Category Archives: Misc.

Doing Nothing is Doing Something

Posted on September 10, 2011 by weyakin

Today, while I was driving, really just zoning out, I had a wonderful idea for a new batik design I’d like to experiment with soon. It occurred to me afterward, that I have some of my best ideas or problem solving moments when my mind is just let to wander and be free, because I’m not busy trying to get something accomplished. In our society … Continue reading →

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Taking a Leap

Posted on June 29, 2011 by weyakin

This spring we were fortunate to have witnessed the raising of an American robin family for the third time since living in our house. Each time they’ve built a nest up in the corner of our covered porch which gives me a front row seat from the window in my kitchen. Yesterday, the last baby took off from the nest. The lone straggler spent a … Continue reading →

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Listening to Spring…

Posted on April 12, 2011 by weyakin

The weather this week took a beautiful turn forward, looking toward warmer weather and brighter days. Yesterday, it reached nearly 80°F here. I walked outside with bare feet for the first time in months. I was able to let my toes feel the grass between them, without freezing, without snow on the ground. Just that simple act of feeling the earth warming under my feet … Continue reading →

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Isochronic Sounds and Art?

Posted on February 28, 2011 by weyakin

This weekend, I pulled up a website that a colleague of mine had sent me a while ago called iso-tones.com. I’ve heard of isochronic tones for a while, which are sounds (usually in droning noises) that when played through headphones, supposedly can alter brainwave activity. This website has many free sounds to try out, including headache relief sounds, sounds to help with depression or boost … Continue reading →

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Look Outside at the World Around You!

Posted on January 20, 2011 by weyakin

As I was driving home today, I noticed, as I often do, an SUV with a TV screen blaring some sort of show and commercials into the back of the vehicle. Quite often, especially toward the end of the week, a lot of people from southern New England and New York will drive up through my area on their way to Vermont to go skiing … Continue reading →

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Beginning again with “morning pages”.

Posted on January 12, 2011 by weyakin

About four years ago or so, I was going through a period of uncertainty and looking to figure out what direction to point my life in. A friend gave me a book, The Artist’s Way. He gave me a notebook and pens to go with it. I didn’t actually start it then, when perhaps I should have. Right after that, I landed a job as … Continue reading →

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New Year Resolutions? Or Ongoing Goals?

Posted on January 4, 2011 by weyakin

It’s a new year again. Welcome to 2011! Many people decide to make a new year resolution to themselves, usually involving something that they want to improve or accomplish during the year. Sometimes it works. Often it doesn’t. Instead of coming up with one big lofty resolution for the year that I’ll probably forget in a couple of weeks, I thought about goals instead. I … Continue reading →

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