Need When thinking about need, the easiest to define are physical needs: hunger, thirst, sleep, shelter, etc. American psychologist Abraham Maslow presented the theory that human actions are motivated by certain physiological needs in his paper “A Theory of Human Motivation.” Maslow presented a hierarchy of needs and postulated that when a lower level ofContinue reading “Day Sixteen: Touching Need”
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Day Fifteen: Motivated to Patiently Explore Motivation
Motivation Today we had a very special guest post by Jacob M. Appel about prioritizing writing. If you haven’t read it yet, I recommend reading it for a dose of writing motivation. It is human nature to be drawn to pleasure and avoid pain. All motivations can be put into these two categories, but someContinue reading “Day Fifteen: Motivated to Patiently Explore Motivation”
Day Fourteen: A Bit of Luck
Luck Luck is a tricky thing. It can reverse like the flip of a coin. It’s no surprise that people attempt to control it, to wield it through imbuing it into objects. Lucky charms hanging on a chain to kiss, or pocketed to squeeze and rub give one a sense of control when the worldContinue reading “Day Fourteen: A Bit of Luck”
Day Thirteen: The Amazing Joy of Kindness
Kindness Kindness is another of those abstract nouns with a circular definition. It means to act with benevolence. What does benevolence mean? An act of kindness. It also means a desire to do good to others, but good is a whole bunch of vague and abstract. This morning I read that yesterday, April 12th, wasContinue reading “Day Thirteen: The Amazing Joy of Kindness”
Day Twelve: Finding Joy Making the Small Things Count
Joy Thinking of the light and bright feeling of joy, and the effect created from over-exposure for “hope,” I tried something completely new today. Usually when I create bokeh images in the mirrorworld, I shut off all of the lights except for the string lights, and close the door to make it dark. Today, IContinue reading “Day Twelve: Finding Joy Making the Small Things Count”
Day Eleven: A Great Big Powerful Idea
Idea A new thought, conception, or notion may occur when looking at something in a new way. Today’s idea for my photographs came from the bulbs in my overhead light burning out. Because the overhead light didn’t work, I turned on the lamp on my bookshelf. Looking up at the glass over the dead bulbsContinue reading “Day Eleven: A Great Big Powerful Idea”
Day Nine: How Hope Breaks Through
Hope Hope is “the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best; a feeling of desire for something and confidence in the possibility of its fulfillment; a thing, situation, or event that is desired.” For today’s images I thought of hope as a bud opening, orContinue reading “Day Nine: How Hope Breaks Through”
Day Eight: They Never Tell You Goals Are Squirrelly
Goal A goal can be a concrete noun, if you’re playing soccer (football in most of the world), but as an abstract noun–“the result or achievement toward which effort is directed”–it is a squirrelly concept. Since the beginning of the year, I have read a pile of books on the concept of goal setting, creatingContinue reading “Day Eight: They Never Tell You Goals Are Squirrelly”
Day Seven: An Aubade to An Abundance of Failures
Failure Today’s post on Blogging from A to Z has some quotes to help us focus on a successful future. Two of them are about failure: “Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” –Winston Churchill “Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really:Continue reading “Day Seven: An Aubade to An Abundance of Failures”
Day Six: Expressions of Things That Go Bump in the Night
Expression From dictionary.com I learned that “expression” is about transformation, manifestation, and communication. 1. the act or an instance of transforming ideas into words 2. a manifestation of an emotion, feeling, etc, without words 3. communication of emotion through music, painting, etc. Visually, that leaves the possibilities wide open. I could express absolutely anything. ButContinue reading “Day Six: Expressions of Things That Go Bump in the Night”
Experience Writing 