Category: media negativity

Wide windows and a wet, wet spring – Creativity flowering in Braidwood

Nov 16, 2022

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Pen

in art, arts and health, Australian novels, creative cross-fertilisation, creative synergy, creativity, gardening, Inequality, media negativity, optimism, Simplifying, sustainable living

Why garden? Why write? … ‘Set wide the window. Let me drink the day.’ American writer Edith Wharton said that and I think of it often since moving to the country. These days, still in La Nina, our well overflowing and the creek rushing and rising as rain continues to fall, drinking the day can…
Lost Focus – Johann Hari’s feasible solutions to our burning problems

Apr 13, 2022

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Pen

in capitalism, Democracy, depression, digital technology, dreams, Leisure, Living creatively, media negativity, mental illness, stress management, writers’ health

Tsunamis of information are drowning us We’ve lost our ability to focus. Tsunamis of information are coming at us, drenching us every minute of every waking hour. We can’t keep up with it, mentally or emotionally. What we sacrifice when we try is depth. Not to mention sanity, peace of mind and our democracy. In…
Lamplight on the darkened path

May 7, 2017

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Pen

in capitalism, creativity, Democracy, Living creatively, media negativity, public squalour

In Sickness, in Health and in Jail by Mel Jacobs ‘The world breaks everyone, and afterwards some are stronger in the broken places.’ Hemingway said that, and Mel Jacobs quotes him in the front of her poignant memoir, In Sickness, in Health and in Jail (Allen & Unwin, 2016). The author describes the shock, social…

Category: media negativity

Wide windows and a wet, wet spring – Creativity flowering in Braidwood

Lost Focus – Johann Hari’s feasible solutions to our burning problems

Lamplight on the darkened path