tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72691343310218729662024-03-18T20:02:18.077-07:00Dancing As One (DAO)Brazilian writer and Multimedia Artist dancing on words as she travels the´three´corners of the world in a shakinspiring way, orbiting exorbitantly around her daily dearly deals in no hurry no worry through ordered ordeals. She also enjoys writing in third person.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04415215341045812461noreply@blogger.comBlogger175125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269134331021872966.post-77635994570509572262018-01-06T08:55:00.000-08:002018-01-10T07:00:57.853-08:00Intention Setting Full ChallengeHappy New Year And Welcome 2018! Starting off 2018 on the right foot I'm already leading all by myself here as no one has joined me to lead as a group. My motto is To Help Each Other Is The Best Practice. But in my case it seems that it has always been like that: <br><br>
I'm leading the way on my own <br>
So others may follow later on.<br>
And that's totally fine with me. Even while I worked as a model, or even in my many struggling years of dancing in Ballet companies, and all over the world in such a cutthroat atmosphere, I was helping many people out there. I lost the count of how many I helped along the way.
Maybe that's my mission after all. <blockquote>Not wait for things to get better or be another number on a page but stay firm and walk alone, barefoot, breaking barriers and making it easier for the next generation</blockquote><br>
Yes, I've been brave enough for that.<br>
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<b>Day 1</b> of the Intention Setting Challenge is: <br>What do I want to create more space in my life for? What can I do to make that a reality?<br>
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<blockquote>I want to create more space For What or Who I'm Grateful and Not Hateful. Turn into more positive changes that I cannot change and change what is negative in my life to something more positive. Have more time to read my own thoughts to recharge myself on my mission of leading the way</blockquote>.
And Many Blessings in 2018!<br><br>
Infinity War for those sick of eternity<br>
Are those who seek serenity! <br>
#amwriting<br>
It's all a series of serendipities <br>
with no beginnings and no ends.<br>
Such is life with many possibilities<br>
Through which love transcends. <br>
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<b>Day 2</b> of the Intention Setting Challenge is: What am I holding onto that is no longer serving me? It can be a person, a relationship, a job, the way someone perceives me, etc. What can I do to let go of this?
I wish I could say Social Media. I would let go of it if it didn't serve me for nothing. But that is simply not true. <blockquote>I'm mesmerized every time I see someone that I never met from the four corners of the globe sharing my thoughts, my quotes, and translating them into the most amazing pictures and intimate images of their soul. That touches my soul, in the deepest level</blockquote>. So I will not abandon the media. I will let go of my own ego who got hurt for Seeing people who used to flatter me to the bones on Facebook and right on my Birthday they stopped being my friend. But that actually sound more like an untrue friend playing games with you. That I let go. After 11 years of having a Facebook account and being actively participating on it I saw people leaving and coming back. Now I simply let go of it. I do not need to let go of people. They simply leave. Of that I have no control. But when or if they want to come back it's another story and it's entirely on me to decide when or where I will write another chapter with them on it or not. It's all up to me!<br>
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<b>Day 3</b> of the Intention Setting Challenge is: We are what we tell ourselves we are. Ask yourself what you are good at and what you are not good at. Make a list. What gave you the impression that you are not “good” at something / “meant to do something?” Where are you limiting yourself unnecessarily? If there were no limits to your intelligence or capabilities, what would you truly like to do with your time? Share that and then set aside time this week to do just that.
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No limits to my imagination! I would fly high up in the sky. Well, I will set sometime off and I might even try to fy away. I already do that anyway in my mind I might as well live up to my fantasies. Who knows! The sky is NOT the limit.
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<b>Day 4</b> is:
You are not good or bad or right or wrong for existing as a human being in the way that you choose to live. As Glennon Doyle reminds us, life hurts and it is hard, not because you're doing it wrong, but because it's just hard! Society tells us a different story. It tells us we need to be, act, live, and think a certain way in order to be accepted, loved, admired, and respected.Write down a part of yourself that you consider to be “bad,” Write down an intention to meet yourself with more compassion for what you consider to be broken or in need of fixing. You’re allowed to be both a work in progress and a masterpiece. Counteract the negativity by writing down the aspects of yourself that you admire/want to continue developing.
