Quote for Today: Sadegh Hedayat
The sun, like a golden knife, was steadily paring away the edge of the shade beside the walls. The streets were enclosed between old, whitewashed walls. Everywhere were peace and …
Quote for Today: Anaïs Nin
Jazz is the music of the body. The breath comes through brass. It is the body’s breath, and the strings’ wails and moans are echoes of the body’s music. It …
Beneath the Surface: An Introduction to Underwater Photography and the Human Form
Well-crafted portraits capture not only physical attributes, but hint at hidden truths. Underwater photography can provide unique and challenging perspectives. There is something about being submerged in water that …
Quote for Today: Stig Åvall Severinsen
It is impossible to express the experiences you have below the surface with words, when water gently caresses your face and body, the pulse decreases and your brain relaxes. …
Quote for Today: Carrie Brownstein
Even then, I could still appreciate the moment of simply making sounds with a group of people. There is another place you go to in those instances, and it feels …
Creatures of the Wind: Theo Jansen’s Strandbeesten
We are born with the urge to build and make things. What does this creativity tell us about our origins? Since 1990, Dutch artist Theo Jansen has been designing animals from PVC …
Quote for Today: Lauren Oliver
Most things, even the greatest moments on earth, have their beginnings in something small. An earthquake that shatters a city might begin with a tremor, a tremble, a breath. Music …
Quote for Today: Everett Ruess
Alone I will follow the dark trail, black void on one side and unattainable heights on the other, darkness before and behind me, darkness that pulses and flows and is …
Inspiration and the Perfect Breath
Would you like to be more creative? How do we access the kind of inspiration that enhances and unlocks imagination? As I begin to write this first blog post, I …