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You Always Feel What Is Right!
Let yourself feel things more. Timeless advice. Worth practicing. See if you can choose feeling over logic alone. Yes, it may be irrational. But who's to say that what is rational is right?
My Love Affair With Spanish Curated Design Continues!
One thing is abundantly clear to me: I am living in Spain at some point in the near future. Or taking long trips. Or working there. I don't know, but there's something rich and magetic here. The only clear things about Spain and why I love it so much: passion,...
There Are Practical Ways You Can Actually Choose To Be Happy Today!
It is pretty hard to be excited about a day when you feel miserable. While you don't have to be Level 10 bouncing-off-the-walls exuberant every minute of life, there are definitive values to happiness. People who identify as "very happy people" tend to have lower...
Give More & Really Be Of Service!
Be of service and brilliant things happen. Focus on giving. And giving. And giving. I've been in that place of working for people I disliked so much that the thought of giving to them or helping them seems so unjust…. Give anyway! And I bet you will find a...
Super-Lemon Paleo Lemon Bars!!!
I had no idea what to do with all my lemons. I over-purchased thinking that somehow, magically I would need them much more than real life would ever suggest! After my daily glass of hot water and lemon (I use only half a lemon for this) in the morning, the lemon...
Very Simple High-Vibe Yoga Mat Cleaning Spray!
My new routine of hot yoga has come with many challenges: how to keep up with laundry (*this spray comes in handy), how to stay hydrated (drink moreall day BEFORE class rather than during) and the big one: how to clean my yoga mat!? I've always been baffled by...
Exploring Earth Tones To Create More Calm At Home!
(via) Earth tones are often mistaken for miserably boring. While it seems that color-loving, kaleidoscopes and even neon get favored in my designing life, this isn't wholly true. Neutrals are powerfully present, calm and Earth-centric. If you embrace the spectrum...
There’s A Lot Of Beauty In Ordinary Things!
(inspirational collages) All I can say is yes, yes, and Yes. There is beauty all over the place!!! Let yourself see it! xoxo Dana
Tim Rollins + K.O.S. : Where Art Becomes Life-Saving Activism!
When art becomes much more than just something to hang in a gallery, when it becomes a tool for social change, a piece of history and life-changing in ways you just can't fathom… this is the stuff I dream about. And this is what artist Tim Rollins created with...