You don't create your mission in life -
you detect it.
Viktor Frankl
"When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth
and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and
for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall.
Think of it ...
always."
Mahatma Gandhi
The closer the United States gets to choosing a president, the more the event begins to look like a papal election: it's all about religion and little about what religion teaches.
Sr. Joan Chittister
"Humanity i love you because you are perpetually putting the secret of life into your pants and forgetting it's there and sitting down on it "
- e.e.cummings
Leonard Bernstein said, "To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan and not quite enough time."
Art is an irreplaceable way of understanding and expressing the world-equal to but distinct from scientific and conceptual methods. Art addresses us in the fullness of our being-simultaneously speaking to our intellect, emotions, intuition, imagination, memory, and physical senses. There are some truths about life that can be expressed only as stories, or songs, or images.
Dana Gioia
We're not hungry for what we're not getting. We're hungry for what we're not giving.
Anonymous
The hottest place in hell is reserved for those who in times of crisis preferred
to remain neutral.
Dante
If the path before you is clear,
you're probably on someone else's.
Joseph Campbell
Just as humanity 100 years ago
outlawed slavery, so is it capable
of outlawing war.
Matthew Fox
Forgiveness is the healing of the perception of separation.
Course in Miracles
I play, therefore
I am.
Jan Phillips
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Greetings!
I heard this story last week at San Diego Unity Center, compliments of Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell, and am passing it along for the fun of it...
A man was stranded on a desert island for ten years. He kept sending up smoke signals but no one ever came. Finally a ship responded to his signal and the captain came ashore. When he saw three big buildings side by side, he asked the man what they were.
"That one on the left is my house," said the man.
"Why that's a fabulous house," said the captain, "What a great job you did building it. And what about the one in the middle. What's that?"
"That one there is my church," said the man.
"Beautiful, beautiful!" said the captain. "And what's that last one, the one on the right?"
"Oh," said the man. "That's the church I used to go to."
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Kingsolver: Calling all writers for 'the imagination of humane possibilities'
Barbara Kingsolver is searching for writers who share a vision for a literature of social change. The Bellwether Prize for Fiction offers a $25,000 cash award and guaranteed publication by a major publisher for an unpublished first novel.
Manuscripts are being accepted now until October 5, 2007, for the next prize cycle. Judges will announce the winner in May 2008.
Applicants must be U.S. citizens who have some previous publication record, but who have not previously published a book that sold more than 10,000 copies. The submitted manuscript must be an original, previously unpublished novel, accompanied by a completed application form and a $25 processing fee. Additional
information and a downloadable application can be found at http://www.bellwetherprize.org.
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If you're in San Diego area: workshops I recommend by people I love and respect:
Painting Your Journal with Jane LaFazio_Saturday, October 13, 2007_9am-5pm
Record your life, your trip, or your daily adventures in an illustrated journal as you spend a meditative day drawing and sketching in the healing gardens. Jane will guide you through basic drawing, inking and watercolor painting. You'll choose simple objects, vignettes or vistas to draw and paint, and then journal your thoughts right onto the drawings. At the end of the day you will create a small book with your artwork. The class is geared for beginners, but all levels are welcome.
See Jane's watercolor sketchbook at http://janeville.blogspot.com/
To register call Ellen at 1-760-436-3310 _Or visit California Center for Creative Renewal website: http://www.artretreats.com/index.htm
FEARLESS SPEAKING! Speaking Circles for anyone choosing to let go of fear of public speaking. These small groups for the safe exploration of Full Presence Communication are facilitated by therapist, Coach, Sandy Trybus LCSW. Call or e-mail for dates and times. sandytrybus@cox.net 619-265-0123
The Art of You
Expressive Arts Therapy and Classes
with Chris Brittain, a great guide for the creative journey. For more information and class schedules, please http://theartofyou.com/happenings.html or call Christina Brittain at 619-838-5378.
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If you work with cancer patients: A
note from Dr. Judith Cornell...We will be awarding two Iloyd Symington
cancer grants for the 2008 Mandala Facilitation Training. Applicants
must be professionals (art therapist, hospice worker, minister, nurse,
doctor or social worker etc.) who are already in the service of working
directly with cancer patients and their supportive loved ones. Grant
includes full tuition, room & board and mentoring fees.
If you
are interested in applying please send an email requesting an
application form. Deadline for grant Applications: October 1, 2007
_Notification November 30, 2007_To receive an application please email ommandala@earthlink.net In the subject header put GRANT APPLICATION_Or send a SASE to Judith Cornell, PO Box 22082, Carmel CA 93924
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Cool video to check out: the listening project
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Born Gay is now available on my website as a book and an ebook for download. This is a photo-memoir about growing up gay in a family, culture, and church that perceived homosexuality as a sinful abomination. It's a tale of a metamorphosis from caterpillar to butterfly, contemplative to activist, victim of circumstance to creator of circumstance. I'm uploading some preview pages and they should be up soon.
check out Born Gay
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Ok, that's all for now. I'm on my way to the east coast for a facilitator training at Lake Bonaparte (where I get to experience a Northeastern fall for the first time in a long time). I've got some great new workshops coming up for San Diego and will be sending out flyers about them soon.
Take care and be the light...
Jan
p.s doesn't this image of Venus of Willendorf (20,000-30,000 BCE) look a lot like this shot from the Hubbell telescope?
 
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