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Comment on New design: grown-up boots by amy

amy — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:47:37 +0000

Nice boots!

Comment on my first Prezi: Intro to SoulCollage by Emma McCreary

Emma McCreary — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 22:58:40 +0000

Thanks! They are pretty easy to make, the interface is very well done.

Comment on my first Prezi: Intro to SoulCollage by Amy

Amy — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 06:54:58 +0000

DUDE! That was awesome! I wasnt able to view it on my phone but I had a feeling it was something cool so I left it starred in my gmail till i finally broke out the computer. (I do that less and less often these days)

That was way neat-o!

Comment on A Software Odyssey by James - Dancing Geek

James - Dancing Geek — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 22:12:52 +0000

I knew I clicked with you. I had no idea it included a love for User Experience! That is very cool, very cool indeed.

Comment on on not saving the world (and the 2012 shift) by Emily Sapp

Emily Sapp — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:10:24 +0000

I love this…and all your new posts…and the new direction on the blog. Like Sarah said, you just have a way with words. I find great comfort in the idea that the world is already saving itself.

I ran across this quote on pinterest the other day and it really stuck with me. Sort of in line with what you’re saying…

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” – Howard Thurman

Comment on happy easter bunny day by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:35:48 +0000

Love this!!!!!!!

And I think I’ll go eat a chocolate egg now.

Comment on courting the moon by cheekyboots

cheekyboots — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 11:37:30 +0000

@Em Hi! Thanks for your comment. Yeah, I always think these periods won’t come back. But they do…usually accompanying transition or growth. Which is good, but it’s still hard. I’m glad to hear you have gotten a lot out of accepting them. =)

Comment on courting the moon by Emily Sapp

Emily Sapp — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:02:18 +0000

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how I deal with my quiet, introspective, not-so-happy (or downright depressed) days. Accepting these dips has been the hardest and best work I’ve done. I thought for so long that the answer was to have none of these days. Ever. Which took me down the ol’ shame spiral.

It’s definitely harder to turn and face it, but feels infinitely better. I try to trust that I won’t hide forever…even on those days when I’d like to.

This is wonderfully written. Thank you.

Comment on Walking Into Fire workshop notes by cheekyboots

cheekyboots — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 02:04:45 +0000

Following up on that last comment, I think what the workshop gave me fundamentally was the permission to create the kind of structure that I imagined that a “real writer” would have to support their craft. Because I am a “real writer”.

Comment on Walking Into Fire workshop notes by cheekyboots

cheekyboots — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 02:02:42 +0000

@Sarah
Awesome. Yeah, I started my “book” a few weeks ago, wrote a few outlines, and then preceded to rewrite the introduction for three days before I realized I was totally off track.

I think it’s scary to write the meat of it. The idea is beautiful and shiny, and then there’s the actual writing, and that prompts the imagining of the people reading it, and then it all becomes a pile of stuckness.

So, my next step is to sit down and start creating a container for writing that will get me to refocus each day on what I want to say, instead of churning around who might read it. This container piece seems really important, to regroove our brain toward consistent writing instead of consistent churning. It’s part organization, part physical space, part mental framing, and part accountability and support. Probably some other parts I haven’t discovered yet. I need more (internal and external) structure to keep the “just write!” inspiration-idea part from fizzling out.