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<blockquote>I consider to be bad in Math. But when I start to count down my Blessings I don't believe I'm bad at all</blockquote>! I'm shy and I lack confidence.
I admire my courage, the respect I feel for nature, for others, my discipline, my willingness to see my own flaws and try to improve what/when I think and feel I need some adjustment, my wit and good sense, my entire disposition to be a better version of me and to help other people to do the same.
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<b>Day 5</b> of the Intention Setting Challenge is:
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3-5 min. Meditation practice. Set a timer for 3-5 minutes. Lay down or come to a comfortable seat and close your eyes. Slow down the breath and find stillness. No need to set an intention here. Ironic, right?! Just notice what thoughts arise and watch them. When the timer goes off, cycle back through the stream of consciousness that your mind wandered through and note where the focus was: the past or the future? Conversations that happened or haven’t happened yet?
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Was it generally positive or negative? Share as much as you’d like. A lot of intention setting is being able to recognize what happens to the mind when you’re left alone with your thoughts, and it’s the quiet and stillness that allows us create an environment for our intentions to become clear and meaningful. Pro-tip: Thoughts can bring up emotions, and this is perfect in helping us see what we truly feel about something that can be causing us stress or anxiety. Don’t ignore your feelings! They are trying to tell you something and lead you to taking the next right step.
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I tried to ignore a girl screaming teasing me while I was doing the split with a mudra in meditation state. It looks so easy from the outside. Or maybe not! That is why the girl was trying to provoke me at all costs and with her lungs in full potency. I could have chose a more tranquil place but I thought to meditate in an open area would relax my mind and refresh my soul. If her intention was to distract me from my practice she failed. After a few breaths in I dipped deep into my heart. I was just feeling not thinking, totally in the present moment yet away from external disturbances.
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(You can view the result on my youtube channel. I will post the video of me in lotus pose and then meditating in middle split as a presentation video for the #WellnessDay #AnaBowlovaChallenge)
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<b>Day 6</b> of the Intention Setting Challenge is 10 minutes of mindful movement. This doesn’t have to be yoga; it can be walking or dancing, doing any kind of movement that feels good and nourishes your body. Write down a list of 10 things that nourish your mind, heart, and body. Make a commitment to bring one of those things to the forefront of your day this week.
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So that should have been pretty easy for me who just love to dance. Nothing could be further from the truth. I just woke up with the sensation that I had to accomplish this task. I jumped out of my bed already setting the timer. And with clock on hand, I turned on the radio, music playing and I just started moving. Pretty easy stuff, right? The only problem was those ten minutes turned into an eternity. As I moved my body as mindful of each move I was doing, I was also very mindful of the clock ticking. And that was tickling. Well, you may see the end result on my youtube channel where I post the whole flash-dancing scene: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AnaBowlova">Dance As One</a>
or view it directly here: <a href="https://youtu.be/ayxz8RvU18s">My Ten-Minute Workout</a><br><br>
So here's the top 10 list that nourishes mind, body and soul for me:
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1- <blockquote>To dance freely NOT the least worried about accomplishing something much less counting the minutes to finish it up</blockquote><br>
2- <blockquote>To create new moves without worrying about how silly, funky or clumsy they look</blockquote><br>
3- <blockquote>To read a good book</blockquote><br>
4- <blockquote>To write (about anything that comes to the mind)</blockquote><br>
5- <blockquote>To go out with good friends and chat and laugh a lot</blockquote><br>
6- <blockquote>To be with my family</blockquote><br>
7- <blockquote>To eat good food</blockquote><br>
8- <blockquote>To play with dogs and cats and basically any animal, just plain fun</blockquote> <br>
9- <blockquote>To create (period)</blockquote><br>
10- <blockquote>To pray and meditate</blockquote><br>
#rootedandrising #yogaformentalhealth<br>
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#Wellnessday Next Wednesday Live Standing Split at 11:30 AM Brasília Time I'll be doing a Middle Split in the middle of the Atlantic jungle. Stay tubed! #yoga #compasspose #amazon #memoirs #movieset #lotus #quotes #book #quoteoftheday #tao #physical #meditation #holistichealth #healthystyle #wellbeing #wellness #yogaeverywhere #yogapose #survival #heartofgold #heart #happiness #quotestoliveby
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<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00OBQT79Y">ebook</a> <br><br><br><br> Day 7 of the Intention Setting Challenge! prompt today is:
