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Give Up and Be Perfect (New Poem by Polly Castor)
Notice it, embrace it, express it, get out of the way, and enjoy being the only real, wonderful you.
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Mrs Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing (Book Review with Quotes)
This book is billed as a novel, but it is a record of a fictitious woman poet being interviewed,...
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How to Garner Respect
In conversations lately, people want respect, but seem clueless how to get it. I've found that the following go...
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Like Vegetables in a Garden (Newspaper Article by Polly Castor)
I thank God that all tomatoes are not the same, and rejoice that all varieties are equally, but uniquely,...
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My Artist’s “Walk and Talk” on YouTube
The purpose of the presentation was to get to know the artists, and hear a bit about their background...
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Art Education and Mental Health
Would those massacring shooters have done those horrible things if they had enough art in their life? I genuinely...
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You Belong Here (Brené Brown quote)
True belonging and self-worth are not goods; we don’t negotiate their value with the world. The truth about who...
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Live Life on Your Terms (Mandy Hale Quote)
Go against the grain, refuse to conform, take the road less traveled instead of the well-beaten path.
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Honoring the Unseen (New Poem by Polly Castor)
Recently a friend complimented a woman on her gorgeous sari and was shown the intricate stitching on the inside where it would never be seen as...
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Refuse to be Homogenized
It takes courage to stand one’s ground against homogeneous thinking—thinking that simply melds into what everyone else is thinking.
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I Gave a Talk on Abstraction to the Guilford Arts League
Last night I gave a PowerPoint talk to the Guilford Arts League titled Abstraction: Between Realism and Non-Objective Art....
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I am Not Going to Waste It
I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to...
