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	<description>What Would You Love To Create?</description>
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		<title>Creating In The Gaps</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Rowley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; One of the things I&#8217;m struggling with lately is finding the time to create. I am most comfortable when I can take a decent amount of time to gradually immerse myself in a project and become totally absorbed in it. &#160; I have much more difficulty working in short bursts. And because I&#8217;m minding [...]


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		<title>Noticing Notes: Opening Out</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Rowley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Noticing Notes is a weekly event on this blog where I discuss my mindful writing practice of ‘noticing’ and encourage you to join in. What’s noticing? Well, here’s the twitter version: Comfy? Good. Start writing whatever you’re experiencing right now: sights/sounds/feelings/thoughts/etc. Stuck? Write ‘noticing …’ continue And this post has a slightly longer version [...]


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		<title>Paper Planes And A River Of Stones</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Rowley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Here we are in the new year and I&#8217;m taking a new direction in my Ephemeral Adventurer series of paintings. I&#8217;m experimenting with larger paintings on canvas and trying a few designs without the maps. This one is called &#8216;Fly With Me&#8217; and it&#8217;s the first of the new batch. I&#8217;m going to order [...]


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		<title>Illustration Friday: Sink</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Rowley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I&#8217;m writing a few guest posts this week and went to revisit a draft I&#8217;m working on, but felt very uninspired. So, after dithering in Gmail for a while I noticed that the Illustration Friday topic for this week is: Sink. Which made it easy to justify skipping my morning writing session and make [...]


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		<title>Noticing Notes: Shift and Return</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 04:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Rowley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Noticing Notes is a weekly event on this blog where I discuss my mindful writing practice of ‘noticing’ and encourage you to join in. (It used to be called &#8216;Noticing Mondays&#8217;, but maybe I want to post it on a Tuesday sometimes!) What’s noticing? Well, here’s the twitter version: Comfy? Good. Start writing whatever you’re [...]


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		<title>Noticing Mondays: Peter Rabbit Tea Cup Writing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:03:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Rowley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Noticing Mondays is a weekly event on this blog where I discuss my mindful writing practice of ‘noticing’ and encourage you to join in. &#160; ******* What’s noticing? Well, here’s the twitter version: &#160; Comfy? Good. Start writing whatever you’re experiencing right now: sights/sounds/feelings/thoughts/etc. Stuck? Write ‘noticing …’ continue &#160; And this post has a [...]


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		<title>Buenos Días Paella! &#8230; I Mean Oranges! &#8230; I Mean Valencia!!</title>
		<link>http://creativechai.com/buenos-dias-paella-i-mean-oranges-i-mean-valencia</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Rowley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Todays Ephemeral Adventurer is about to touch down in Valencia, the &#8216;Bright City&#8217;. &#160; Valencia is the birth place of Paella and famous for sweet oranges, stunning beaches, Medieval churches, and for hosting America&#8217;s Cup Yacht races (yawn). &#160; Bonus Fun Fact: Valencia oranges are delicious, and have nothing to do with Valencia. They [...]


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		<title>Noticing Mondays:  The Word Count Is Not What Counts</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Rowley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Noticing Mondays is a weekly event on this blog where I discuss my mindful writing practice of ‘noticing’ and encourage you to join in. What’s noticing? Well, here’s the twitter version: &#160; Comfy? Good. Start writing whatever you’re experiencing right now: sights/sounds/feelings/thoughts/etc. Stuck? Write ‘noticing …’ continue &#160; And this post has a slightly longer [...]


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		<title>Jizo Bodhisattva: Study</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:32:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Rowley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a change in direction for the Art Every Day Month challenge, as I wanted to do something that also fitted the Illustration Friday theme for this week: Round. &#160; I&#8217;ve been wanting to do a series on Jizo Bodhisattvas, they are a kind of Buddhist Deity / Saint. Jizo Statues are everywhere in Japan, [...]


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		<title>Paper Crane: Coming Home To Hirosaki</title>
		<link>http://creativechai.com/paper-crane-coming-home-to-hirosaki</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Rowley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, after much fussing and sketching I finally got a paper crane painting done for Art Every Day Month. These are much more intimidating to do than the paper planes, but I really enjoy painting and drawing them. My wife knows how to fold paper cranes so we have a few scattered over the house, [...]


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