December 2011
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Reverb 11: Day 11: Health and Wellness
What did you do in 2011 to improve your overall health/fitness/wellness? What unhealthy habits would you like to break in the new year? With what healthy habits would you replace them?
This was a really good year for me in terms of health and wellness, a turnaround sparked largely by the health issues I dealt with in 2010, which was a horrendous year for me in almost every way.
#1 - I started...
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Reverb 11: Day 10: Lesson Learned
What was the best thing you learned about yourself this past year? And how will you apply that lesson going forward?
Hmmm. That’s tough. Let’s start with a quick 10 things I learned about myself this year.
1. I have desires. And I’m really uncomfortable acknowledging them, let alone sharing them.
2. Expressing my desires doesn’t always scare people off – it can actually help me get...
Reverb 11: Day 9: Travel
How did you travel in 2011? How and/or where would you like to travel next year?
Oh, this is a fun one!
In 2011, I traveled – really traveled – for the first time in several years, since my trip to Bali in, I think, 2004. There is something so comforting about putting on the old backpack and moneybelt, stripping my possessions down to just a few things, and setting off for parts unknown. In a...
Reverb 11: Day 8: Five Minutes
Imagine you will completely lose your memory of 2011 in five minutes. Set an alarm for five minutes and capture the things you most want to remember about 2011.
- Waking to gongs and drums and novice monks walking barefoot collecting alms, in Laos
- Wandering the temple ruins in Champasak, Laos; a beautiful Buddha revealing itself surprisingly when I reached the top.
- Listening to the sounds of...
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Reverb 11: Day 7: Beyond Avoidance
What should you have done this year but didn’t because you were too scared, worried, unsure, busy or otherwise deterred from doing? (Bonus: Will you do it?)
Laparoscopic surgery to remove my endometrioma and fibroids. So that I can move forward with having a child.
I have been through so much conflicted advice and distrust of doctors related to this, so it’s not surprising that I haven’t had...
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Reverb 11: Day 6: 11 Things
[image by broterham]
What are 11 things your life doesn’t need in 2012? How will you go about eliminating them? How will getting rid of these 11 things change your life?
1. Acting to earn others’ approval.
2. Scattered mornings or evenings.
3. Fear of my own desires.
4. Lack of money.
5. Isolation.
6. Self-deprecation.
7. The ‘serious artist’ persona.
8. Looking ragged.
9. Ten extra pounds and a...
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Reverb 11: Day 5: The Movie
If a film were made about ONE thing that happened to you in 2011, what would the film be called? Describe the plot/story.
This is embarrassing. But true. I see a kind of sappy super-8-style film of the courtship of H. and B., composed primarily of montages of our faces laughing on Skype interspersed with spry music video clips of the two of us road tripping, carrying boxes, and so forth. The...
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Reverb 11: Day 4: Healing
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What healed you this year? Was it a sudden, or drip by drip, evolution? How would you like to be healed in 2012?
The six most healing words I know are: “You can be honest with me.”
These words were spoken by a friend several months ago, sitting off in the corner of a backyard at a party, gazing up the stars. She had just pointed out a constellation. I didn’t...
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Reverb 11: Day 3: Ambition vs Intention
[Image by Duo de Hale]
What are your ambitions? What do you do each day that doesn’t contribute to/detracts from your ambitions? Can you eliminate it?
I am uneasy with the word ambition. To me, it connotes aggression, capitalism and a lack of concern for others. So I looked up some synonyms for ambition. (I must admit, I’m feeling a bit lazy, so I didn’t go far; just to Word’s built-in...
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Reverb 11: Day 2: Let Go
[Image by HoopTrekTravel]
What, or whom, did you let go of this year? Why?
The image above is from Kauai’s Kalalau Trail – a trail I have hiked twice, by myself, that goes along the Na Pali Coast to the most beautiful beach imaginable, with steps leading to a waterfall for your showering pleasure, abundant banana trees, and said beach, where they filmed South Pacific. It’s incredible. But...
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Reverb 11: Day 1: One Word: Nourish/Blossom
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Encapsulate the year 2010 in one word. Explain why you’re choosing that word. Now, imagine it’s one year from today, what would you like the word to be that captures 2011 for you?
My word is nourish. This has been a year of really going back to basics for me, of trying to rediscover who it is I am, what I want to do, and giving that seed plenty of nourishment. I feel like...
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On Participating in Reverb 11
Over the past year, I’ve been trying to get back to myself. Graduate school was a fantastic experience for me, but it was also a wildly asymmetrical experience that left parts of me completely ignored while my music and art flourished. For almost a decade.
Last week I decided to quit the adjunct course I was supposed to teach at Prestigious Art School and to go to Southeast Asia instead. I know....
