 Muse in the Morning |
Time for a break from poetry…in order to create some art.
| Every time you don’t follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness.
–Shakti Gawain |
 Art Glass 44 |
Category: Community
Aug 31 2011
Muse in the Morning
Aug 30 2011
Muse in the Morning
| Muse in the Morning |
Time for a break from poetry…in order to create some art.
| Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you?
–Fanny Brice |
 Art Glass 43 |
Aug 29 2011
Muse in the Morning
| Muse in the Morning |
Time for a break from poetry…in order to create some art.
| The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.
–Anne Morrow Lindbergh |
 Art Glass 42 |
Aug 26 2011
Muse in the Morning
| Muse in the Morning |
Time for a break from poetry…in order to create some art.
| If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise.
–Johann von Goethe |
 Art Glass 40 |
Aug 25 2011
Muse in the Morning
| Muse in the Morning |
Time for a break from poetry…in order to create some art.
| There is just one life for each of us: our own.
–Euripides |
 Art Glass 39 |
Aug 24 2011
Muse in the Morning
| Muse in the Morning |
Time for a break from poetry…in order to create some art.
| Learn to… be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.
–Henri Frederic Amiel |
 Art Glass 38 |
Aug 23 2011
Muse in the Morning
| Muse in the Morning |
Time for a break from poetry…in order to create some art.
| I think of life itself now as a wonderful play that I’ve written for myself, and so my purpose is to have the utmost fun playing my part.
–Shirley MacLaine |
 Art Glass 37 |
Aug 22 2011
Muse in the Morning
| Muse in the Morning |
Time for a break from poetry…in order to create some art.
| Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities which he does not possess, and to gain applause which he cannot keep.
–Samuel Johnson |
 Art Glass 36 |
Aug 19 2011
Muse in the Morning
| Muse in the Morning |
Time for a break from poetry…in order to create some art.
| I am told to just be myself, but as much as I have practiced the impression, I am still no good at it.
–Robert Brault |
 Art Glass 33 |
Aug 18 2011
Muse in the Morning
| Muse in the Morning |
Time for a break from poetry…in order to create some art.
| If you cannot be a poet, be the poem.
–David Carradine |
 Art Glass 32 |
Aug 17 2011
Muse in the Morning
| Muse in the Morning |
Time for a break from poetry…in order to create some art.
| We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.
–François Duc de La Rochefoucauld |
 Art Glass 31 |
Aug 15 2011
Mondragon Miracle Part II of III: The Genius of Don Jose
It’s been a rather tough week for capitalists. With people waking up from the illusion of money and riots erupting in otherwise reserved England, I almost feel a little sorry for the advocates of Milton Friedman. Almost.
As you scrape together your last dollars to exchange for gold and throw another bucket of water on your burning London flat, have you considered abandoning this system? There is a choice, you know. We choose to have this system and all the pain that comes with it. Not offering opposition to a bad system is making a choice to continue with the dysfunction.
What’s that? You didn’t know you had choices? No one has explained to you the alternatives? Well, if you don’t feel obligated to ride this sinking ship to the bottom of the ocean, come along with us as we start talking solutions.
In Part I of this three part series, we discussed the history of a little known cooperative venture called Mondragon. This company went from a twelve-man paraffin stove manufacturing plant to a conglomerate that holds Wal-mart at bay in miniscule country of Basque, and employs 130,000 people. The cooperative has a remarkable 80% success rate in business ventures, far outstripping the typical success rate of 20% (less in this market). It has consistently helped the Basque people strengthen their communities with education, health care, housing and a robust social safety net. It creates jobs where none existed before, stabilizing their economy while nearby Spain and Portugal flounder.
How could this one company achieve such miraculous results? Well, it may actually be a divine intervention–through a Jesuit priest named Don Jose. In this segment, I delve deeper into Don Jose’s unique genius in devising the Mondragon system.