How do you plan on usingThe the practice of Intention Setting in your daily/weekly routine? What are your biggest takeaways from the intention setting challenge? What are your thoughts on this practice/ how have your thoughts, opinions and ideas evolved? All comments and feedback are welcomed! <br><br>
I plan on keeping my new year's resolution intention setting challenging myself every day with new tasks rising the level of difficulty. I also keep a chart of each new challenge I create, and feel free to join me in. My next challenge is lotus pose followed by splits (you can find the instructions on my youtube channel) with the hashtag #AnaBowlovaContest <br><br>
What is my takeaway on this challenge? I learned that although I know how to keep my mind steady in the hardest environment and I have discipline to follow instructions I still need to let go of forceful thinking. I mean, it's when I'm most vulnerable and I have no control of my thoughts that things start to flow. A swimming instructor once observed that on my swimming. He said that my strokes looked much better when I just swam not the least worried about HOW I did it. When I was focusing on doing it right, thinking like crazy on getting the right technique it was then that I failed on advancing on my swimming practice. And I may apply that on my daily activities. The same goes with any new challenge or task I take. If I'm too worried on being perfect that's when I don't do that well.<br>
Just Do it✔<br><br>
Thanks so much for allowing to go on this amazing journey of Intention Setting Challenge. They were 7 days that I looked forward to start. Sometimes anxiety gets on the way of everything but the excitement makes it all worth the try and we can try to control it with no progress. When we finally let it go it is when everything flows in total fluidity. Many Blessings! Many thanks for the challenge @auroralyrayoga I had a Blast!☺
#rootedandrising #yogaformentalhealthAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04415215341045812461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269134331021872966.post-49834787098099257212017-12-31T05:39:00.000-08:002018-01-10T06:59:34.081-08:00Happy 2018! I would like to announce a contest I created on my channel if you would like to participate and get a chance to win a copy of my book Divine-Action just let me know and I''ll be thrilled to give you more details. Here's the link: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AnaBowlova">http://www.youtube.com/user/AnaBowlova</a> And Please Subscribe to get more freebies on e-books, tips on wellness, health and other holistic therapies. And lots and lots of lotus!
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I've got another challenge for the new years resolution that I'm hosting over my <a href="http://www.instagram.com/AnaBowlova">IG profile</a>. You can also tag me to let me know you are participating in the challenge. Or use the hashtag #anaclaudiaantunes and create any pic with one of my quotes, and you can post any inspiration that comes to your mind while translating my words into images.
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Here are some quotes by me: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/4367104.Ana_Claudia_Antunes">Ana's Quotes on Goodreads</a>
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The best creation will also win a copy of any book that it was quoted.
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You can view some posts created all inspired by my quotes here: <a href="http://anaclaudiaantunes.blogspot.com.br/2017/10/quotations-on-instagram.html">Quotations on Instagram</a>
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The challenge begins in THE FIRST DAY OF THE NEW YEAR. THAT'S RIGHT! It will be on Monday for #MotivationalMonday and as a #MondayMotivation it's the first day of the rest of your life! A brand-new You awaits on January, 1st, to make sure you were seriously joyful to join into the NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION CHALLENGE. I want to see who will follow through. The rewards will be amazing, for your health as well as your happiness. To get started, repost the challenge photo, download the guide, and wait for the host leaders to post the first prompt Monday Morning! Browse through the guide to get an idea of what’s coming up and we’ll see you all soon!<br><br>
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Stay <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AnaBowlova">tubed</a>! Soon I will announce a lotus pose challenge followed by Splits in a Split Second on my youtube channel. And a Happy 2018!!!☺
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<blockquote>What The Future Holds For You?</blockquote><br>
If you want to enter the contest, you can also send me a message with your email and you will have the chance to win a prize, a copy of my book
<a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/ana-claudia-antunes/divine-action/paperback/product-48321.html">Divine-Action</a>
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Have you all the most blessing years of your lives. <br>
And remember: The Best Is Yet To Come!!😁<br>
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The Mysterious Murder of Marilyn Monroe available as ebook:
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<blockquote>WORKSHOP based upon the book "TAO FOR TWO" available <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1520438192/">HERE</a> <br><br>
WHEN: Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at 5 p.m.
