Sharing Words: A day of sharing words

There are so many people that I have met along this jug handle in my life. 

For all of you in the Northeast a jug handle is the same as a traffic circle.
For all of you in the South a jug handle is the same as a left handed U turn.
For all of you in the West it is a digression from the beaten trail.

Oh, but I digress...

I have never met LK Ludwig.

I have never taken a class with her. What I can say is that she inspires me to be me.

Her books are not just about the pretty pictures. And trust me the pictures are absolutely phenomenal.

Her words are inspiring. Her voice is clear, not muddled. Her focus is extremely powerful.

So here was the deal from her blog:
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A Day of Sharing Words

The idea:  We have words that touch us, move into our hearts and resonate, creating a feeling, taking us some place- past, present, future- perhaps some place we have never been and may never go, but for whatever reasons, the words pulse in our blood. Meeting new words, new poets, new poems, new ways for my heart to beat, is an intruiging concept. Want to go on this adventure with me? It will be easy to travel along.

Many of us already do this sharing; this idea is just to help us find each other and hear the words we have to share.

The Date: Wednesday, November 19.

The Plan:  on your blog, post a poem that moves inside you, touches you, reaches you.  (quotes and song lyrics welcome).  Include the author (or composer or musician) and source (book, album)- perhaps also the amazon link if there is one.  no explanation required, no other revelation necessary. 

One last thing- Perhaps add an image. a photo. a video. a painting. a collage., if you would.

Come here to this post.  Add a comment with your link. 

I'll create a typepad page with the links, so others can hear the rhythm of the words, see the image and share in the experience. 

The Request: If you are intrigued enough, post on your blog about this Day of Sharing Words- encourage your friends to post.  Who couldn't use a few new poems in their treasury or new songs in their hearts?

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So the librarian in me goes straight to a book. I have read many books in my life time and there are only two that have gotten to the top of my list and are fighting for first place. The first is The Princessa by Harriet Rubin and Book by Whoopi Goldberg. So rather than choose, I will give a hit from both.

The Princessa by Harriet Rubin

"The strategy at the heart of the princessa's art is not a menu of alternatives. There is only one strategy, of proven success by all princessas: a combination of love and war. These are not opposites for the princessa. They are the corresponding halves of her single strategy.

    To combine love and war requires understanding love in a new light. Love has always been linked to war, but as its antithesis. A solider would fight his heart out, like Odysseus, and then make the long journey back to his beloved Penelope. So, Machiavelli's prince learned that for the sake of power it is better to be feared and respected than loved. Love might compromise his ability to be tough with others. Machiavelli could never imagine that love is the most uncompromising of forces. Love does not need to compromise; to fight from a position of love is the achieve a decisive triumph. The prizes exceed anything the mind expects." Harriet Rubin

Book by Whoopi Goldberg

"So, yeah, I think anything is possible. I know it because I have lived it. I know it because I have seen it. I have witnessed things the ancients would have called miracles, but they are not miracles. They are the products of someone's dream, and they happen as a result of hard work. Or they happen because, you know, shit happens. As human beings, we are capable of creating a paradise, and making each other's lives better by our own hands.  Yes, yes, yes... this is possible." Whoppie Goldberg

until we meet again,

A Day of Sharing Words

The idea:  We have words that touch us, move into our hearts and resonate, creating a feeling, taking us some place- past, present, future- perhaps some place we have never been and may never go, but for whatever reasons, the words pulse in our blood. Meeting new words, new poets, new poems, new ways for my heart to beat, is an intruiging concept. Want to go on this adventure with me? It will be easy to travel along.

Many of us already do this sharing; this idea is just to help us find each other and hear the words we have to share.

The Date: Wednesday, November 19.

The Plan:  on your blog, post a poem that moves inside you, touches you, reaches you.  (quotes and song lyrics welcome).  Include the author (or composer or musician) and source (book, album)- perhaps also the amazon link if there is one.  no explanation required, no other revelation necessary. 

One last thing- Perhaps add an image. a photo. a video. a painting. a collage., if you would.

Come here to this post.  Add a comment with your link. 

I'll create a typepad page with the links, so others can hear the rhythm of the words, see the image and share in the experience. 

The Request: If you are intrigued enough, post on your blog about this Day of Sharing Words- encourage your friends to post.  Who couldn't use a few new poems in their treasury or new songs in their hearts?

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So the librarian in me goes straight to a book. I have read many books in my life time and there are only two that have gotten to the top of my list and are fighting for first place. The first is The Princessa by Harriet Rubin and Book by Whoopi Goldberg. So rather than choose, I will give a hit from both.

The Princessa by Harriet Rubin

"The strategy at the heart of the princessa's art is not a menu of alternatives. There is only one strategy, of proven success by all princessas: a combination of love and war. These are not opposites for the princessa. They are the corresponding halves of her single strategy.

    To combine love and war requires understanding love in a new light. Love has always been linked to war, but as its antithesis. A solider would fight his heart out, like Odysseus, and then make the long journey back to his beloved Penelope. So, Machiavelli's prince learned that for the sake of power it is better to be feared and respected than loved. Love might compromise his ability to be tough with others. Machiavelli could never imagine that love is the most uncompromising of forces. Love does not need to compromise; to fight from a position of love is the achieve a decisive triumph. The prizes exceed anything the mind expects." Harriet Rubin

Book by Whoopi Goldberg

"So, yeah, I think anything is possible. I know it because I have lived it. I know it because I have seen it. I have witnessed things the ancients would have called miracles, but they are not miracles. They are the products of someone's dream, and they happen as a result of hard work. Or they happen because, you know, shit happens. As human beings, we are capable of creating a paradise, and making each other's lives better by our own hands.  Yes, yes, yes... this is possible." Whoppie Goldberg

until we meet again,

Comments

[jen]

I must read the Princessa. Care to send me a copy for our shared birthdays? The passage you shared made me THINK. Always a great thing. You are the BEST, my friend.

XO -- Jen

[lauren]

See and all this time you had me thinking that I was just here for the entertaining.

Yes, there are those rare occasions when I love dipping back into the foundations of thought and pull something out that just absolutely speaks to my soul.

love ya like cooked food,

[niki]

I love whoopi. Now as for the jug handle thing??????