At yesterday’s New Year’s service at church, we sat in a circle, passed around a talking stick, and shared our goals and resolutions for the year ahead. I announced two: Work on creating a serene, organized home environment Complete the presentation for my new book project on creativity, then find an agent and publisher The… [Read More]
Poor pitiful me–I hate marketing my books
Why should people buy my books? And why do I feel such overwhelming anger when they don’t? The answer no doubt lies deeply buried in the most basic infantile needs for unconditional love and acceptance. In my new book on maximizing creativity, I plan to delve into the research surrounding these issues, but today I… [Read More]
In memory of my artist friend Dan Sekellick
Today I’m mourning the death of my friend and fellow artist Dan Sekellick. In recent months, our Unitarian Universalist congregation has lost seven older long-term members in close succession, but Dan’s death hits closest to home. A retired architect, Dan was dodgy about his age, but he was on the far side of seventy –… [Read More]
Happiness is the right drug – or so I said in church yesterday
I was Sunday service leader for our Unitarian Universalist congregation yesterday. The sermon topic was “Psychology of Happiness,” and since I’ve lived relatively happily with bipolar disorder for many years now, it’s a subject on which I consider myself an expert. Here was the Reverend Sam Trumbore’s preview of the service as it appeared in… [Read More]
BSP, or Blatant Self-Promotion. Why should it be a no-no?
“I’m going to become a world-famous author through my mastery of the Internet.” That was my response yesterday when our minister at the First Unitarian Universalist Society passed around the mike and asked us what goals we could set for ourselves over the summer. We were observing our annual “Flower Communion,” in which we bring flowers from our… [Read More]