Picons: Your Personal Icon

February 23, 2010

Picons are an old idea that can be new again. A picon is a per­sonal icon. Much like the fav­i­con cre­ated for a site or blog, the picon is for your­self. Another chance to use the pop­u­lar self brand­ing plan. Have you already got a picon which you use to rep­re­sent your­self, an avatar? If […]

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Can You Answer This Question?

February 22, 2010

From Shadow Muse on Live­Jour­nal:
Given the choice, would you pre­fer to be a world-class (visual or per­form­ing) artist or an intel­lec­tual genius? Which, in your opin­ion, would facil­i­tate a more ful­fill­ing career and social life?
I really can’t pick one or the other. Maybe an artist cause not being a genius doesn’t mean I have to […]

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Prose in Three Steps

February 21, 2010

Work on good prose has three steps: a musi­cal stage when it is com­posed, an archi­tec­tonic one when it is built, and a tex­tile one when it is woven. — Wal­ter Ben­jamin
I like this quote. It reminds me not to skip steps for one thing. It also makes writ­ing feel like a dance, a process […]

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When Women Thrive…

February 20, 2010

The old stan­dard, “love makes the world go round” really does work in so many ways.
When women thrive, all of soci­ety ben­e­fits, and suc­ceed­ing gen­er­a­tions are given a bet­ter start in life. — Kofi Annan

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Makeup as Self-Expression

February 19, 2010

“Makeup is a really good form of self-expression — it’s your win­dow into the world”. - Dick Page
Write about some­one who wears a lot of makeup, how does a lot of makeup cov­er­ing their face change their out­look on the world? How does a lot of makeup change the way the world will look back at them?

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Badaud

February 18, 2010

A per­son given to idle obser­va­tion of every­thing.
From Wordnik.com, word of the day.
Can you see this per­son as being some kind of know it all? Or are they just really aim­less and hav­ing noth­ing bet­ter to do with their time?
Write a char­ac­ter, some­one extremely badaud. Is the per­son like­able? Aggra­vat­ing? Or great fun to have around, […]

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Dystopia

February 17, 2010

From the Free Dic­tio­nary — Dystopia: an imag­i­nary place where every­thing is as bad as it can be.
Dystopia is the oppo­site of a utopia. It’s a pretty great word if you’re a sci­ence fic­tion fan, like myself. I hadn’t heard of it before. Or, at least I didn’t remem­ber it. My nephew started play­ing a new […]

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Who Will Win the UnDeath Match?

February 16, 2010

So far the were­wolves are ahead. They’ve out­lasted zom­bies, vam­pires and angels. (Are angels undead?)
I would have to pick drag­ons as their next chal­lenger. No, drag­ons are not undead. But, I can’t seri­ously see angels as undead. I think that opens the options up to other immor­tal crea­tures and a dragon can give a werewolf […]

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Truth or Dare

February 15, 2010

The game played in par­ties or in secret. We played on the front lawn, behind the hedges, of a neighbour’s house while they were on vaca­tion. A group of kids, some teenagers and some not quite there yet. At that time I didn’t under­stand the game but you caught on quick to save your­self embarrassment […]

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Give Yourself Some Love

February 14, 2010

On Valen­tines Day, whether you are sin­gle, mar­ried or any­thing in between and beyond, you can write a love let­ter to your­self. Don’t just joke or use sar­casm to pick on your­self. You are the only you. Appre­ci­ate your­self. Give your­self some credit. Tell your­self that you’re pretty good, if not better.

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Love, Dear Valentine

February 13, 2010

Love is not find­ing the right per­son
But cre­at­ing the right rela­tion­ship.
It is not how much love we have in the begin­ning
But How much love we built until the end.
– Unknown
“I don’t pre­tend to know what love is for every­one, but I can tell you what it is for me; love is know­ing all about some­one, and […]

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Happy Valentines Day Weekend

February 12, 2010

With­out con­sid­er­ing money, time, aller­gies or other peo­ple, write the Valen­tine Day hol­i­day you would really like to have. Travel any­where in time and space. How does the day begin? What do you most look for­ward to? As the day wraps up where are you?
Now, hand this plan to your sig­nif­i­cant other, your lover, husband/ wife […]

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I Think We’re Alone Now

February 11, 2010

You see a woman eat­ing alone in a busy restau­rant. What does she look like, how is she dressed? Pic­ture her in your mind. Is she older, mid­dle aged or a young woman? What is her story? Did some­one stand her up? Is she a quiet per­son who prefers to be alone? Is she just […]

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Expression without Expression

February 10, 2010

Think of some­one who is unable to express emo­tion. Maybe they grew up with the “stiff upper lip” the­ory of life or maybe they don’t want to upset or annoy some­one by say­ing the wrong thing at the wrong time so they just say and express noth­ing at all. What­ever the back­ground story, plan a […]

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Where is Your Voyage Taking you Today?

February 9, 2010

“The real voy­age of dis­cov­ery con­sists not of find­ing new lands, but of see­ing the ter­ri­tory with new eyes.” — Mar­cel Proust

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