After writing this post about people who are completely passionate about their work, I got to thinking about things that really get me revved up. Things that make me talk like these people talk: on and on and on, because I’m really into what I’m talking about. And right away one topic came to mind….
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The journey of the days and weeks deep and then deeper again into the winter season feels like a deliberate grinding down. A forcible slowing, as primal as hibernation. It starts on the first morning you realise you’re getting up in the dark, and that night blankets the streets outside before the kitchen fires up…
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It is dark when I wake up, and Harry and I spend our winter mornings together on the rug of the lounge room floor in the gentle quiet of the predawn. I draw the curtains to let the day in but outside, the stars are still bright. Harry wiggles and squeals. “Dad dad dad dad…
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This morning when I opened my mailbox I got the best kind of surprise: mail from gorgeous person and motivator-extraordinaire, Katherine Mackenzie of The Beauty of Life. Katherine sent me two postcards, one on which she’d written a little message for me, and another that was left blank so that I could send it on…
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What does your workspace look like? Do you like it clean and organised, or do you thrive on creative chaos? I love those pictures of great writers sitting at their antique desks, all slumped and drowning under mountains of paper, with pictures in scraps pinned all over the walls, and old coffee cups, stacks of…
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What a difference a day makes. 24 hours before taking these joyful snaps, I was pushing a pram along Drummond Street and wiping away tears with a paper towel (we are out of tissues). That was three for three: I had already been in tears earlier the same morning during two separate phone calls. Call…
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“Surround yourself with Creative People.” That’s good advice. It’s also no.11 in this video, which you should definitely watch if you need encouragement or galvanising (or both) in the creativity department. Sometimes, surrounding yourself with creative people is easier said than done. For example if you stay at home and look after a baby every…
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Have you ever found yourself trying to create something beautiful, but your execution just doesn’t match your vision? This happens to me all the time. I know what I want to do and I know it could be amazing… in someone else’s hands. I just don’t seem to have the skills to make it happen….
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Sometimes you just need a little positive energy in your life. A little hope, a glimpse of that light at the end of the tunnel. Wouldn’t you agree? I can’t thank you enough for all your kindness and thoughts and prayers on this post. With all my heart I want to tell you how much…
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This little movie has been doing the blog rounds for a couple of weeks now, and I’ve finally caved. I simply have to share it too. What a wonderful, free-spirited way to roll into 2012. Do what you love. Love what you do. Live your passion. Share your passion. Do all this with the people…
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A guest post by Patricia Sands. Folks, meet Patricia Sands, wonderful author of The Bridge Club, and raconteur of all things French. I can’t tell you how wonderful Patricia has been in giving me advice and inspiration for my family holiday in France. She is talented, clever and has a generous heart, and I’m so…
Read MoreI really needed to hear this today. The person behind the sentiment is children’s book author Dallas Clayton. I discovered Clayton while browsing yet another of my favourite bloggers, Danielle of Sometimes Sweet, who reads Clayton’s books to her baby boy Henry. Clayton wrote his first book for his son. It was about dreaming big and…
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