“Beautiful things don’t need attention.” Courtesy of Sean Penn’s photographer character in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, which I watched for the first time the other day. Great quote, great movie.
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LAST THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
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There once was a girl who really loved to write …
Shortly after I began posting to this site, gradually putting more and more of my artwork up and writing my blog, I noticed a strange sensation starting to come over me; very pleasant, expansive, but also a bit foreign. I could compare the …
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LAST THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“Of course we can always imagine more perfect conditions, how it should be ideally, how everyone else should behave. But it’s not our task to create an ideal. It’s our task to see how it …
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Meeting Georgia
Georgia O’Keefe loved the American Southwest. Her colorful desert landscapes and iconic skulls left an indelible impression on me even when I was very young and first learning to draw and paint. I never quite understood …
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What does ‘Creative Journeywoman’ mean anyway?
When I was starting to think about what I wanted to put up on this blog, everything I enjoy and wanted to share came rushing at me all at once. I didn’t exactly know where …
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LOVE THIS
Great quote from Morton last night on Fortitude: Policeman Dan: “So what are you looking for?” Inspector Morton: “Satisfying answers to outstanding questions.” Me, too. Aren’t we all?
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Expanding My Horizons
Today I woke up and was so glad to see the sun finally shining again. It’s been a long winter here in the Northeast, and like a lot of other people, I get seasonal depression. …
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It’s the journey, not the destination…
Throughout my life and career, I’ve been fortunate to experience many incarnations: From my early days as a copy editor and writer, to my segue into advertising as graphic designer, photographer, and Web designer, to …
Jacqlyn Thorne 