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New Ways of Looking at Landscapes

By Rebecca Senf — 2021

Ansel Adams's Legacy and the Diverse Artists Building on an Icon

Read on meansandmatters.bankofthewest.com

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Interview with Joanna Macy: Woman on the Edge of Time

For fifty-plus years, Joanna Macy has been helping us to face the Earth’s urgent and deepening crisis, to look without turning away, and to engage.

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The Flow (the Zone)— For Writers? What Is It? How Do I Get Into It?

The concept of the flow, or being in the zone for an artist, is very much like the state an athlete achieves (or strives to achieve) for peak performance. It’s that place beyond all the effort, where time is meaningless and everything just flows.

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Study Links too Much Free Time to Lower Sense of Wellbeing

Research shows there is a ‘sweet spot’ and subjective wellbeing drops off after about five hours.

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Discipline, Routine and Focus Can Create an Amazing Life: Jay Shetty

Jay Shetty on his latest book, his experiences living as a monk in India and the necessity of routine in one’s life.

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How to Inspire Creativity on a Deadline

I have discovered the best ideas come to me at the most random times: in the shower, brushing my teeth, walking in the woods and in the middle of the night.

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Winter: Our Challenge to “Get Out in It”

Each year, on the winter solstice, we share this reflection on the season by Parker Palmer. In 1995 Parker wrote a welcome for the Fetzer Institute’s newly built retreat center, Seasons, which included a reflection on each of the four seasons.

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Connection with Nature