I M Perfect lady

Books

  • Write them Beautifully…

    In "Good Prose" The Art of Nonfiction.…about Memoirs. "The desire to tell the truth haunts the serious memoirist, and so it should. But there is a step beyond truth.  For the writer, the ultimate reward of memoir may be to… Continue reading

  • Without Your Self

    Krishnamurti writes about "Art, Beauty and Creation", in his book "Education and the Significance to Life." "Most of us are constantly trying to escape from ourselves; and as art offers a respectable and easy means to doing so, it plays… Continue reading

  • Injects the word fear.

    Here is a interesting writing on Fear….or perhaps what fear stands in front of, by J.Krishnamurti in his book, "Commentaries on Living, 2nd Series" "Why do you engage in welfare or in any other kind of work?" "I suppose it… Continue reading

  • Enough to Lie

    Dr. Maya Angelou wrote this about her mother…"She's very intelligent and often said she didn't fear anyone enough to lie."  Isn't that an interesting line.   Lying is when you are afraid.   Afraid of the other person…or you feeling… Continue reading

  • A Tough Pill to Swallow!

    I finally finished listening to "The Center Cannot Hold – My journey through madness" by Elyn R Saks.   A very interesting perspective between the woman, the illness, and her career self; how to deal with them all without having… Continue reading

  • Useful and Beautiful.

    There was a criteria for organizing your home by which each item has to be useful or beautiful, and the rest released.  (from the book, Simple Abundance, by Sarah Ban Breathnach) How interesting to look at your home from those… Continue reading

  • Love, Friendship and Loyalty.

    I am half way done with the book, "Bloom – Finding Beauty in the Unexpected" by Kelle Hampton.  It is a wonderful fast moving harsh truth read; when life changes its course without our permission or willingness to go along.… Continue reading

  • As Art

    I have experienced creativity at a deep level, a healing level, but I could not have pinpointed what it healed, why or how. I just knew that Art Quilting was key in making me feel better…I can see how it… Continue reading

  • Please themselves.

    Here is another interesting piece from Brene Brown on Perfectionism. "PS – Shame and perfectionism aren't related, are they?" "I emailed her back and explained the relationship between shame and perfectionism: Where perfectionism exists, shame is always lurking.  In fact,… Continue reading

  • Be real or Pretend

    Do we really know what being authentic means?  I felt like it was something I had to do again and again, that it isn't just like a coat you wear, but how you act…and it either lived in each moment… Continue reading