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Good day 3mm! We all have heard of “synchronicity,” right? How about “Synkairosity?” I haven’t. 🤷🏽 But with the former we hear folks discuss “coincidence,” and the actual word, “Synchronicity.” Big deal? Yes, it’s occurred again.

I’ve hesitated to throw any distractions into the beaver lodge that contains the players (Hi, Tal, Cal, Nia!) and the matrix of energy for book birthing. Today’s fresh post poses the idea of Muse Picture Books. Aside: The pictures are acquiring ever more nuance! Fabuloso! Previously I recall an idea of individual books featuring one Muse at a time.

So??? My intended suggestion along both those lines is to have just one Muse reply to typist/writist/picturist’s beginning of each day’s new blog. Amplifying. Questioning. Concurring. Dancing? But seriously, that could serve to flesh out their unique personalities even more. Could “force” community members to focus on that one’s traits. Illustrations showing a Muse voicing (cartoon balloons) her thoughts. Nia. Or inviting readers to offer their own replies. Cal. An interpretive dance pose to illustrate the tone. No guessing needed here to fill in Tal’s name. 😬

I’ll bet this has your quarks and neutrinos spinning! Oh, sorry to sound slightly suggestive. 😔 A quantum mechanics thing-a-ma-bob.

POP-ing intrigues me. When I imagine myself “drawing” I immediately see stick figures. I’ll certainly need Tal’s help conveying mood or emotion. Even adding feet would help... I “see” that POP practice as forming a channel, a conduit, to allow the two way flow of creativity. First ,the feet. Did your note cards have illustrations?

Elaine’s contribution to cabin-weekend must have been no small matter! The Fascinate personality assessment process reminded me of Enneagram-ing from some years back. Boiling me down to seven words has been my wife’s goal for years! Did you see similarities?

I hope the lodge has wall space for Thanksgiving decorations!

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Quarks and neutrinos you say?

What's the name of that experiment with observed particles/atoms(?) in a box? Just the act of observing them changed their behavior?

My note cards did NOT have illustrations. I only started drawing last year! Before that I was stick-figure-only drawing, like you!

Hmmm... I feel the assessment is in step with the way I see my personality. That said... I try to remember Heraclitus famed river/man quote, remembering that nothing about me has to be boxed if I don't want it to. I do find it helpful to be aware of my natural inclinations. 👍

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In graduate school, a new professor was an expert in “Unobtrusive Measures.” Yes, you guessed it. People in a wide variety of settings alter their behavior if they know they are being observed. How to observe without observing?

On quarks and neutrinos, there’s a giant particle accelerator in Switzerland that “smashes atoms” making quarks and such. To me the irony is the vastness of the Universe, but in the end these pieces of atoms are the “big deal.” 😬 and they make up the Universe!

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Gary-

It is this #Truth, the one you describe, that makes up the foundation of the transformation we are all witnessing in real time with Typist and The Girls!

It’s not some radical atom smashing device that liberated them… No, it’s the day to day commitment to the craft, it’s the daily strike of hammer and chisel, brush and paper (sometimes the wrong paper) you know, the kind that doesn’t hold up to watercolors… It’s trial and error, it’s small change commitments, it’s atomic habits, which BTW, is also a phenomenal book about the tiny habits that accumulate over time to create a “BIG DEAL” Life!

Love your perspective! Thanks for being YOU!

#JustShowUp #JustMakeYourArt 😎😊😎

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(sometimes the wrong paper) LOL 🤣

Atomic Habits... I think I bit off more than I could chew trying to jump into a full fledged week of a POP schedule. 🤔 Cal is giving Tal, Nia, and Typist encouraging words of self-love and grace. We'll keep at it. :)

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For 32 plus years, I’ve been taking things one day at a time… 😊

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I was just reflecting on how little I worry — about anything. Learning how to be in the present moment with awareness, acceptance, and action has made all the difference in my life.

One day at a time!

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“When I imagine myself “drawing” I immediately see stick figures. I’ll certainly need Tal’s help conveying mood or emotion.” ~Spangler

Gary, I get it, I really do! Prior to the TEDx below, I was a poor stick figure artist at best... I realize the talk won’t have the same results for most people, but it woke up the sleeping artist in me!

I am now, only months later, an accomplished artist. I believe my work is as good as many artists who’ve been sketching for years...

I recently was made aware the artist was already inside me, and much like Michelangelo’s David, it simply needed to be nurtured and released...

Once freed from the marble block of “I can’t draw” the Artist emerged! ✍🏼🎨✍🏼

https://youtu.be/7TXEZ4tP06c

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“freed from the marble block”

:)

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T-shirt: “I THINK I MAY NEED PROFESSIONAL HELP. A chef, a butler, and a maid should do it.” 😁

Deb pointed out that I do a lot of the cooking, and we have someone come in every other week to housekeep (what was once a necessity when we were both working is now an affordable luxury — plus we don't want to dump Yuliya and her crew, who have been loyal over the years), so we just need to figure out how to hire a butler and we're all set. My suggestion for a robot butler has been taken under advisement. 😉

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What about a masseuse, chauffeur, and dog walker? 😀 Oh... That's what I want.

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