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WHERE: Hollywood Beach Theatre in Hollywood, Florida.
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04415215341045812461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269134331021872966.post-67414075309923463882016-10-13T09:30:00.000-07:002016-10-27T07:13:46.533-07:00Turning Quotes Into MasterpiecesI woke up this Thursday Morning with a big surprise. I just saw someone posting a quote of mine via twitter, and that gave me such a pleasure I had tears in my eyes when I saw it:
<blockquoteclass="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thanks <a href="https://twitter.com/hermankasper">@hermankasper</a> for quoting my <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ThursdayThoughts?src=hash">#ThursdayThoughts</a>! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ThursdayGoals?src=hash">#ThursdayGoals</a> are about searching for the best places, which is always from inside! <a href="https://t.co/PJWZQZjXsx">https://t.co/PJWZQZjXsx</a></p>— Ana Claudia Antunes(@AnaBowlova) <a href="https://twitter.com/AnaBowlova/status/786561688019488769">October 13, 2016</a></blockquote> <script asyncsrc="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <br><br>
Then I found out that there are lots of people who keep sharing my quotes. And they even make it better by sharing their own way of saying the same thing. For example, my saying <blockquote>"Life keeps throwing the stones. And I keep finding the diamonds." </blockquote>
<blockquoteclass="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">And Many Thanks <a href="https://twitter.com/hilltreasures">@hilltreasures</a> for quoting me in such endearing way. See, life keeps throwing some precious stones. AND I FIND THEM WELL! :) <a href="https://t.co/PdOJrTf1jF">https://t.co/PdOJrTf1jF</a></p>— Ana Claudia Antunes(@AnaBowlova) <a href="https://twitter.com/AnaBowlova/status/786564367345213440">October 13, 2016</a></blockquote> <script asyncsrc="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<br><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“True love is like little roses, sweet, fragrant in small doses.” <br><br>― Ana Claudia Antunes <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/quote?src=hash">#quote</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Truelove?src=hash">#Truelove</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/roses?src=hash">#roses</a><br>for a thoughtful person... <a href="https://t.co/A5TG5Pr5Nu">pic.twitter.com/A5TG5Pr5Nu</a></p>— aki † (@aki_official1) <a href="https://twitter.com/aki_official1/status/783975663204085760">October 6, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><br>A portrait of me through my quote,
Inspired by the words that I wrote:
<blockquoteclass="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">💎Life keeps throwing me stones. <br>And I keep finding the diamonds...💎<br><br>~ Ana Claudia Antunes<a href="https://t.co/IQky2mnZl8">pic.twitter.com/IQky2mnZl8</a></p>— Laura Mowry(@MowryLaura) <a href="https://twitter.com/MowryLaura/status/791052205679710210">October 25, 2016</a></blockquote> <script asyncsrc="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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It fills my heart with joy when I look at what people make of quotes from my books, they do some creative stuff with my own words, and through my thoughts. I'm glad that I can share that with you.
Here I share some quotes of mine that people already displayed with some inspiring images.
