Category Archives: Inquiry

Longing and Frustration

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Adena Atkins

If you’d like a good picture of where you are and where you are headed, first, complete this sentence, over and over again until you are exhausted: What frustrates me is… For example: I’m frustrated by technology. I’m frustrated that … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenges, Inquiry, Inspiration | 8 Comments

Art and Amazement

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Adena Atkins

This is a refinement of a post I wrote a little while ago called Art and Choice. I was trying to tease out the difference between what’s commonly known as mundane and artistic activities. I noticed that there was a … Continue reading →

Posted in Beliefs, Definitions, Inquiry, Insights, Inspiration, Joy, Lessons, musings, Productivity, Refinements | 4 Comments

Space

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Adena Atkins

I’ve been considering my relationship with space. Every artist has one–songmakers negotiate silence, painters must approach virgin canvas, writers blank screens, and dancers navigate literal space. It’s a place of beginnings, endings, and and for me, avoidance. Because I’ve mixed … Continue reading →

Posted in Beliefs, Inquiry, Insights, musings | 9 Comments

Slow Growth and Re-posts

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Adena Atkins

Someone pointed out to me that the blog seemed a little… slow this month. Damn straight. It wasn’t that February was so crazy–February wasn’t the craziest month of late, not by a long stretch. Instead, it was a time of slow growth. … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Inquiry, musings | 3 Comments

Part 2: Thirsty Restless Zombies

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Adena Atkins

For those of you who don’t know, the Restless Zombie series is about getting better sleep, so as not to live like restless zombies. This past week, as planned, I decided to look at what substances I was putting into my … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenges, Experiment, Fitness, Inquiry, Journal, Practices, Productivity, Self-Discipline, Series, Well Being | 7 Comments

Rush

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Adena Atkins

Last week I missed the bus to work. I turned the corner just in time to see it totter by. My body broke out running–the kind of running where the only thing you feel is air rippling past you. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Inquiry, Lessons, Time | 6 Comments

Willing Fools

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Adena Atkins

I haven’t really promoted this blog. Let me be more specific: I haven’t announced this blog on facebook. I haven’t linked or twittered it. When a friend wanted to read it, I blushed and muttered but didn’t give her the … Continue reading →

Posted in Courage, Inquiry | 9 Comments

Consider Not Having Children

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Adena Atkins

Okay, full disclosure time: I don’t have children, I don’t want to have children, and there’s never been a time in my life when I did (my mother’s consternation at this fact was one of the easiest rebellions I ever … Continue reading →

Posted in Inquiry, Time | 19 Comments

5 Minutes To Joy

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Adena Atkins

I heart The How of Happiness. It is a rigorously researched book giving 12 ideas of how a person might go about becoming genuinely more happy (and remarkably, none of those ideas were to become richer, better looking, or someone else … Continue reading →

Posted in Inquiry, Joy, Practices | Tagged | 11 Comments