Tag Archives: Definitions
Flip Side
As they say, “There is always a flip side to every coin.” I have already written about how it is the elite, within any culture, that forms, frames, and defines that culture. The Patriarchy defined woman, but also defined man … Continue reading
Posted in The Flip Side
Tagged Definitions, elite, equality, Flip side, Hero's Journey, matriarchy, Mono-myth, patriarchy, tradition
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Getting to the Roots
I collect words. About a week after my last post, I found a new (to me) word , in my mail box. The word is deracinate. It literally means: to pull up by the roots. But has come to define the … Continue reading
Posted in Getting to the Roots
Tagged Definitions, deracinate, egalitarian, matriarchy, Patriarchal, quote, some history, voice, woman as other
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A New Companion
His name is Jocko. At least that’s the name that came immediately to mind when I decided he needed such a definition. I had just read a Dean Koontz series (Frankenstein), and that was the name of a small misshapen, … Continue reading
Posted in A New Companion
Tagged companion, Crow, Definitions, higher law, hubris, meaning, Mythology, names, pride, symbolism
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Journey Stone #14 and Journal Writing Prompt #17
Journey Stone #14 Emotions Covering the entire spectrum of possibilities, non-judgmental barometers meant to assist awareness in sometimes rapid changes of weather. Elizabeth Crawford 2/14/11 Happy Valentines Day! __________________________________________________________________________________ Journal Writing Prompt #17 Personal writing, keeping a journal, is … Continue reading
A Partial List
A couple of days ago, I was on someone else’s site and once again found a sidebar page that was titled Twenty Things About Me. I always read those because I find them interesting as well as informative. At … Continue reading
Posted in A Partial List
Tagged 101 things, admit when wrong, apples, blogging, breathing, bridges, caramel, chocolate, coconut, collective unconscious, Definitions, diabetes, Dream Work, Fishing, Friends, funky instrumentals, gluttony of the eye, grandchildren, horde, ice cream, intimidating, kinship, laughter as medicine, lyrics, moderation, Mythology, name, Native American descent, opinionated, out of season, partial list, pecans, plastic tubs with covers, poetry writing, potential, public spectacle, story, stuck in elevator doors, subconscious mind, symbolism, totem animals, true tragedy, true wisdom, ulterior motives, wheelchair, writing
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Challenges
In response to Claudette’s Writing Challenge # 1 “the Power of Creativity” Was very surprised when I went to check out the Writer’s Island prompt for today. The site has been closed and there will be no more weekly prompts. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Challenge, challenges, writing prompts
Tagged activities, Art, Big A, challenges, choices, class, Claudette Ellinger, closed site, creating own prompts, Creativity, decisions, Definitions, direct challenge, energy, enticing self, Growth, healing, initiate, inspiration, no creative bones, old site, power, response, students, teaching, umbrella, Writer's Island, writing, writing prompts
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About Authenticity
Writer’s Island prompts #12 and #13 “Change For the Better” Was a bit disappointed when I went to see what the prompt might be for today. My last blog was about all the changes I have had to deal with, … Continue reading
Posted in authenticity, Balance, change, Choice, ee cummings, fitting in, Individuation, Journal Writing
Tagged authentic, authenticity, becoming me, belonging, birth certificate, change, choices, Definitions, dig in, doable, ee cummings, fitting in, for the better, inside my skin, justify, niggle, self, suggested attributes, tap dancing on a high wire, teaching and learning, this blog, validity, what is really meant
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Semantics of Breathing
I believe one writes because one has to create a world in which one can breathe. _Anais Nin Writing means a great many different things to me. A few years ago, someone close to me said that writing was my … Continue reading
Posted in Anais Nin, Breathing Lessons, Choice, creature, Definitions, experience, Memory, perspective, Quotations, Semantics, Subjectivity, views, writing
Tagged Anais Nin, blog, breathing, change, creation, creature, Definitions, exist, full-circle, god-like, hubris, meaning, my world, perspectives, pride, Semantics, views, writing
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In The Way of the Fox
The fox, the Wild Thing, Masks, the socialization process blanket, and how it all fits together. Continue reading
Posted in Blanket, boundaries, Choice, creature, Definitions, Family, Fox, Friends, Journal Writing, Logic, Masks, socialization process, Society, wild thing
Tagged actions and choices, avatars, backtracking, Definitions, example, family as basic social unit, footprints, Fox, Friends, group, history, hounding pursuers, inadequate, inappropriate, individual, influence, lacking in logic, Masks, masquerade ball, membership, peer group, secret society, skewed view, socialization process blanket, target, unbalanced, wild thing
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