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James Matthew Barrie: Bring Sunshine

June 3, 2016by bethnyland Leave a comment

“Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.” James Matthew Barrie novelist & playwright creator of Peter Pan (1860-1937)

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Mark Twain: Pause

April 9, 2016by bethnyland Leave a comment

   The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause. Mark Twain, writer & humorist (1835-1910)

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Ludwig Wittgenstein

March 27, 2016by bethnyland Leave a comment

Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination. Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher (1889-1951)

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Ben Okri

March 15, 2016by bethnyland Leave a comment

Beware of the stories you read or tell; subtly, at night, beneath the waters of consciousness, they are altering your world. Ben Okri, poet and novelist born March 15, 1959

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A.Word.A.Day brought wisdom my way

December 9, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

Every day “A.Word.A.Day” lands in my email inbox. Anu Garg and team produce this and other resources as part of Wordsmith.org: Wordsmith is a worldwide online community of people who share […]

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Making something every day DID change my life

August 19, 2014by bethnyland 3 Comments

Three-and-a-half months ago, I finished a year of making things. Guided by Noah Scalin’s wonderful book, 365: A Daily Creativity Journal, I succeeded in making something new. Every single day. For an […]

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Hart Crane

July 21, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to have the right ones form themselves into the proper patterns at the right moment. Hart Crane, poet (1899-1932)

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Make Something: Loud

April 30, 2014by bethnyland 1 Comment

  That’s it. One last creation in a year of making things each and every day. I did it. Three-hundred-sixty-five straight days of thinking and doing and playing and sharing. […]

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Make Something: Birthday

April 29, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

My birthday is May 1 … just two days away. I’m calling this year my halfway point. As I reach age forty-five, ninety seems a reasonable life expectancy—just a bit longer than my mom […]

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Make Something: Extended Photo

April 28, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

Beyond the Edges How interesting, to stare at a tightly cropped photo and wonder. What was in the space beyond? Better yet, to imagine. What could be in the space […]

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Make Something: Rainbow

April 27, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

We are a blended family with six children, ages nine to nineteen. Every other weekend, we are all together—eight people under one roof. Jim and I live in our home always […]

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Make Something: Bleached

April 26, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

“Work with bleach to make something by taking away color.” I applied a few letter stickers to a swatch of brightly colored fabric, then spritzed the whole lot with a 50/50 […]

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Make Something: Organs

April 25, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

“Use an internal organ as your inspiration today.” Home from a week-long business trip, reunited with my kids, I used today’s prompt as an excuse to play with letters while […]

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Make Something: City

April 24, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

Today’s order of business: make a city from whatever is on hand. I’m at a business dinner …

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Make Something: Freeze Time

April 23, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

“Create the illusion that time has stopped and something or someone is frozen mid-action.” CLICK I have something to say. First, tip of pen must be set free. Thumb depresses button. […]

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