April 26, 2013 2

dare – go, and let go

In my mind, “intentionality” is a methodical, measured approach to doing what I do well, and it’s all well and good until I get it mixed up with the idea that I *CAN* actually do everything I do perfectly. But I’m an artist, and perfection is a relative term to me, so mixing perfectionism into [...]

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August 24, 2012 1

The Simple and the “Go”

I baked an apple pie last night. We lit a candle over dinner, and again over Yahtzee, while we talked about contracts and clients and life stuff that has been on our minds with me traveling so much this fall and Pete thinking about where he wants to go from here. I keep thinking how [...]

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May 14, 2012 9

Creating Space in the GO

I used to work in a windowless office, pushing papers around, proofreading legal briefs, organizing files. I enjoyed my job, and deeply respected the two attorneys for whom I worked, but I knew I wouldn’t be doing that work for the rest of my life. I knew because I exchanged my florescent office lighting for [...]

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May 7, 2012 5

Go: When Life Comes Back

“Don’t niche me in,” I told Pete this morning as I tested my third outfit for May’s self-portrait headshots. I knew I was being impish, but he was laughing at me trying to figure out which side of me to present for these photos. I decided yesterday that my Irish dress headshots were a little [...]

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February 13, 2012 5

Go: Embrace The Mistakes (+ Nikon Equipment for Sale)

“I knew that I shouldn’€™t have, but I did it all the same; and there you have my epitaph, or one of them, because my grave is going to require a monument inscribed on all four sides with rueful mottoes, in small characters, set close together.” – Michael Chabon “You do know that GO is [...]

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