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Another angle of M’s leg from today.

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:50:09 -0400

Another angle of M’s leg from today.

Some fun got finished today. Thank you M! You sat like a...

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:07:23 -0400

Some fun got finished today. Thank you M! You sat like a trooper!

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Wed, 15 May 2013 23:58:47 -0400

Thank you A! All the way from Glasgow. Safe travels home!

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:14:47 -0400

Thank you A! All the way from Glasgow. Safe travels home!

Started this today, thanks M! Can’t wait to finish it next...

Sun, 12 May 2013 20:57:07 -0400

Started this today, thanks M! Can’t wait to finish it next month.

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Sun, 12 May 2013 11:11:56 -0400

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Sun, 12 May 2013 01:21:34 -0400

Tomorrows adventure.

Sat, 11 May 2013 16:30:49 -0400

Tomorrows adventure.

a simple truth.

Sat, 11 May 2013 00:27:27 -0400

a simple truth.

Discovery coffee and a sit in the sun. Today is a good day.

Fri, 10 May 2013 16:58:37 -0400

Discovery coffee and a sit in the sun. Today is a good day.

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Thu, 09 May 2013 23:08:36 -0400

"The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive...."

Thu, 09 May 2013 14:59:45 -0400

“The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. To put it more accurately, it is not so much that you use your mind wrongly—you usually don’t use it at all. It uses you. This is the disease. You believe that you are your mind. This is the delusion. The instrument has taken you over.”

- Eckhart Tolle

"The Ego, however, is not who you really are. The ego is your self-image; it is your social mask; it..."

Thu, 09 May 2013 14:59:34 -0400

“The Ego, however, is not who you really are. The ego is your self-image; it is your social mask; it is the role you are playing. Your social mask thrives on approval. It wants control, and it is sustained by power, because it lives in fear.”

- Deepak Chopra

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Wed, 08 May 2013 21:14:50 -0400

Aperture by Alex Grey

Wed, 08 May 2013 20:51:41 -0400

Aperture by Alex Grey

I will get back to everyone’s emails in the next day or...

Wed, 08 May 2013 17:16:06 -0400

I will get back to everyone’s emails in the next day or so… Thank you for the patience.

How to Avoid Work: A 1949 Guide to Doing What You Love

Tue, 07 May 2013 11:22:39 -0400

How to Avoid Work: A 1949 Guide to Doing What You Love:

theonlymagicleftisart:

“There is an ugliness in being paid for work one does not like,” Anaïs Nin wrote in her diary in 1941. Indeed, finding a sense of purpose and doing what makes the heart sing is one of the greatest human aspirations — and yet too many people remain caught in the hamster wheel of unfulfilling work. In 1949, career counselor William J. Reilly penned How To Avoid Work (UK; public library) — a short guide to finding your purpose and doing what you love. Despite the occasional vintage self-helpism of the tone, the book is remarkable for many reasons — written at the dawn of the American corporate era and the golden age of the housewife, it not only encouraged people of all ages to pursue their passions over conventional, safe occupations, but it also spoke to both men and women with equal regard.

Reilly begins by exploring the mythologies of work and play, something Lewis Hyde has written of beautifully, with an uncomfortable but wonderfully apt metaphor:

Most [people] have the ridiculous notion that anything they do which produces an income is work — and that anything they do outside ‘working’ hours is play. There is no logic to that.

Your life is too short and too valuable to fritter away in work.

If you don’t get out now, you may end up like the frog that is placed in a pot of fresh water on the stove. As the temperature is gradually increased, the frog feels restless and uncomfortable, but not uncomfortable enough to jump out. Without being aware that a chance is taking place, be is gradually lulled into unconsciousness.

Much the same thing happens when you take a person and put him in a job which he does not like. He gets irritable in his groove. His duties soon become a monotonous routine that slowly dulls his senses. As I walk into offices, through factories and stores, I often find myself looking into the expressionless faces of people going through mechanical motions. They are people whose minds are stunned and slowly dying. [Read more…]

Mellow end of week… That you A for incorporating this...

Mon, 06 May 2013 20:53:57 -0400

Mellow end of week… That you A for incorporating this tattoo into your trip! Much appreciated.

If you are in Victoria… And like real Indonesian...

Mon, 06 May 2013 14:52:12 -0400

If you are in Victoria… And like real Indonesian food… Eat here. Bana, the owner is from Sumatra, and makes some of the best Padang food I have had sine the last time I was in Bali. He has a great little take out window in market square. Go get some good food. For my vegan friends, I noticed vegetarian… I can’t say it’s vegan, but ask Bana, I am sure he can work something out! Www.ayoeat.com

Really nice gift from a client…. Thanks J!

Mon, 06 May 2013 14:23:30 -0400

Really nice gift from a client…. Thanks J!