Motivation 9/16

Gina Greenlee, Author

Sep 11, 20215 min read

Will it Make the Boat Go Faster?

That was the question the British Men’s Eight rowing team asked of themselves daily and repeatedly as they trained for the 2000 Sydney...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Sep 5, 20211 min read

What Commitment Looks Like

Your Photo Here

Gina Greenlee, Author

Aug 31, 202111 min read

93 Freshly Picked Quotes

◊ ◊ ◊ Yep. I never was like anybody else. Bessie Stringfield, Motorcycle Queen of Miami ◊ ◊ ◊ Comparison is the thief of almost...

Power Recipe #5: Follow the Strange Pull

Gina Greenlee, Author

Aug 23, 20211 min read

Power Recipe #5: Follow the Strange Pull

“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love.” Rumi

Gina Greenlee, Author

Aug 17, 20211 min read

Autodraw

https://www.autodraw.com/ Just go with it.

May 26, 2020: When the Woman on the Left Called the Woman on the Right

Gina Greenlee, Author

Aug 9, 20213 min read

May 26, 2020: When the Woman on the Left Called the Woman on the Right

The two women in the headline photo embarked on a journey on May 26, 2020, the day after George Floyd was murdered. The woman on the left...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jul 30, 20211 min read

Mailbox Poetry Vol. 2

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Gina Greenlee, Author

Jul 25, 20211 min read

Be Notorious

“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent...

Be the Frog. With Thanks to Nicolas Chamfort

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jul 17, 20212 min read

Be the Frog. With Thanks to Nicolas Chamfort

So, turns out that American man of letters Mark Twain did not famously say, “if the first thing you do in the morning is eat a live frog,...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jul 11, 20211 min read

Power Recipe #4: Get Unreasonable

“Get unreasonable and everything’s possible; if you get reasonable you are going to have to lower your standards and drop down to what...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jul 3, 20212 min read

An Unpredictable Weekend

I had planned to be much on the move – going here, going there, doing this, doing that. Then I hit a pothole and my bike (Suzuki 650)...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jun 20, 20210 min read

Oh, Why Not?

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jun 13, 20210 min read

Mailbox Poetry Volume 1

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jun 6, 20211 min read

When the Door Opens

The moment you accept what troubles you’ve been given, the door will open. Rumi

“Art is the means we have of undoing the damage of haste. It’s what everything else isn’t.”

Gina Greenlee, Author

May 30, 20211 min read

“Art is the means we have of undoing the damage of haste. It’s what everything else isn’t.”

― THEODORE ROETHKE It’s Not too Late or too Silly to Indulge Your Creativity Steampunk Chicken: Opening the Mind with Surrealist Art “The...

Must You Write? Dig Deep Into Yourself for the Answer.

Gina Greenlee, Author

May 16, 20211 min read

Must You Write? Dig Deep Into Yourself for the Answer.

German-language poet Rainer Maria Rilke tells us: “This most of all: ask yourself in the most silent hour of your night: must I write?...

Gina Greenlee, Author

May 10, 20211 min read

The Art of (Collage) Stripping

Creating junk mail art is a great visual art practice if you don’t already have one. It’s the perfect art material. We were going to...

Gina Greenlee, Author

May 3, 20214 min read

PLAY!

No Alarms, Doodling and You at Age 3 Ever notice how kids play? When they make up stories they roll from one idea to the next. Mikey...

Power Recipe #3: “Get the Money Up Front…”

Gina Greenlee, Author

Apr 25, 20211 min read

Power Recipe #3: “Get the Money Up Front…”

“Get the money up front. If they ain’t payin’ your rent, pay them no mind. Play with all the colors in the crayon box. Don’t take life...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Apr 18, 20211 min read

Fun with Free Magazines

Very old ones donated to the library. I read ‘em then play with the images.