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Attention

Post author:Jamuna Burry
Post published:November 18, 2020
Post category:365 Days
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The world around us is loud. When I sit at my computer to work, there are dozens of things that pull me away and send me down rabbit holes. It…

Art as Meditation or Meditation as Art?

Post author:Farhad Desai
Post published:November 26, 2020
Post category:Uncategorized / Writing
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I love meditating, but I don't believe that sit-down meditation is the only true form of meditation. When I write, and focus only on that, I can get lost in…

Art and the Gender Gap

Post author:Jamuna Burry
Post published:November 26, 2020
Post category:365 Days / Elements of Art
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Is there a difference between men and women when it comes to art? Well, yes. Historically artists who have made the most significant impact on the world have been male.…

Memory and Writing

Post author:Farhad Desai
Post published:November 25, 2020
Post category:Writing
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I love writing about moments that intersect with multiple events. Right now I'm working on an article about my experiences in 1992, when I played violin in the Bombay Chamber…

Slaying Monsters

Post author:Jamuna Burry
Post published:November 24, 2020
Post category:365 Days
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The website didn’t do what was expected of it the other day. It skipped over a couple of steps. Failed, and then started working again. Even though the entire event…

Trees are Like Sadhus

Post author:Farhad Desai
Post published:November 24, 2020
Post category:Poetry
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They sit rooted in one place and grow. Without moving they learn and listen and then sit even longer. They provide shelter and comfort and home for others. They…

Commitment and Improv

Post author:Farhad Desai
Post published:November 23, 2020
Post category:Farhad
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In improv, where there's no script or stage direction to lean on, commitment to who I am and who is with me on stage is far more important than what…

Talent vs Skill

Post author:Jamuna Burry
Post published:November 23, 2020
Post category:365 Days
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Steve Martin is known to have said, “I have no talent. None”. That is good news for me because I am not particularly talented and don’t have much of an…

Distracted

Post author:Jamuna Burry
Post published:November 22, 2020
Post category:365 Days
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I’ve had an unfocused and distracted day bouncing from one thing to the other, attempting to grasp a task by the tail and see it to it’s creative completion. Had…

Limitations and the Creative Process

Post author:Farhad Desai
Post published:November 22, 2020
Post category:Creative Tools / Farhad / Writing
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Sometimes, the hardest part of the creative process is getting started. In the early 1990s, I used to perform improv comedy in Toronto and the surrounding regions. Doing improv helped…

Pleasing Planar Symmetry

Post author:Jamuna Burry
Post published:November 21, 2020
Post category:Elements of Art
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As a photographer, we learn right away that repeating patterns make for interesting images. Every workshop has you looking for and making photos where the pattern repeats. We love seeing…

Finding Your Voice

Post author:Farhad Desai
Post published:November 21, 2020
Post category:Farhad
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Finding one's voice is something we hear writers talk about a lot. It can be very easy for some and is a longer process for others. I started writing stories…

I have almond milk. Catastrophe averted.

Attachment to Expectations and Almond Milk

Post author:Farhad Desai
Post published:November 20, 2020
Post category:Farhad
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I have lots of expectations. From the moment I wake up till I fall asleep at the end of the day. I expect to make a cup of masala chai…

Struggles with Language Learning in COVID times

Post author:Jamuna Burry
Post published:November 20, 2020
Post category:365 Days
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What I notice is my fear that I will have to speak or be spoken to in the language I am struggling to understand. The first semester of Portuguese class…

Leaves changing colours in Toronto.

Growth and Change

Post author:Farhad Desai
Post published:November 19, 2020
Post category:Farhad
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Part of the beauty of playing with creativity is continually being open to newness, change, and growth. But part of growth also means I may not be the same today…

Ambiguously Intriguing

Post author:Jamuna Burry
Post published:November 19, 2020
Post category:Elements of Art
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An artist is always wondering how to push the envelope and create something that engages the audience. While there are many ways of making captivating images, there is one in…

The Niagara River.

Mindfulness Reminders

Post author:Farhad Desai
Post published:November 18, 2020
Post category:Farhad
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I had a client who found the concept of mindfulness to be stressful. He felt that he not only had to handle the fast-paced, ever-changing, and increasingly-demanding life he already…

Oneness and Actions

Post author:Jamuna Burry
Post published:November 17, 2020
Post category:365 Days
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I stumbled upon new (to me) evidence that we really are all ONE, and that the only thing that separates us from each other is our skin.Have you noticed that…

A Blank Page and a Cup of Masala Chai

Post author:Farhad Desai
Post published:November 17, 2020
Post category:Farhad
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This is how I like to start each day. A blank page and a cup of masala chai. The rest of my day could be filled with appointments, errands, tasks,…

Introduction

Post author:Farhad Desai
Post published:November 16, 2020
Post category:Farhad
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Greetings, Friends! I'm grateful to Jamuna for giving me the opportunity to write on her site. When she offered the idea it immediately resonated with me, but it also frightened me…

Art and the Artist

Post author:Jamuna Burry
Post published:November 15, 2020
Post category:365 Days
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Con Christeson talks about 'Art' and the verb To Be. She says in many tribal cultures, there is no word for ART. Art is simply the way someone is. It…

What is Your Problem?

Post author:Jamuna Burry
Post published:November 14, 2020
Post category:365 Days
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Creativity is the solution to a problem. Maybe it is boredom or loneliness,or a way to communicate an idea,or to validate yourself.To teach something, to learn something.Maybe it is a…

Don’t Be Excellent

Post author:Jamuna Burry
Post published:November 12, 2020
Post category:365 Days
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How often have you been derailed because you failed to meet an expectation? An exercise routine, a new diet, 365 days of blogging with an image?Striving for excellence is a…

Gone To The Show

Post author:Jamuna Burry
Post published:November 11, 2020
Post category:365 Days
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Snubsta took the day to drink mint tea with ginger biscuits. I did close to the same. But instead of chickadees, squirrels, and sunflowers, I watched ‘Rookie Historian Goo Have…