Tag: brain

The Process of Ordinary Art: Soul Sculpting Project: 

I remember a morning sitting near Delicate Arch in Utah,  attempting to capture it on paper with watercolor. A young teen girl walked by me and asked in wonder, “Are you a real artist?!”  “Yes,” I said, “just like you.”  – She smiled.  I am under the opinion that all of us are real artists….

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Soul Sculpting Project: Unhelpful Thoughts? “Drop It” 

Soul Sculpting Project: Unhelpful Thoughts? “Drop It”  Where does your mind like to go when you let it wander? I took a long easy drive today to check out the snow level at the ranch. Bumpy–go slow– dirt road, no traffic. A drive I have done many times. This is an invitation for my mind…

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Soul Sculpting: Pray A Little, Work A Little

 Soul Sculpting Practice #2: Pray a little, Work a Little — Repeat Soul Sculpting for Lent 2021 Seven Ancient Christian Practices for Connecting with God It’s around the year AD 260. Anthony is sitting in his hermit cave deep in the Egyptian desert. It’s dry. The ground is dry, the air is dry, Anthony is…

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Soul Sculpting: A Step Toward Healing an Addicted Brain

My goats are pretty well trained. I can let them roam free on our land and when I call, they come running right back to the barn, usually. I used the reward system in my goat’s brains to train them. This is Hildegard as a kid. She is grown-up now and loves grain. When she…

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Soul Sculpting Project: Emotions: Two Tools for Taking Charge

Soul Sculpting Project: Emotions: Who’s in charge here, anyway? Who Done It? It’s late afternoon. You are driving home from a full day of meetings. The meetings generally went well, driving is easy today. You feel calm as you review the day. Then a slight unpleasant shift occurs. It begins in your digestive system. At…

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