“Comparison is a form of torture you inflict upon yourself when you refuse to see your unique brilliance.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
comparison + torture + your own brilliance (daily hot! quote)
art
can you let yourself to be transformed into a work of art? (daily hot! quote)
“The most wonderful thing about life is that we get to experience (and watch) the breath of the Universe move through these inanimate clay bodies to transform our limitations and dullness into exquisite works of art.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
what shapes you? (daily hot! quote)
Marshall McLuhan had the idea that “We become what we behold. We shape or tools and they shape us.” I stumbled across this quote, because I happened to notice it in the background of a five second camera angle in an episode of Person of Interest, aptly placed behind Finch. “We are creators. We first imitate, […]
how to touch genius (daily hot! quote)
“Striving to be different is the opposite of individuality, originality, of creativity. To find your uniqueness, your contribution to the world, you must cease from forcing effort and enter the narrow doorway of non-thought. Clear the mind of your past. Cease anticipating the future. Settle into uncertainty, and genius will come to you.” -Amy Larson, […]
can your limitations set you free? (daily hot! quote)
“We must first be limited before we can become limitless.” -Phil Hansen, TED Talk: Embrace The Shake [watch the video here]
what color has to do with your experiences (daily hot! quote)
“Inner self-reliance comes when you surrender yourself as a work of art. It means allowing what you feel to be used as brushstrokes across the canvas of your life. You are not the canvas or the strokes or the painter. You are the work of art.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeño.com
write your story and be transformed (daily hot! quote)
“To write is to bleed words onto the page – to be entirely vulnerable – the surest way to criticism and the clearest path to metamorphic transformation.” -AmyJalapeño.com
surrender and be shaped into a work of art (daily hot! quote)
“Vision is not a dream of the future. Vision is leveraging all of who you are, were, and everything you are meant to become into this moment, so that the unknown can shape you into a beautiful work of art” -AmyJalapeño.com
face it, you are a work of art (daily hot! quote)
“My darling, Time, how you have shaped and transformed me. Your breath caressed the skin of my soul and brought to life countless connections to sculpt an elegant beauty inside me.” -AmyJalapeño.com
on the use of your expectations (daily hot! quote)
(Inspired by a conversation with my sister, Jen. And thanks to Kent for encouraging her with such lovely ideas.) “Expect not the dream, nor your worst nightmare; for both may eventually come. Dream, feel, plan; but expect nothing. Then will bliss, gratitude, and a joyful life crawl from the caves of past and future to […]
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