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The Heart, Beats
They say home is where the heart is. An adventuress returns from a year spent traveling to the far corners of the globe and discovers an enigma: If the heart has two sides, which one is home?
Laura Lowery
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Comfortable
Winner of Lucia’s photography award for his self-portrait, “Comfortable”
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Perfectionism & Yoga
Modern yoga culture offers endless images of women with perfect bodies, perfect poses and seemingly perfect lives. If yoga is about attaining perfection, where will we find sanctuary now?
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Artist: Shelli Markee
Shelli Markee is a silversmith, wire artist and (recently) a bassist. Working in her light-filled studio at home in Seattle, she wields a crème brûlée torch and melds imperfection with simplicity to create jewelry, art, and a beautiful life.
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Reverie Three
It requires courage to accept the ordinary humanity that is you. You are normal, but if you are brave, you can love yourself anyway.
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Editor's Letter
Masquerading as a noble pursuit, perfectionism pretends to be self-improvement and healthy growth. In truth, it is fear posing this debilitating question: What will they think of me?
Issue One - Inspiration
The Lady, the Unicorn & the Heart
In a small room in the Latin Quarter of Paris, on the top floor of Musée de Cluny, a series of 500-year-old tapestries hang on the walls: La Dame à la Licorne. The meaning of the largest is a mystery, except to those who’ve come to know we possess another sense.
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Scribe
write /’raIt/ (verb) to mark down coherent letters or words on a surface, typically paper, with a pen, pencil or similar implement.
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Dedication to the Mundane
I used to think inspiration had to come out of nowhere, singing at full volume in a burst of fireworks like Katy Perry did at the Super Bowl. Maybe for some people. For me this rarely happens. My friend Amanda uttered a marvelous phrase on New Year’s Eve. We
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She Who No Longer Stands on Her Hands
What would it mean to find inspiration to live well in the scar at my wrist? Just to pose the question is a dazzling relief, like a sip of alpine air after panting in the smog. Like surfacing. My practice has become the modest act of taking up this question every day.
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Solo in Sri Lanka
A woman in her thirties gives up her house, sells her furniture, and downsizes her wardrobe to fit in a backpack. She buys a one-way ticket to travel the world. Alone in Sri Lanka with a handwritten map. Where does it lead? Hint: It has to do with the heart.
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Selfies, Self-Portraits & Self-Love
Nothing sounds more self-obsessed than the word selfie. But is it really narcissism? What if taking photographs of ourselves were vulnerable, courageous and inspiring acts of artistry? Maybe turning the camera around has more to do with the heart than we think...