day82: pay attention!!

'do they know it is christmas??' (2008)

“I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way

 (s)he handles these three things: 

a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.”

 Maya Angelou

This may sound simple but it is quite profound, you learn so much about someone's character by how they react to the small things in life, especially the little annoyances.  Lost luggage and tangled Christmas tree lights ask for patience which is a very important quality in a person.  I would guess dealing with a rainy day may ask for patience or might require flexibility or the ability to amuse one's self?!?!? I'm not exactly sure what exact characteristic is needed to handle a rainy day, because I LOVE rainy days!!!

Along with noting how a person deals with the smaller hassles of life it is also very important to notice how a person treats others, all types of others. And to note how a friend or partner treats another person when they think no one is watching, or if the other person is in a lesser job or not in a position to do any things beneficial for your friend/partner.  The way people act when they think no one is watching is very telling about the true character of a person. There are a plethora of quotes addressing this idea, but I think I'll end with one from Goethe:

“You can easily judge the character of a man 

by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

peace & love, mom

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May this dress bring us trust in the ebbs and flows of our journey ...

dressproject dress 3, wells beach, ME (2006) 

Never give up, 

for that is just the place and time 

that the tide will turn.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

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may this dress remind us to have fun, be crazy, be weird!!! xxx

'new york diner dress' (2006) mustard on plate

“Live life fully while you're here. 

Experience everything. 

Take care of yourself and your friends. 

Have fun, be crazy, be weird. 

Go out and screw up! You're going to anyway, 

so you might as well enjoy the process. 

Take the opportunity to learn from your mistakes: 

find the cause of your problem and eliminate it. 

Don't try to be perfect; 

just be an excellent example of being human.” 

― Anthony Robbins

this morning I need to focus on my presentation that I am giving in 48 hours!! 

So I figured I would post a quote about FOCUS 

(needless to say, not one of my strong points)

however, as I was combing thru my treasure trove of quotes I saw this quote & I  KNEW that this was the quote of the day.  and it is interesting because this quote basically epitomize much of the 'dressproject' 

(the subject of the afore mentioned presentation)!!!

being authentic, living with passion, 

NOT being perfect, taking care of yourself, 

having FUN & being WEIRD!!

so in a way, I AM working on my lecture!! and there's more . . .

another parallel with today's dailydress inspiration 'experience' and the 'dressproject' is how I started out with one idea/theme but then changed my preconceived idea when I discovered this quote which spoke to my heart.

this happened during the first week of the 'dressproject', when I was at Wells Beach and making a dress on the sand for seven days.  Each morning I would head out to the beach with an idea of what kind of dress I would make for that day, what materials, what size . . .  but every time!!! a different material would call my name leading me to an entirely different 'dress' than I had planed!!! 

This volte-face is a regular occurrence for me and the 'dressproject'.  And it is this consistent experience of changing direction which underlines, for me, that I am more the conduit of this project, the dress energy . . . I am open and wired to this 'invitation' to create via this particular image and willing to make a change when it is presented to me. 

Of course as I am writing this I am thinking this openness and willingness to change course/theme in a blink of an eye MAY BE the reason focus is not one of my strengths!!

hmmmmm . . . . boy do I love thinking and pondering how some much of our lives and our purposes are interwoven and connected!! 

Now back to my 20 MINUTE* lecture

*20 minutes is VERY short for one who can't focus :)

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may this dress bring us insight . . .

'do they know its christmas . . . ' (2008) 

 “I've learned that you can tell a lot 

about a person 

by the way (s)he handles these three things:

a rainy day, 

lost luggage, 

and 

tangled Christmas tree lights.”

Maya Angelou

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to go to the blog post about its genesis.

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may this dress remind us that we are ENOUGH, as we are, being who we are!!!!

“You alone are enough. 

You have nothing 

to prove 

to anybody.”

Maya Angelou

this is especially important to remember during this time of inordinate

opportunities to compare oneself with the well orchestrated personas 

that flood social media!! 

REMEMBER THIS:

you are doing FINE!!! being exactly who YOU are!! x

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repost from 8 aug 2013