With a background in design and colour it’s part of my psyche and something I can’t escape. Years ago, while doing some work with a woman involved with the Sydney Olympics, she said to me “Designers have Pineapple Eyes”. I thought this was an interesting analogy. What she meant was designers literally see everything, constantly. …
Have you ever felt so lost and alone that you didn’t know which way to turn? So overwhelmed that you were frozen, not knowing what to do first? I have. Experiencing someone I loved taking his life, altered my perspective forever. My emotions dominated my every thought, sitting on my skin, inside me, all around …
To be resilient today is highly respected. We admire it in those who have it. How do we obtain this elusive trait? Wait for a trauma and hope we bounce back? Put our body to the test? Both, pretty extreme. LATIN: Re:back Salire: jump, leap. A bit later it evolved to ‘springing back’. We aren’t …
Loving yourself is like admiring a piece of great abstract art. It just works, without explanation. It always cracks me up when I am in an art gallery viewing a seemingly ‘simple’ painting and someone says “I could have done that!”. I say well do it then. This is the difference. That person created the …
The season of love is before us. Flowers, chocolates, romantic dinners. To tell someone you love them people go out of their way, on that one special day. Some say it’s far too commercial, others embrace it and line up for flowers. Either way it’s the world we live in. To the men that say …
Aretha said it best. Rodney Dangerfield had fun with it.
But how annoying is it to have a teacher or boss who demands
respect but doesn’t earn it?
As in tennis, the bounce is all important. Bouncing back in life is something that takes the resilience of a tennis player. Picture Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer and you know what I mean. Injured, exhausted and still finding a way to play, win or lose. We love watching them fight back. The amazing news …
Tennis is a subtle game of extremes. It’s full of anomalies. It looks easy. I mean let’s face it, very small children play it for goodness sake. But it’s one of, if not THE, hardest games in the world. It’s lonely. It’s grueling. You are an island. No coaching allowed. The subtleties that make the …
Post holidays my vision is a bit blurred, hardly 2020. Maybe it’s too much fun, lack of exercise or just emotional pressures. We’ve all dealt with parties, presents, family and the pinnacle– New Years. And don’t forget to make an amazing declaration! Jeez.. If your vision is a bit blurred when it’s supposed to be …
On January 1, 2019 I was in Times Square for New Year’s Eve. A once in a lifetime event and it was wonderful. Crazy yes, but awesome. Typically, I choose to celebrate the occasion with a few friends, but in recent years it has been alone. One year I cried. One year I watched the …
