How did we get to the point we are at today in our modern Western civilization? How did greed, corruption, and selfishness become so prevalent? How did our lives get so busy, our frustrations so many, and our sense of contentment and achievement so hard won? We live in an atmosphere charged with the expectancy … Read More
What is a Shaman?
I get asked this quite a bit. Who better to answer this question than the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (FSS), where I studied. I offer this information now because remembering such fundamental and powerful ways of perceiving and healing is helpful in these transitional and transformative times. From the FSS Spring/Winter/Spring 2021 newsletter: FSS POLESTAR: … Read More
Follow the K.I.S.S. Method
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” ~Leonardi da Vinci Keep It Simple, Sweetie! Originally I heard it with the second “S” standing for “stupid.” I like Sweetie better. I like to think of simplicity this way: what is the essence? Of a communication, task, composition — whatever life dishes up; what is the essence … Read More
Art & True Beauty
Beauty vs. “Art”: Humility in the artist is his frank acceptance of all experiences, just as Love in the artist is simply that sense of Beauty that reveals to the world its body and its soul. ~ Oscar Wilde I have noticed that people often — and I think unconsciously — use the … Read More
Women Save the World?
March is Women’s History Month, and March 8 has been designated “International Women’s Day.” So in the spirit, I offer the following thoughts: In 2009, at the Peace Conference in Canada, His Holiness the Dalai Lama said, “The world will be saved by the Western Woman.” Yep. He actually said that, or at least that … Read More
The Smithsonian, the Inventors’ Hall of Fame & Me
Being asked to go to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History to tell them about myself and about inventing the very first sports bra back in 1977 was a humbling moment. Actually many humbling moments. Many moments because we took time during that trip to D.C. to also visit the National Inventors Hall of … Read More