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Changing our lives

Art for a change

by Jan on June 23, 2010

We all create every day, they say. It’s true: we do. You do. And yet: there’s more. I’ve heard it, felt it, sung it, seen it. It’s art in small letters, it’s art with a heart, it’s art for a change. It’s not Art with a capital ‘A’, for all its splendour. It’s not about [...]

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Questioning – a super-power

by Jan on May 17, 2010

The power to question is the basis of all human progress. Indira Ghandi If I could choose a super-power for every child and adult everywhere, it would be the ability and desire to question themselves and the world; never to assume, but to challenge the status quo,  to say ‘hang on a minute’, to insist [...]

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On value and recognition

by Jan on April 26, 2010

We know so well, don’t we, all that stuff about change having to happen within ourselves. That it doesn’t matter what others think.  That what matters is what we believe to be true? It’s undoubtedly the case. Yet at the same time it helps when we get affirmation and recognition from others.  Recognition of that [...]

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Writing changes things

by Jan on April 19, 2010

I’ve been reading around the research on the power of writing to bring about real change and its impact on emotional and even physical health.  But even better than reading about it is seeing it in action. Last week I had the power of writing underlined for me by a very dear client with whom [...]

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Writing what we don’t know

by Jan on April 14, 2010

I write what I don’t know. Robert Creeley I was struck by this quote from an interview with the poet, Robert Creeley. Think about it for a minute, even if you’ve read it before, please hold it, just for a few heartbeats. OK, I’m taking it completely out of context (you can read the whole [...]

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