Category Archives: Joy

Meet the Enemy Part 6: Harboring

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Adena Atkins

Note: This is the sixth installment in a weeklong intensive, with one or two exercises per day (which are bolded). Please, if you follow this series in full or part, share your valuable experience and reaction to the enemy. And of … Continue reading →

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Meet the Enemy Part 5: Combat

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Adena Atkins

Note: This is the fifth installment in a  weeklong intensive, with one or two exercises per day (which are bolded). Please, if you follow this series in full or part, share your valuable experience and reaction to the enemy. And of … Continue reading →

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Year’s End Benedictions: 2011

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Adena Atkins

Note: This is an updated repost. Year’s End Benedictions have become a tradition with me–please join! I find New Year’s resolutions fascinating–several of my obsessions converge in them. Tradition–The creation and maintenance of shared ritual is so powerful. Culture–Culture shapes … Continue reading →

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Repost: Beyond Turkey

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Adena Atkins

Hi all! It’s almost Thanksgiving again and I wanted to share this post. I still haven’t sent out all of  last year’s thank you cards, but they are waiting, patiently, along with a host of unwritten thanks for this year’s … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Cowgirls and Valentines

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Adena Atkins

Happy Valentines everyone! I’m posting a little early. For four years, I lived with this quote finger-painted in red acrylic on my door. It seems right for this holiday. Next week the Restless Zombie series continues, meanwhile, warm fuzzies to … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Benedictions

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Adena Atkins

I find New Year’s resolutions fascinating–several of my obsessions converge in them. Tradition–The creation and maintenence of shared ritual is so powerful. Culture–Culture shapes us and of course, we shape it. How we participate in tradition is part of this. … Continue reading →

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Beyond Turkey

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Adena Atkins

When I was in high school, I had a very demanding music teacher. His name was Mr. Takazano, Mr. T for short, though I never knew what exactly was so difficult about saying “Mr. Takazano”. Mr. T was a small … Continue reading →

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Protect Something Important

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Adena Atkins

As artists and humans we often get caught up in just getting by. Life takes on the appearance of a tornado and we fail to notice all the things that are going easily for us, things like being able to … Continue reading →

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Terms of Endearment 101

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Adena Atkins

One thing I’ve finally learned–the way we speak to ourselves matters. We deserve every tenderness invented–which is why I’ve compiled a this list of 101 slightly gender biased terms of endearment for you. Let me know what indispensably fabulous pet … Continue reading →

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