I couldn’t resist the headline touting nude bodies as artistic canvas. Let’s face it. Put “naked” or “nude” in a headline and we look. Suggest there are pictures? We definitely look! In fact, this Huffington Post slide show on nude body painting does not disappoint. To utilize the human face or form as a blank […]
Clash of the Titans? Experience Versus Memory
When memories taint otherwise good experiences.
Reckoning With Stress and Mess (My Therapy Is Rhyme)
There’s nothing like the end of week to give yourself a fright. Aghast, the mirror whispers: You really are a sight. It’s Friday and you’re thankful. You find you’re taking stock. Would that you could slow the minutes… maybe stop the clock. You’re feeling oh-so ragged. You wonder why that is. You think about your […]
Movable Truth
Accepting variations on “truth” in light of divorce.
The FAT Personality
Are some “personalities” more likely to be fat?
None of This, Some of That, and Julia Child’s French Onion Soup
To get what you want, you need to know what you want.
Why Reading This Doesn’t Matter a Damn
Every little thought. Every little detail. Every. Single. Word. Does it matter, really? What we say and why we say it? What we write and our motivations for doing so? Who’s reading? Who’s not reading? Why do we think that each statement or question we put to ourselves is of interest to anyone else? Why […]
One Picture’s Worth A Thousand Words (Maybe)
We all know the expression “a picture is worth a thousand words.” And we use it to mean that seeing is often far superior to any written or oral communication. But is it – really? Aren’t some people capable of hiding their emotions behind an otherwise calm exterior? And what about photographs? Do they genuinely […]
The Grass is Always Greener?
Do you covet what the “other guy” has? Is the grass always greener? Literally? I ran across this article in the New York Times, which elicited a chuckle at first, then interest, and finally, a flicker of concern. A chuckle because lawns in Phoenix, Arizona are being sprinkled with green paint rather than water. Interest, […]
Righteous Recreation of Self-Image?
We revisit self-image over and over…