My friend Florrie reminded me this morning that summer will be over all too soon (oouuff!) It got me thinking: how do we know if we're getting sufficiently relaxed, re-charged, and renewed? If you're anything like me, you're not getting enough vacation time, and you...
MONDAY BYTES – February 10, 2014 How's your memory? We are often much better at remembering incidents of defeat or failure, as opposed to our best moments and this can reinforce low self-esteem and high anxiety. What if there were a fun craft project that would help...
MONDAY BYTES – September 2, 2013 As we celebrate the end of summer along with the start of the new school year and concert season, it's a good time to think about our labor. Typically, whether our work is one full-time job or 5 part-time freelance gigs, there are...
MONDAY BYTES - June 11, 2012 Check out this terrific book, “Draw it With Your Eyes Closed” (here’s the NYT review). It's a compiled set of 89 MFA-level art assignments from an impressive array of artists and art instructors who submitted their most challenging,...
MONDAY BYTES - October 24, 2011 Do you have what it takes? Maybe you heard this recent NPR Radio Lab show segment on Deception—on Lying? There was a provocative 10 minute portion on self-deception and the research that shows the connection between self-delusion,...
