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- Living Around Limitations - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2010 from alison shapiroI have often enjoyed the fantasy - in my dreams, of course - that I could float through the air and maybe even fly, but the truth is that last time I looked in the mirror, I didn't see any wings. I am not a bat; nor for sure an angel. When it comes to flying I am limited by my anatomy. I fly ...
Views: 1214(3 votes) - Making Shapes - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2010 from alison shapiroMy friend and teacher, Stanley Keleman, taught me a lot about making shapes. Formative psychology he calls it - shaping a life. I used to "think" my life was an effort of my mind alone. That's quite a funny illusion - a life without a body. Did I "think" I was a disembodied cortex? A lump of ...
Views: 1095(1 vote) - What Good Is Rest Anyway? - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2010 from alison shapiroRest is highly underrated in our lives. I am not talking about just sleep, although we know we don't get nearly enough of that either, I am talking about "not-doing". I have been running like mad all of this fall, traveling here and there, giving talks, working on projects - wonderful, ...
Views: 1051(1 vote) - Aiming Where We Want To Go - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2010 from alison shapiroMy friend, Fletcher Millmore, is a British car mechanic and a philosopher. He was explaining an observation of his to me the other day. Fletcher does a lot of driving and one day while traveling down an empty highway, he started looking at skid marks on long stretches of road. Nothing for miles ...
Views: 1049(1 vote) - Starting From Where We Are - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2010 from alison shapiroThe holidays are over. The year has turned. 2010 is upon us. Like many people, I tend to think about my life in general at the beginning of the year and one of the things that got me thinking this year was the trip to the snow. Lots of people go to the snow. Lots of people live in the snow and ...
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