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Amotisse week twenty-two

24/8/2020

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How to try, artful thinking and play dates. 

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The Art of Trying.  Write a description for this title.
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There is art in much of what we do, from making tea, to hanging out the clothes and brushing your hair.  Look at your daily art-scape. What are your rituals, your particularities?
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Play date…
Have you hung out with your inner child lately? 
In her book The Source, Judith McAdam explains that in order to find alignment with source energy, we must first heal and nurture the child within us.  With time and age, we often forget, repress or neglect the child we were, even though that child is always present and an important part of our true essence.
Find a childhood photo of yourself and free write your play date.  How in touch with her are you? How will you reconnect?  How is she feeling?  Does she need fixing?

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Amotisse week twenty-one

17/8/2020

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Branches, nonsense and contemplative curiosita.

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Stretch out your branches, extend your roots and free write to this theme:
 
If I was a tree…
 
And just because you can, check out your Celtic tree sign
https://www.metaphysicalzone.com/celtic/
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​The more I read the more inspiration I find.
The more I make, the more I do, the more I share…it is endless! 
Sharing is one of the main reasons I (re)created Amotisse.  It gives me a special kind of joy and the inspiration I receive from your participation is magical!
 
Eva (aka Freda) recently shared some of her spoken poems with me, recited in their original German to music, emphasizing sound and rhythm, wonderful! 
Once again, we will follow her lead and write some nonsense poems.  Here is her one below.  Seems like good timing for being nonsensical!
 
Feriengedicht
Man könnte weisse Mäuse züchten und einen Papierbrief schreiben, Nelkenzigaretten rauchen und den Brief per Taube schicken, Raupen aus den Nelken fischen und vernichten
oder einfach in der Wanne liegenbleiben.
Man könnte Raupen sammeln und in Briefen schicken, Tauben züchten und den Mäusen schreiben, Zigaretten in die Nelken legen
und die Blattlaus in den Tiefschlaf giften.
Man könnte Tauben räuchern und mit Nelken, spicken Raupen mit den Läusen schlafen schicken,
rote Knöpfe an die Maus verfüttern
Briefe züchten und im Vollbad rauchen.
Doch was tut man?
Alles nicht.
Unversinnzapft ein Gedicht.
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You could breed white mice and write a paper letter, smoke clove cigarettes and send the letter by dove, fish caterpillars from the carnations and destroy them
or just stay in the tub.
 
You could collect caterpillars and send them in letters, breed pigeons and write letters to the mice, put cigarettes in the carnations
and put the aphids into dead sleep.
 
You could smoke pigeons larded with cloves, send the caterpillars to bed with the aphids
feed red buttons to the mouse
Cultivate letters and smoke in the tub.
 
But what do you do?
Nothing.
Spin around a poem that doesn't make sense.

(Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version))
 

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Our final Curiosita exercise, follow as below.
 
CONTEMPLATION EXERCISE
 
In an age of sound bites, contemplation is becoming a lost art. Attention spans grow shorter and the soul suffers. To contemplate, as defined by Webster, is “to look at with continued attention, to meditate on.” It comes from the root contemplan, which means “to mark out a temple” (con, “with”;
templum, “temple”) or “to gaze attentively.”
Choose any question from the previous exercises—for example: What people, places, and activities allow me to feel most fully myself?—and hold it in your mind for a sustained period, at least ten minutes at a time. A good way to do this is to take a large sheet of paper and write the question out in big, bold letters. Then:
Find a quiet, private place and hang it on the wall in front of you.
Relax, breathe deeply, allowing extended exhalations.
Just sit with your question.
When your mind starts to wander, bring it back by reading the question again, out loud. It is particularly valuable to do this contemplation exercise before going to sleep, and again upon waking. You will find that if you practice it sincerely, your mind will “incubate” insights overnight.
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Absorption

14/8/2020

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07/08
As the laptop does it’s internal thing,
I’m surrounded by the hum of the fireplace, (old, noisy, yet efficient),
radio tunes and the ever succulent thrum of wind and rain.
Sounds soaking down,
through and within,
bringing green transformations,
future abundance and
ease to the farmer’s mind.
Three faithful furry companions curl up beside me.
My eye is caught by reflections of birds flitting,
enjoying the winter shower outside.
My mind wanders,
nothing unusual there.
I’m prone to distraction and
grey, wet skies make me pensive.
Natural cleansing and replenishing
as nature washes and refreshes her pores,
she extends her transformative energy out to us.
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In the whys...

14/8/2020

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In the whys
In the wonderings
In the chatterings

What is to understand?

What are the chances that
at any given moment
those sparks of light
will slowly or quickly
fade to nothing and extinguish?

Hard + fast + defiance ≠ invincible
Equality is inevitable

We are our own makers
We choose our own adventures
There is no protection
from yourself
Curiosity will make you
Or break you
You choose your own adventure

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Amotisse week twenty

10/8/2020

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​​Promises, imaginings and curiosita.

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The lovely and talented Freda Becker has inspired the free writing theme this week with, “A promise and an incentive”. 
What do you promise, what is your incentive?

