msdebbie

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Age: 34
City: Sebastopol
Country: Australia

Joined: Mar 2009

Featured writing:

Emotional Bulimia
Grief-stricken by the 23rd Psalm
Here I go again
Hide and seek philosophy
I love coffee
Implosion
Man
Mmm…coffee
Philosophy
Salvation
Taste
Warrnambool, 1 November 1997
Witness
Wormhole Journey

Thanks to all Groups (and generous hosts) of above features:

All Out Emotion
All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical
Anger Management Group – which also represents my first honour of being a Featured Member in October 2009 :D
Freedom in Words and Art
Melbourne & Victoria
Midnight Ramblers
Music Inspired Art MIA
Poetry and Beautiful Women
The Art of Pain
The Sensual Word
Verses Dark
Vibration in Art and Verse – VAVoom

The writing I refer to as sister pieces or companion writing if you want gender-neutral wording LOL:
And touch by MIllerG (aka Glenn) thanks to my own Taste LOL
Fable of a feline-female transformation – thanks to Paul Compton
Imperfect lyrics – thanks to Shoaib
Man – thanks to Paul Rees-Jones
My ABC of Seduction – thanks to Jonathan Carrick Maier
Synchronicity exercise – thanks to Christie Moses
Taste thanks to Touch and Clarkey
Waning – thanks to Skinnyman

Journal tributes to particular writing, people, causes or art:

Beauty of Lisa and Nina for Lisa Jewell
Inspiring Breast Cancer stories and photos
Karaoke for Thomas Simunsen
Muppet Show for Ambient
Music for Cassidy JK
Musical Humour for Clipics
Rat Rhymers especially host RaymondoAntonio
Serendipity for ArcadiaTempest
SixFtHick for Adrian Carmody

I have been burnt by the corporate realm and seek my life’s passion through inspiration. This is found from all things: art, books, conversation, creativity, drama, dreams, exploring, feelings, fun, games, laughter, learning, life, music, poetry, science, talking, work – anything! My personal ideology is that it’s good to be intellectually stimulated, learn, seek challenges and find fun wherever and whenever it is available. I think about a lot of things. And have been accused of over-thinking, but really, if we’re not here for our minds and what we can do with them, well, what is there?

I enjoy being challenged (and challenging others) via the repartee of colleagues, friends or strangers. Listening and talking are both an art form, and understanding the thoughts of others is never boring. So I guess that brings me back to inspiration. What it means for me is a desire to connect, discover, explore, feel, learn and think. Inspiration is stimulation and thought-provocation and wonderment. In other words, all the best things the mind has to offer!

I love the fact that inspiration can be found anywhere and at unexpected times. Like people, where you never know who you will meet or when, it is one of the things that helps make life interesting. In meeting people, or with a genuine and honest meeting of minds, I believe inspiration plays its part. That’s what makes us better people, after all, and that’s my reason for endorsing karma and the power of positive action.

To conclude, I’ll go with two quotes from Henry Miller:
Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes. Life has no other discipline to impose, if we would but realize it, than to accept life unquestioningly. Everything we shut our eyes to, everything we run away from, everything we deny, denigrate or despise, serves to defeat us in the end. What seems nasty, painful, evil, can become a source of beauty, joy, and strength, if faced with an open mind. Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such.

And The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware – which for me means I will actively seek feedback. All comments are sincerely appreciated!

Love and laughter: MsDebbie