You searched for nature — EMMpress https://www.emmpress.com/ words and images for mindful humans Fri, 23 Oct 2026 11:12:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://www.emmpress.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-Screenshot-2026-03-10-at-12.16.43-PM-32x32.png You searched for nature — EMMpress https://www.emmpress.com/ 32 32 Serendipity of searching for self https://www.emmpress.com/serendipity-of-searching-for-self/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=serendipity-of-searching-for-self Fri, 23 Oct 2026 11:00:23 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=20110 And finding an artist who hid her entire life by searching. This piece is coming from someone who has experimented and had success in SEO for 25+ years,…

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]]> Three phrase philosophy for hosting quality community events https://www.emmpress.com/three-phrase-philosophy-for-hosting-quality-community-events/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=three-phrase-philosophy-for-hosting-quality-community-events Sun, 11 Oct 2026 18:14:59 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=20000 And defining some roles while I’m at it. Every large-scale event has a producer. Producers are people who brings teams together, pays artists, hires contractors, handles grounds, fencing,…

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]]> On the flip side of life, trauma is your honor https://www.emmpress.com/on-the-flip-side-of-life-trauma-is-your-honor/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-the-flip-side-of-life-trauma-is-your-honor Mon, 14 Sep 2026 13:29:59 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=19583 After disasters, harsh realities, assh*les, and accidents, we are 100% allowed to be grateful those aspects of Self that help us to carry on. CRYSTALLINE CLARIFICATION HERE: this…

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]]> Staying in my bones and boobs: on pay equality, health care, and how to restructure an organization https://www.emmpress.com/staying-in-my-bones-and-boobs-on-pay-equality-health-care-and-how-to-restructure-an-organization/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=staying-in-my-bones-and-boobs-on-pay-equality-health-care-and-how-to-restructure-an-organization Tue, 08 Sep 2026 15:15:01 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=19387 I realized yesterday, the soaring health care costs I’m experiencing are mostly about keeping me in strong bones and boobs. My entire adult life, I’ve avoided being considered…

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]]> Sex & Death in the time of Kali Yuga https://www.emmpress.com/sex-death/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sex-death Sat, 22 Aug 2026 14:43:39 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=19297 I have 20 minutes to write this, so lucky for you, it should be short. When I was around 15 years old, my mother announced one random day,…

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]]> Did I ever tell you… https://www.emmpress.com/did-i-ever-tell-you/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=did-i-ever-tell-you Sat, 01 Aug 2026 15:10:07 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=19182 A true story about flipping the verbal bird and ungraceful pimping in New York City’s art world? Let me share a little about my time in Greenwich Village…

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]]> Website Use: Terms & Conditions https://www.emmpress.com/website-use-terms-conditions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=website-use-terms-conditions Fri, 31 Jul 2026 17:54:05 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?page_id=18611 emmpress.com Last update: July 31, 2026 This document contains the policies that govern emmpress.com (the “Site”). The Site is a personal creative work owned and run by Elizabeth…

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]]> Making a statement https://www.emmpress.com/making-a-statement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=making-a-statement Thu, 09 Jul 2026 12:58:36 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=18747 I love this concept. And I’ve seen the power of making statements play out for those who know the power of words and also carry good character and…

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]]> Declaration of Independence https://www.emmpress.com/declaration-of-independence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=declaration-of-independence Sat, 04 Jul 2026 13:29:07 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=18762 How a powerful document did what it was supposed to do. There are dozens of declarations that we could look at more closely, but today, I’d love discuss…

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]]> pink. and red birds https://www.emmpress.com/pink-and-red-birds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pink-and-red-birds Sun, 28 Jun 2026 13:04:51 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=18670 Also: needling noses, feeling for others, juxtapositions of color, spiritual practice, and shielding nature from unwanted gazes. I just heard an excellent spiritual practice is sitting outside for…

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]]> Taking time… https://www.emmpress.com/taking-time/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=taking-time Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:35:34 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=18269 On “taking time for oneself,” rest, idiomatic expressions, etymology, and art from this week. I occasionally steal time to do things like watch movies, walk in nature, write…

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]]> Maker Feature: Toland Colorscope https://www.emmpress.com/colorscope-feature/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=colorscope-feature Sat, 23 May 2026 10:58:29 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=17846 Includes notes on creativity, ai, and inventing new languages with symbols. The Toland Colorscope system reflects an individual’s labor of love, and showcases people, color, astrology, metaphysics, history,…

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]]> Acclimate https://www.emmpress.com/acclimate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=acclimate Sun, 26 Apr 2026 17:29:46 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=17727 A Term of Endearment post with whiffs of ritual and how to help multi-dimensionally on difficult days. My mom is moving. Moved. The last few days consisted of…

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]]> Short & Sweet https://www.emmpress.com/short-sweet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=short-sweet Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:39:48 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=17667 At my first New York gallery show, an Ukranian artist named Bokov drew caricatures of those present. Mine was a young girl with a big head, tiny neck,…

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]]> Name-work, paper-work, and identity reboots for language-minded ladies https://www.emmpress.com/name-work-paper-work-and-self-understanding/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=name-work-paper-work-and-self-understanding Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:46:34 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=17533 Today I needed to fill in some paperwork to pick up an official birth certificate for my youngest child and was struck how, as a woman, I’ve needed…

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]]> covering: artist’s statement https://www.emmpress.com/covering-artists-statement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=covering-artists-statement Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:47:57 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=17478 I cover nature. Daily drawings are digital finger painting atop photos, and include collage-symbols made from other moments in time. These personal symbols are stored as images in…

