Being Happy – A True Beauty Practice!

August 2, 2015

Practice the Pursuit of Happiness The happiness that is genuinely satisfying is accompanied by the fullest exercise of our faculties and the fullest realization of the world in which we live. ~Bertrand Russell Do you see the glass half full or half empty? “Pursuit of Happiness” is in America’s Declaration of Independence and an integral … Read More

Create your own Sanctuary

July 19, 2015

So, mostly here I’ve been talking about how to actually practice True Beauty; how to incorporate it into everyday life.  Remember why?  To accentuate harmony, water down discordant aspects of life…create and add to the dynamics of the True Beauty that surrounds us.  While I sometimes go off on tangents (which I hope are of … Read More

Bit o’ History — Aestheticism

July 12, 2015

As I’ve mentioned before, the notion of the importance of Beauty is not new.  The Aestheticism movement of the late 1800s  in Europe and America caused quite a stir.  It posited that beauty was above concepts such as right and wrong.  Aestheticism adherents eventually evolved their own brand of elitist hierarchy, however.  I say “however” … Read More

Practicing True Beauty – Honoring Entropy

June 28, 2015

“Oh this is the joy of the rose: That it blows, And goes!”                                               ~ Willa Cather Rejoice, even in entropy…in darkness, in the cyclical nature of birth, death, and regeneration.  It is easy … Read More

Women’s History – Jogbra, another chapter

March 29, 2015

(The following is a continuation of a blog written on March 1.  If it is difficult to follow the story below, it might be helpful to read March 1 first…) Before Women’s History Month 2015 ends, I thought I’d contribute another chapter in the Jogbra story.  So often, I get asked to tell this tale. … Read More