​Imagine by Zohab Zee Kahn
 

Words and poetry are made for sharing, for speaking out loud, to be expressed. Are you familiar with the world of spoken word and slam poetry? I was fortunate enough to see and hear this guy in action, to be inspired by the power of words out loud.
Follow the link, have a listen, then IMAGINE your own world out loud using the same or similar format. Maybe John Lennon's Imagine is more your style, or do you know another?
Take a moment, close your eyes, cast your mind out and share your imaginings with us.


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The next part of Leo’s Curiosita exercise from the book
How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci by Michael Gelb, is a:
 
THEME OBSERVATION
 
Working with a theme is a powerful tool for focusing your Curiosità. Choose a theme for the day and record observations in your notebook. You can jot down your thoughts throughout the day, or just make mental notes to be recorded in your notebook at a quiet time before sleep. Aim to make accurate, simple observations. Speculation, opinion, and theory are
fine, but actual observation offers the richest resource.
Your list of a hundred questions, or the power questions, will provide plenty of themes for this exercise. Additionally, you can choose any of the following or make up your own. Some favorite themes include: Emotions, Seeing, Listening, Touch, Aesthetics, and Animals. Do this exercise on your own or choose a theme with a friend and compare notes at the end of
the day.
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Amotisse week nineteen

2/8/2020

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Random words,
streams of consciousness and
​top ten questions.


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Find a book
open randomly
write down the first word you see
repeat this 8 times
write a poem using these nine words



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Julia Cameron refers to free writing as her morning pages and recommends writing 3 pages every morning, for Leonardo it was stream of consciousness, for Zohab Zee Kahn, it's a brain dump. Whatever you call it and however you do it, free writing is a release. Writing is a release! Creating and making is a release! Let's map it out.
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I love using mind maps to sort out my thoughts and ideas. It's like brainstorming on paper, you can even make it pretty and colourful. With the energy of the full moon above us, write the word RELEASE in the middle of your page and circle it. What gives you release? Is there something or someone you need to release? Branching out, write all the associations that come to mind from this word...release yourself!

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​Last week I introduced Leo’s Curiosita from the book How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci by Michael Gelb.  Did you manage to write your 100 questions?  I am still looking for which notebook I wrote mine in!
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Here are the next steps; 
Review your list of a hundred questions. Choose the ten that seem most significant. Then rank them in importance from one to ten. (Of course, you can add new questions or change the order at any time.) Do not attempt to answer them right now; you’ve done enough just putting them in writing in a place where you can easily find them.
 
Ten Power Questions
The following questions are drawn from different people’s “top ten.”  These questions are powerful catalysts to personal growth and fulfilment.
Copy them in your notebook for contemplation:
When am I most naturally myself?
What people, places, and activities allow me to feel most fully myself?
What is one thing I could stop doing, or start doing, or do differently, starting today that would most improve the quality of my life?
What is my greatest talent?
How can I be paid for doing what I love?
Who are my most inspiring role models?
How can I best be of service to others?
What is my heart’s deepest desire?
How am I perceived by: my closest friend, my worst enemy, my boss, my children, my co- workers, etc.?
What are the blessings of my life?
What legacy would I like to leave?
 
How Does a Bird Fly?
 
Choose one of the following topics inspired by Da Vinci’s passionate questioning: a bird in flight, flowing water, the human body, a landscape, reflected light, a knot or braid. In your journal, ask at least ten questions about it. Again, there’s no need to write answers; in Curiosità, we focus on the questions. For example:
 
How does a bird fly?
Why does it have two wings?
Why does it have feathers?
How does it “take off”?
How does it slowdown?
How does it accelerate?
How high can it fly?
When does it sleep?
How good is its eyesight?
What does it eat?
 
Then choose a topic from your personal or professional life and do the same exercise — ask ten questions about your career, your relationship, your health. Record the questions in your journal—no answers yet, just questions.
 



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Amotisse week eighteen

2/8/2020

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Time for some questions, playing with sounds and Curiosita.
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​Choose a letter, any letter and write a little piece with words beginning with that letter.
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  1. What made you smile today?
  2. Someone you have always wanted to meet.
  3. Something that excites you and fills you with joy?
  4. Something you could never tire of doing.
  5. Three things you like about your personality.
  6. What do you want?
  7. What made your day special?
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Curiosita – an insatiably curious approach to life and an unrelenting quest for continuous learning
 
This is one of seven steps to everyday genius as outlined in How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci by Michael Gelb
 
Do you like to collect thoughts, ideas and inspiration?  Do you always have a journal or notebook at hand to keep track?  Leo did.  It seems he wondered, pondered and questioned everything and kept detailed notes and drawings. 
Visual diaries and journals are all kinds of amazing, recording anything and everything, that anyone can do.  There is no right or wrong, whatever grabs your interest, make it plain or fancy, write, sketch, stick things in.
Following Leo’s example, let’s begin with A Hundred Questions.
Read the outline in the photo, grab a notebook and start your quest! (more steps will come)
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    For me, it seems there is not much difference between wondering and wandering. It has always helped me  find inspiration.  Creative dabbling is good for the soul, I couldn't imagine life without it and  often surprise myself by what I come up with.

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