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Aug.05.2012
I like to say we learn most from mistakes. After all, rehearsing our mastery doesn’t stretch us, nor does it trigger the need to develop skill at pivoting. Taking a wrong turn is such a powerful creative force: Ooops! Time to improvise! As much as I like to be right, I must admit...
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Jul.30.2010
"In my village, a long time ago, we had a rabbi who, it seemed, had a knack for illumination. He seemed to be able to make the simplest things glow with significance, and as it was his contention that it was the simplest things that people often did not understand, he made himself very useful to...
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May.19.2010
I confess to loving it when writers confess that sometimes we can't explain how or why it is that we do what we do. That some of our best work is the result not of grand theory, premeditated strategies or any profound understanding of our own process, but of simple trial and error.
"Let'...
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Jun.21.2009
I put Ponds Cold Cream on my face, lather it all over until I resemble a mannequin in a store front window. White face. Blue eyes. I don't bother to wipe it off. I let it sit, soak into my sun drenched skin where it settles like a sticky web.
Day.
Long day.
Summer.
But you do that kind of thing...
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