Holly B.F. Warren Atelierista Artist Mind Wanderer Writer Optimist

Category: self-awareness, lifestyle, change, movement

  • The Spindle and the Thistle: Why We Must Educate the Adult Imagination

    ​After 35 years in the atelier, I am haunted by a recurring image: the bush of thistles. ​I see it in the eyes of seasoned educators and weary adults—a dense, prickly thicket of no, should, and impossible. We speak of educare, of drawing out the light, yet we have become master architects of our own…

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  • Time Compass

    The Internal OrientationWe often imagine time as a river, a relentless current dragging us away from the past and toward a misty horizon. But if we stop looking at the clock and start looking at the soul, time behaves less like a linear path and more like a compass.In this view, Forward is not a…

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  • Sleeping Beauty?

    Do we sleep when we sleep or do we sleep in other ways when wide awake? How do sleep and imagination weave possibilities? The imagination of a child is a vibrant kingdom without walls, populated by sprites, talking shadows, and endless possibilities. But as the child crosses the threshold into the ‘Age of Reasonable Thinking,’…

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  • Watch A Collaboration of Visions

    https://hbfwarren.com/2024/03/16/watch-a-collaboration-of-visions/ Our Mind is a library. Niches, shelves, cupboards and vaults of experiences are stored away and with a tickle,  a nudge, a push and an invitation they welcome the hidden, the real, the possible and our dreams.May this be….a Spill of Inspiration.

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