I want to be a good perfomer
Have you ever dreamed that you were flying comfortably in the sky and suddenly fell from it? I wake up in such horror. When trying to accomplish something in real life, it is easy to hesitate when thinking about the timing, my abilities, people’s reactions, and the cost. Life is
Dare to Dream of a forest floor
5-5 Fallen Leaves Martha Ressler I have a modest but maybe impossible dream. I would like to live long enough to shuffle through the fallen dead leaves accumulated in our private forest. Since we planted it in 2020, the trees are not yet big enough to produce enough. I know
More Than Just a Room
I NEARLY MISSED THE MAGIC. It was 2016 in Philadelphia. I was there for a SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Associates) annual conference. We were waiting for buses to come and take us to the Wayne Art Center to see an Art quilt exhibit. It was raining. The buses never came.
Journey Back to the Cretaceous!
I had to go all the way back to my elementary school years for this one. You could argue that I had to go back 70 to 66 million years. My first memory of school involved the study of dinosaurs. It was the first unit of the year, and maybe
Always Counting Steps!
I have always had a thing about counting my steps. As I kid it helped me to learn to count. As a high school student carrying many books I made sure I knew how many steps to get to the next level so I would not fall. Even when I
Nightmarre
Dare to dream, a theme that creates a dilemma for me. I am a realistic person, who does not chase big dreams and hardly does self-reflection, like Christie. It is a form of recognition, which makes me joyful. Unlike Christie, I am not very impulsive and spontaneously do things that
BIG HAIRY AUDACIOUS GOALS
When I owned a business, with clients and employees, I was constantly planning for future growth, gaining efficiencies and developing new aspects to the business. Our annual goal was a BHAG (BIG, HAIRY, AUDACIOUS GOAL), and yes, we always wrote them in capitals, and it was supported by a mis-quote
Dreaming in Sound and Color
As a child I had repetitive frightening dreams as a result I have been an explorer of dreams for most of my life. As a psychology student I learned that the brain is clearing clutter (stress) while we sleep. The dream language is the language of symbols; each dreamer has
Dare to Dream
When I was young, before I was married, after work, I would ride the bus, to night classes at college I used to daydream on the journey, sitting on the top deck where I had a good view along the way I’d dream about what the future might hold for
Daring to Dream
I was just about to settle down for the night, when I thought I should check my calendar, and I see that it is my turn to blog about our current theme, Dare to Dream! So before I venture off to dreamland tonight, I will write a few thoughts to
Ideas Come When They Are Meant To
When I first read the prompt, my brain went “deer-in-the-headlights”. I am SO not a self-reflection kind of person. This was going to be difficult. What if the spark never came? I won’t spend time on something disingenuous, but what have I ever dreamed of? I never sought to be
The Butterfly Dream
To me, at first, ‘Dare to dream’ can be taken to mean “Have the courage to pursue your dreams.”But the phrase also whispers something else to me:“Do not fear change.” And with that, Zhuangzi’s ancient parable,The Butterfly Dream, came to mind. One day, Zhuangzi dreams that he has become a