If you keep meeting people who are not people you want to meet, you may want to see what they are showing you about yourself, and where you have the chance to grow. xoxo Dana
Embracing The Genius In Imperfection!
(arkpad) Imperfection is the hallmark of genius. This morning I sent a picture of a design project to a dear friend. The art on the walls is deliberately “not perfect.” That’s part of the art. The response I got was complimentary and ended with “You […]
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5 Steps To Making Your Home & Life Fantastic Using What You Already Have!
(via) Today’s fast feng shui is all about mining the riches you have already. That’s right, you already have everything you need to have a fantastic home & life! Everything else will fall into place if you start from this premise!
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Are You A Highly Sensitive Person? Find Out… And Maximize Your Gifts!
(Shane Bechler) I used to think I was an alien. I feel art before I even see it. Words move through me. I understand aesthetics in an almost surreal manner. I have dreams that are crazy wild. I have huge food issues. Gluten lands me […]
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How Does Feng Shui Work?
(via) How does feng shui actually work? I won’t speak for all of feng shui- as there is a ton of it that is based on Tibetan mysticism and lots of superstition- but I can explain a bit more about how Pyramid School Feng Shui […]
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Transform The Place Where You Live Into An Amazing Home….In 8 Weeks!
Alchemy. Magic. Its about turning lead into gold & transforming something average into something extraordinary. I am a big believer in taking what you have and turning it into something genius that you love….and its not hard to do!
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Jill Ricci gives me yet another reason to visit New Jersey again soon… to find her and buy one of her brilliat art pieces and ask her to collaborate in some way with me (somehow!) … because her work is just enchanting. Here’s a sample of Jill Ricci’s collage/mixed media/golden wonderfulness that seems so organic yet styled, a perfect way to tell stories (like Comfort, above). Look at each one and then its title, and you can see the pieces somewhat mystically unfold in subtle visual vocabulary. Continue Reading…
Raw carrot cake holds a mystique for me. Long before raw food – or even health food- was a mainstream concept, my friends and I found a little restaurant in San Francisco called RAW while we were in college in Palo Alto. We were bemused by raw sushi, incredible “hot” tonics fueled by peppers, and salads full of things we could barely pronounce, nevermind identify. We all went home from our first experience of over-eating gourmet raw food (it really does fill you up faster than you think!) with immense to-go slices of raw carrot cake with “cream cheese” frosting.
After eating 1/2 of a giant slice for breakfast the next day, I was hooked on Juliano (who went on to great raw food fame, and would pile our plates with raw chocolate syrup on every dessert) and this raw cake that I never realized was possible until now. Every trip into San Francisco, I would make it a point to take some home, even if it meant a massive detour. Love is worth the hassle, don’t you think?
Because there’s only so much salad and raw sticks of celery that someone can eat (right?) I’ve turned to raw deserts to add more high-energy living food to my life. Yes, its not quite the same as munching on kale, but I have to say, this raw carrot cake has made me a big believer in veggies for breakfast! Continue Reading…
I hear these stories all the time.
My friends who were each going to quit their dating site after being totally disappointed, only to, in a last-ditch message before disconnecting the service, find real love.
The guy who was about to cash in his entrepreneurial dreams and get a corporate job after spending all of his money, only to get a mysterious helping hand from a celebrity that rocketed him to success.
The actor who was so done with acting, heartbroken by rejection, who nails a major audition right before leaving town, changing the trajectory of his life.
My friends who thought- monthly- about shutting down their Silicon Valley start-up before it became a massive entity.
These are just a few that I know. I know many more. And that’s just me. I bet you know stories like this, too.
Sometimes we all need a little reminder. When you are just about to quit, you might want to re-think it.
If you are tempted to give up, maybe you should really throw down and give your dream 200,000% without any regard for the outcome for a while before you call it quits.
What if next month is the month you were meant to have a breakthrough?!
After all, we make our own luck ;)
xoxo Dana
Celebrity makeup artist and balanced beauty expert Chantal Moore brings brilliance into my life, and shares it here so generously! Today, your “fragrance wardrobe” (as they say) will be filled with fantastic options free of traditional perfume chemicals like phthalates that are known hormone-disruptions, among other things. Fragrance that rocks, and is a more conscious choice! Given that I swore off my beloved old perfumes in a big move that made me feel dramatically healthier and even quelled my allergies, I am so excited! And I hope you are, too! Continue Reading…
It is time to stretch in a new direction!
While I know that I can be a real thrill to read about scientific breakthroughs, see gorgeous art, explore amazing interiors and get inspired to make changes in your space that change your perspective, and many of you both read and experiment with what you read here (and all of the Internet) to make your life look and feel better, I am excited to say that today we are doing to take one more step into the realm of risk and reward today… if you will join me!
It will be an adventure, for sure!!!
If you really want to challenge yourself, think of ways to be more simple rather than more complicated!
When I first started this feng shui/ design /wellness/ art journey, I thought of all the ways I could create really elaborate designs, make feng shui so absolutely loaded with precision that it was earth-shatteringly impossible to beat and ways to blog that took complexity to a new level.
Intuitively, we look to complexity as a way of being inimitable, to stand apart, to be the mysterious figure with rarefied information. Ultimately, that just makes you incomprehensible.
Easy-to assess, simple and brilliantly-designed good, services, ideas and philosophies are the ones that triumph.
Try to copy one blindly and the result will be flat.
Simplicity is very hard to master.
And it is very worth striving for!
Take the time to simplify. Shake off the layers of complexity. You’ll be amazed how much easier it is to communicate with your world and actually make a difference. xoxo Dana
Kim Keever is a massive talent of an artist. What attracted me to him, as much as him images that are boundless joy, are the incredible studio shots that give a small peek into his deep-diving art-making process. Today is a celebration of the cloud like, watery, immense volumes of color and form that are a series of art I can not stop watching! Continue Reading…
March 8, 2014 • 0 comments