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Creation Without Magic
What is Creation without Magic? Mere craft? Decoration? Assembly? When I was a teenager, I’ll never forgive my art teacher for breaking my concept of art. To be fair to him, it was all in the best intentions. And it wasn’t all his fault. I didn’t have to listen. I had many flaws in my…
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Fear and Trust: My Experience with Parable of the Sower and Braiding Sweetgrass
Last week I had a very difficult experience reading the Parable of the Sower. For anyone who would like to read the book, read at your own caution because I am going to discuss it in general terms. Mainly it’s going to be centered around the general topics discussed and the tone and perspective of…
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My Stroke of Insight: My Insights
Yesterday I finished “My Stroke of Insight” and I just want to put it on my list of 100% recommend regardless of who or what you are. Great book. Now it irritates me when people give vague blanket support for something, so I’ll give some reasons. I am the sort of person that is very…
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2023: The Year of the Trickster
Ever since I read Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert, I have taken a lot of what she said to heart. The purpose of the book was to discuss the perspectives people take on their art and creativity. One of my favorite things that she wrote about was Tricksters and Martyrs. When I was a little…
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Perspective: Suffering is Optional
So today I heard of Camus’s theory of absurdism and I loved it. It fits well with Gilbert’s view of Tricksters and trickster energy. I had no idea someone had laid out my philosophy before. The meaning of life, the eventual necessity of death, creates a conflict within us all. Not only is our own…
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Shrugging the Burden of Potential
Hi, my name is Cassandra and I am 30 years old. I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder type two nearly exactly a decade ago. That is not precisely true, as I was initially only diagnosed with major depressive disorder. The antidepressants sent me rapid cycling and a few months later I was on lithium. I…
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My Picture Book
Today I’ll tell you the story of how I first was inspired to write a book. It was the most magical, nearly fully formed idea I’ve ever had, and I am so excited to realize it as well as I can. It starts with the book Big Magic by Liz Gilbert. Yes, the Eat, Pray,…