Wisdom

Wednesday Wisdom: Choices, erotic intelligence and confidence

December 10, 2014

Here’s a round-up  of some of my favorite articles from this week. On making hard choices This talk could literally change your life. Which career should I pursue? Where should I live? Big decisions like these are agonizingly difficult. But perhaps they just might give us the power and clarity to define who we are […]






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The Wisdom of Cows

December 4, 2014

This  is a new favorite from Alain de Botton’s The School of Life series.  Cows are actually one of my favorite animals. I think they have the most beautiful eyes.  Here’s to some Thursday afternoon perspective.






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State of the studio

November 16, 2014

Happiness is having the time and space to exercise creativity on a daily basis. 🙂






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My Notting Hill

November 4, 2014

At LHR. Walked past a man whose cologne reminded me of early days with G. Cold morning walks from Fabian Road to Fulham Station. A peck on the cheek at Notting Hill Gate. Navy suit. Red tie. Black shoes. A smile. Butterflies. Warm hands. An evening on the couch in candlelit Shunt. Falling in love. […]






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Happiness and the Art of Embracing Sadness

September 11, 2014

I’ve had an epiphany. I’m not certain if I read this somewhere or if I conjured it up in my head with the confluence of many books about the subject. I’ve scoured my reading lists and bookmarks and can’t find the article it originated from. Wisdom, in whatever form, comes to us in whispers and […]






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Thoughts on life’s greatest adventure

February 8, 2014

Oh tears. It’s a rainy Saturday morning and in the middle of morning pages and a cup of tea, I stumble across this.  So heavy with meaning and relevance, I am frozen at the table suddenly aware of all the things that matter and more importantly, the millions of things that don’t matter at all. […]






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Epic travel day today

November 28, 2013

Sixteen hour journey from Phuket to Bangkok to Manila to Caticlan to Boracay. One hired van, three planes, one cab, a boat and a trike. Let’s get this wedding weekend started.






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24 hours in Phuket, Thailand

November 27, 2013

It has been a whirlwind first half of the week and I’ve had very little access to the Internet. We’re currently visiting Argentine friends in Phuket and have had fascinating access to local life here. It reminds me a lot of Pampanga Philippines, a very provincial setting that is quickly modernizing in front of everyone’s […]






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