Painting Your Picture Of Paradise | Community Insight

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This is a perfect case of backward blogging.  Instead of a post prompting a picture, it was this picture that inspired the post.

Last Friday’s ‘Community Insight’ post brought us an amazing array of ‘colors’ to the “Motivate Thyself” archives.  I was blown away with the detailed dioramas that had bloomed from the soil of a single shade of light (or dark in some cases).  It was quickly evident that we are all blessed with ‘talented’ imaginations as well as unique perspectives on the world around us.  So it is from these findings that I’ve brought to you this next ‘forum’ for you to show your true colors.  But this time, we’re going to get out our paint brushes as we bring texture to our own personal paradise. Read more »

On The Lighter Side Of Things

I think this year’s Blog Action Day was a great success as I found myself ingesting vast amounts of new knowledge as well as clearing up old stereo types.  Challenging discussions ensued as once again the blogging community showed its wonderful ability to ‘hash out’ the many aspects of a subject.

But after an entire day of reading and thinking about poverty, I thought it might be nice to share some ‘lighter’ things with you guys.  So here’s a few pics I managed to drudge up that give you a little more insight into the world of ‘this redhead’. Read more »