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Roasting Cashews on the Corner of Third and Broadway
I love poking around in department stores. Saturday mornings, with a dollar or so in my pocket, I ride the bus downtown to roam around in the department stores to buy my treasures for the coming week. These stores are filled with many colors, textures, smells, sounds, and people bustling around. So much to see
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The Gold Lute
A Mnemonic Fairy Tale A mnemonic device is something that is intended to assist your memory. There are many types of mnemonic devices. Think of ROY G BIV: the acronym that helps us remember the colors of the rainbow – Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet. “The Golden Lute” is a mnemonic device –
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Orange
The photography challenge of the week was “orange.” I was pretty sure I would not be able to find too many scenes or items containing the color orange to photograph. In this area at this time of year snow mostly covers the ground and there is not too much life around outside that might exhibit
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Circularity
Curves, arcs, circles, spirals: these are the geometric forms that make up the architecture of nature. When we practice tai chi we try to simulate the forms in nature. This means that we move gracefully without locking out the joints. To do this we must first open the joints and we can do this by
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Tools of the Art
Every art form has its own special tools. A painter has special brushes, paints, canvases; a sculptor has their own collection of knives and material from which they carve a piece; a writer their own individual pens, paper, software; a musician their own favorite instrument; a photographer their personal brand of camera and multiple lenses
Yoga & Tai Chi
A Blending of the Arts
Yoga & Tai Chi 