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Video Credit: Drake, on October 14, 2008, put Carl Thomas’s video Emotional with the music to K’jon. Actual title for the song is “On the Ocean.” Watch the official video of “On the Ocean” with the complete song (and more down to earth visuals). So, there I was, pulling into the parking spot inside the…
Boxing Day Way
Ah, Boxing Day! It’ll be a year until I’m greeted by, “Are you ready for Christmas?” As if we are climbing a steep mountain pass to ski down the other side. Or, crawling across the desert to a beckoning oasis. For me, Boxing Day is that oasis. The first time I celebrated Boxing Day on…
“Mission Possible” for Creative Catalyst, SCN Telling Her Stories
We have dedicated two cycles of three posts each on the topic of fear in creative practice. “Mission Possible”is the second post in the second cycle. Our last post in this series will appear in October. Stephanie Farrow collaborates with me in writing our Creative Catalyst column for Story Circle Network’s blog: “Telling Her Stories.”
Making Collaboration Work, Part 3: Creative Catalysts Janet Riehl & Stephanie Farrow
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Snow Blind in the Sierras
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