and in many ways shaped a generation. He was someone who…
Finding Grace – Guest Post by Rachael (@Raishimi)
Hi everyone. Today I’m delighted to welcome a new guest poster to the blog, Rachael (@Raishimi). I’ve encountered her writing more and more and been in contact with her over the last few months. She is poetic, honest, writer who is not afraid to speak the truth as she sees it. She writes in a…
Sex, Lies & Worldviews (#MythOfNormal)
(Picture: Daniel Oines via Creative Commons) I’ve talked recently about the myth of normal, how there is a story culture tells us of what a successful, happy, life really is. I’ve spoken about the importance of discovering our own identity and being the unique person we were created to be. And I’ve demonstrated how there…
How 7 Step Plans can be Straitjackets (#MythOfNormal)
I’ve talked recently about the myth of normal in our culture, how there is a story culture tells us of what a successful, happy, life really is. I’ve spoken about the importance of discovering our own identity and being the unique person we were created to be. But there’s something more here. This myth of…
Zuckerberg, Zarusa & The Secret to Identity (Five Minute Friday)
(Picture: Jason McElWeenie via Creative Commons) Hi everyone. Today on the blog, it’s a return to “Five Minute Friday”. I’ve written several ‘Five Minute Friday’ posts before, and when I saw today’s theme, ‘Write’, I knew I had something to share. The concept is simple: Write for 5 minutes, straight from the heart, on that weeks…
How We Can Find More Time (without a DeLorean)
(Picture: Cliff via Creative Commons) Time. We seem to have so little of it, don’t we? It seems to pass us by so quickly. We just never have enough of it, always rushing from one part of life to the next. “I’m just too busy” or “I’m so busy right now” are two of the…
The Nobel Prize Winning Dunce (or Why Failure is Never Final)
(Picture: Hans Gertwitz via Creative Commons) “One of the basic and difficult lessons every artist must learn is that even the failed pieces are essential” – David Bayles & Ted Orland, Art & Fear Recently I reached the point of burn out. Saying yes to too many opportunities. Taking on too much.…