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]]> Hope in coping mechanisms https://www.emmpress.com/hope-in-coping-mechanisms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hope-in-coping-mechanisms Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:39:52 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=17144 Today is Easter Sunday, and I’m sitting at dining table, laptop nestled among mountains of near-folded clothes, purple and white towels, and underwear. I’m also sneaking in some…

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]]> Sushi Bake Beliefs https://www.emmpress.com/sushi-bake-beliefs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sushi-bake-beliefs Sat, 28 Mar 2026 13:57:40 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=16902 On Food Culture, Balls of Beliefs, Paradox, Music, and Menopause Yesterday my daughter found a recipe for a Sushi Bake, and I was immediately skeptical. Who wants to…

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]]> Valuing your values – a mini workshop in a post https://www.emmpress.com/valuing-your-values-a-mini-workshop/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=valuing-your-values-a-mini-workshop Sat, 14 Mar 2026 20:14:00 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=14628 Many moons ago I crewed for a personal development coach in Hawaii and both coasts. I used to help usher folks across beds of hot coals and jump…

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]]> non-shop adventures and the underappreciated art of window shopping https://www.emmpress.com/non-shop-adventures-and-the-underappreciated-art-of-window-shopping/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=non-shop-adventures-and-the-underappreciated-art-of-window-shopping Fri, 06 Feb 2026 21:29:27 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=16261 Here’s a little story about non-shop adventures and participating in your local economy even when you aren’t flush with currency. It’s like flash-mobbing a business you love, but…

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]]> when practicality looks like magic: 222 https://www.emmpress.com/when-practicality-looks-like-magic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-practicality-looks-like-magic Fri, 09 Jan 2026 16:36:05 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=15488 “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” -Arthur C. Clarke Years ago I was contracted to coordinate and improve the digital marketing for an explosively growing outfit.…

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]]> A Visual Peace: Art as Alchemy https://www.emmpress.com/a-visual-peace-art-as-alchemy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-visual-peace-art-as-alchemy Fri, 02 Jan 2026 12:50:09 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=15324 Creative work is alchemy. It is an honest process, that sometimes culminates something that can touch the honest places in other people too. Art, music, poetry, and stories…

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]]> Why try bird’s eye? https://www.emmpress.com/why-try-birds-eye/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-try-birds-eye Fri, 19 Dec 2025 17:47:00 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=14951 On the art & science of mapping, and our physical positioning in relationship to the places we depict. Maps may have come about, in part, to verify that…

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]]> Living Legacy™ and loving turns of phrase https://www.emmpress.com/living-legacy-and-loving-turns-of-phrase/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=living-legacy-and-loving-turns-of-phrase Sun, 14 Dec 2025 13:05:06 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=14859 I love turns of phrase, especially those that are, by their nature, contradictory. Living Legacy is one like this. Legacy, by definition, has to do with what you…

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]]> Wonder https://www.emmpress.com/wonder/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wonder Tue, 25 Nov 2025 22:47:00 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=14747 [originally published as newsletter on 11/24/2025] I’ve come to know that we can experience beauty and wonder in everyday life by tapping childhood curiosity, and gently holding those…

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]]> Generational Curse Breaking for an Everyday Lady https://www.emmpress.com/generational-curse-breaking-for-an-everyday-lady/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=generational-curse-breaking-for-an-everyday-lady Mon, 24 Nov 2025 20:37:08 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=14641 Disclaimer: in order to do this, you don’t actually have to be a lady. I am case in point. I’m also not recommending you believe in curses per…

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]]> Life is a feeling https://www.emmpress.com/life-is-a-feeling/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=life-is-a-feeling Mon, 10 Nov 2025 18:44:18 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=14518 One of my teachers said the title of this post with great authority, and it gave me pause. How could life be a feeling, I wondered, isn’t life…

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]]> Regress, or Congress? https://www.emmpress.com/regress-or-congress/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=regress-or-congress Tue, 04 Nov 2025 18:34:14 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=14346 In 2016, I wrote letters to a number of GOP Senators asking them to hold the line against the destructive tendencies of Trump. It seemed clear that his…

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]]> One-Third School, Two-Thirds Sky https://www.emmpress.com/one-third-school-two-thirds-sky/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=one-third-school-two-thirds-sky Sat, 01 Nov 2025 15:56:09 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=14393 I’ve had so many things on my mind lately, and much of it related to the sky: blues, clouds, galaxies, light and dark matter, and accelerating expanses. And…

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]]> In (and out of) Service https://www.emmpress.com/in-and-out-of-service/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-and-out-of-service Sat, 01 Nov 2025 06:23:00 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=14624 [Originally published as newsletter on 11/11/2025] My Dad is a Veteran. He served our country in a regimented way to protect democracy. Practically, he was doing tasks inside…

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]]> Here’s my story (and I’m not sticking to it) https://www.emmpress.com/heres-my-story-and-im-not-sticking-to-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=heres-my-story-and-im-not-sticking-to-it Wed, 22 Oct 2025 11:50:59 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=14214 I’ve been in between things for some time now. Like in my career. And it is glorious. I mean, literally glorious. Each day feels like an adventure, my…

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]]> Polarity: a mechanism of expansion https://www.emmpress.com/polarity-a-mechanism-of-expansion/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=polarity-a-mechanism-of-expansion Mon, 20 Oct 2025 17:42:30 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=14191 My father, a man of few words to me, once said our culture was bipolar. His colleague provided a wide-eyed surprised look and consenting chuckle. I remembering witnessing…

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]]> What’s your story? Mythic or Mundane? https://www.emmpress.com/whats-your-story-mythic-or-mundane/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whats-your-story-mythic-or-mundane Tue, 30 Sep 2025 06:56:00 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=14154 [originally published as newsletter on 9/30/2025]There’s a good deal of talk in self-development circles about the stories we tell ourselves. That we have the choice to tell ourselves…

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