Do you ever feel like you need Captain Jack Sparrow’s magic compass?
“My compass…is unique.”
“Unique here having the meaning of broken?”
“True enough, this compass does not point north.”
“…Where does it point?”
“It points to the thing you want most in this world.”

Yesterday while enjoying the early evening sun on my dear artist friend Betsy Gill’s back porch, we were each draped in a classic butterfly chair, catching up and getting parasympathetic.
“I feel like I should be in a canoe right now,” she said. “with my feet draped over the sides into the water.”
And while she contemplated [...]

“Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.” – Bill Cosby

I’ve been learning much lately about peak experiences and how to push the upper limits of happiness. This little ditty came in my inbox today via The Daily Love, and I wanted to repost it here because of all that muchness it reminds us of.
Abraham Maslow’s 8 Ways to Self-Actualize
1. Experience things fully, vividly, selflessly. [...]

I recently (September 1, 2011) gave a talk at Ignite Boulder 16 on “Plus Less Than Three: The Algorithm of an Amazing Life.”

“Living creatively is really important to maintain throughout your life. And living creatively doesn’t mean only artistic creativity, although that’s part of it. It means being yourself, not just complying with the wishes of other people.” – Matt Groening
Twenty Eleven has me facing my fear of heights here at the studio, where I’ve been enamored by [...]

A story of desire, and of cute underwear, 5″ heels, manifesting dreams, and striding out in your own brand of sustainable lifestyle design.
Vision boards are common parlance in the visual life of my outer dreamscapes, adhered to the growing pages of my sacred black hard-bound journals, and often posted here. In the last edition [...]

About a month ago, my dearest fiery fairy friend called me out of the blue at twilight on a lovely warm evening and asked: “do you want to go for a walk?” I accepted without hesitation, as I’m always waiting for that sort of request. As with all time with her, it was luminous and [...]