Quotations for Inspiration

These are some quotations compiled by Nan Fisher. Read them carefully and pick three you like or feel identified with,
and two you disagree with or don’t like.
Write about each non-stop during 5 minutes.

"It's ok. You don't need to care." Mason, age 5

"Mama? Why did we just pass a sign that says, Do Not Pass?" Emma Fischer, age 7, riding in the car

"All of life is creating." Dylan Smith, age 9

"Touch is the meaning of being human." Andrea Dworkin

"Although to be driven back upon oneself is an uneasy affair at best, rather like trying to cross a border with borrowed credentials, it seems to me now the one condition necessary to the beginnings of real self-respect." Joan Didion

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." Anais Nin

"You do not have to justify your physical existence. Your existence is justification enough." Jerry & Esther Hicks

"Your thorns are the best part of you." Marianne Moore

"The sight of a cage is only frightening to the bird that has once been caught." Rachel Field

"Silence is where the victims dwell." Nelly Sachs

"Comparison is a death knell to sibling harmony." Elizabeth Fishel

"I'm five-feet-four, but I always feel six-foot-one, tall and strong." Yvette Mimieux

"Men and women, women and men. It will never work." Erica Jong

"Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been." Mark Twain

"If you are doing your best, you will not have time to worry about failure." Robert Hillyer

"Talking much about oneself can also be a means to conceal oneself." Friedrich Nietzsche

"Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another." George Eliot

"Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional." Roger Crawford

"Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live." Mark Twain

"Not all who wander are lost." JRR Tolkien

"One must have chaos in ones self in order to give birth to a dancing star." Nietzsche

"A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds." Francis Bacon

"Whenever I'm with my mother, I feel as though I have to spend the whole time avoiding land mines." Amy Tan

A Safe Place

Imagine you are in a Safe Place. This place may be larger than Texas, as big as Australia, or the size of your bedroom.

A Safe Place...

Write during 10 minutes anything you are afraid to write about, feel guilty writing about, feel foolish writing about, or have any reservations writing about whatsoever.

Packed Memories

Suppose this box was found in the attic of your house by chance. You happen to find that its content is a very dear object of yours, which you thought was lost. Describe what it is, what memories it brings back to you and what you would do with it now that it has been found again.

Photo Prompts

Imaginary Friend

Observe these photos carefully and read the words. Then try to make up a story with one of them. The story could be either a product of your imagination or an anecdote related to the picture of your choice.







Waiting










Hide and seek at kinder

The Little Prince

You must have read (or at least heard about) THE LITTLE PRINCE by Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
Here are some of his most well-known lines. Why don´t you take some minutes to read them and CHOOSE at least TWO to post some ideas in YOUR blog. You can either respond to them or (even better) explore your life memories in order to tell us anecdotes or experiences in which these ideas are represented.

QUOTING "The Little Prince"

"What makes the desert beautiful," says the little prince, "is that somewhere it hides a well."

"Over the years, I came to know a great many grownups. My opinion of them never improved. In time, I stopped showing my drawing, and never again mentioned boa constrictors, elephants, or stars - instead, I would talk about golf, money, politics, and neckties, and everyone was pleased to have met such a sensible man."

"Here is the important part again: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."

"They never say to you, "What does his voice sound like? What games does he love best? Does he collect butterflies?" Instead, they demand "How old is he? How many brothers has he? How much does he weigh? How much money does his father make?" Only from these figures do they think they have learned anything about him."

"Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them."

In case you want to keep on reading this wonderful classic click here:

http://books.google.com.ar/books?id=CQYg20lTHtMC&dq=&pg=PP1&ots=nhhFblKDeD&sig=v80EmXfRLZdgk_gm6oKd4qlIdEs&prev=http://www.google.com.ar/search%3Fhl%3Des%26q%3Dthe%2Blittle%2Bprince%2B6%252B%2Bsaint%2Bexupery%26meta%3D&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title#PPP1,M1

YOUR SONG

I just wanted to remind you that the choice of your favourite song to post in your blog should be based on to what extent you feel identified with it, or what particular emotions it awakens in you. Don´t forget to share with all of us the lyrics & specially YOUR REACTION to it so that we can really understand your choice.

Your Name

How can you express in a few words

WHO you are or WHAT you are LIKE?

By using P O E T R Y ! ! !

Here is an example of a way in which a few words can depict who you are. Try using your name initials and enjoy a creative ride!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fantastic
Respectful
Interesting
Enjoyable
Nice
Direct