<blockquoteclass="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If you do not want to be forgotten as soon as you are dead...be read, or...~Ana Claudia Antunes<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/amwriting?src=hash">#amwriting</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/writer?src=hash">#writer</a> <a href="https://t.co/M23hnpKdbO">pic.twitter.com/M23hnpKdbO</a></p>— Susan McIntire ☆彡 (@susanjmcintire) <a href="https://twitter.com/susanjmcintire/status/720494389383032833"></a></blockquote> <script asyncsrc="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote>It's like Heaven on Earth!</blockquote>
<blockquoteclass="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“I'd rather be on the ground than under<br>To feel the heavy rain and the thunder.” <br>― Ana Claudia Antunes<a href="http://t.co/jRVvwEivOL">pic.twitter.com/jRVvwEivOL</a></p>— PhoenixRising(@nicratwoman) <a href="https://twitter.com/nicratwoman/status/585929785555095552">April 8, 2015</a></blockquote> <script asyncsrc="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquoteclass="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thanks <a href="https://twitter.com/TrishaMalika">@TrishaMalika</a> for reminding me of that and sharing my quote. It gives me such a joy that I want to share it also. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sharingiscaring?src=hash">#sharingiscaring</a> <a href="https://t.co/7xNy0mVTOX">https://t.co/7xNy0mVTOX</a></p>— Ana Claudia Antunes(@AnaBowlova) <a href="https://twitter.com/AnaBowlova/status/786567702286471169">October 13, 2016</a></blockquote> <script asyncsrc="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote>Beautiful portraying of my feelings,
Translating my words into images.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“True love is like little roses, <br>sweet, fragrant in small doses.” <br>Ana Claudia Antunes <a href="https://t.co/0qFzdQzdWI">pic.twitter.com/0qFzdQzdWI</a></p>— Chris F. W. Anderson (@1_feather) <a href="https://twitter.com/1_feather/status/698914996806381570">February 14, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Yet another beautifully expressed image inspired by the same feeling:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">True love is like little roses, sweet, fragrant in small doses.” ― Ana Claudia Antunes <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/love?src=hash">#love</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Quotestoliveby?src=hash">#Quotestoliveby</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/quote?src=hash">#quote</a> <a href="https://t.co/qRS5d5udqD">pic.twitter.com/qRS5d5udqD</a></p>— Geoff Hudson-Searle (@GeoffHSearle) <a href="https://twitter.com/GeoffHSearle/status/756784769111916544">July 23, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
#Klimt #TheKiss #ART #quote #TrueLove
I love to be quoted like this. It's such a pleasure to see art within the art. All imaginative souls creating together the divine within us! I also create pictures of my own thoughts, and I wrote a book of poetry with images that I call <a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/ana-claudia-antunes/photos-of-thoughts/paperback/product-275952.html">Photos of Thoughts</a>:
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04415215341045812461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269134331021872966.post-54882685148918975772016-05-11T07:01:00.001-07:002016-05-11T07:13:44.503-07:00Love Coach & Life QuotesI've been running some Partner Yoga Workshops for a while now. Everytime I come across with people asking me about the most recent book I wrote, Yoga Para Casais (Couple Yoga or Yoga For Two) based upon a book I published in 2004, <a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/ana-claudia-antunes/the-dao-dancing-as-one-workbook-illustrated/paperback/product-22167175.html">The DAO Workbook Illustrated</a>, I stop and listen very carefully what they are actually saying to ponder upon what's going on and I kindly present them with some techniques that I created that may rekindle that flame once lost and that seemed to be gone forever. I was at a birthday party four days ago when someone said about a married couple, "Everyone thought that they were a perfect match. They looked so great together. Then they split and it was all for a big surprise, to all who knew them. I wish they had come to you before that happened." Yes, they might have been given a chance. But like the saying, "It takes two to tango!" If they didn't think about trying something different, something new to renew their vows, then there was not even the slightest chance that their marriage could ever work out. Not even with the finest workout!
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Relationships are never easy. And dealing with the matters of the heart sounds even more difficult in our modern days. But what I most hear people saying and complaining about is that lack of connection between their loved ones, their soulmates It's like they have lost touch with themselves, what to say with others. And it sounds silly and almost incredible that in the age of technology, with so much in hand for us to connect with each other, we have lost that sense of real connection. Thus I created a method which I named DAO, as the way in between, where two souls meet in full grace. I am planning to extend my course and that it will be spread all over the world. My life mission is to see people enjoying life and embracing their own selves with much joy and creativity. So let's start with yourself. Did you embrace yourself today?
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A good sense of humour is essential to keep up and keep light in a healthy relationship. Most of all have fun with each other. <br>Namaste as the divine being in me sautes the divine being in you. And I bow to you. <br>Ana Bowlova <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOFWF02yW0UUdhvWRcG0iubLeQXU0yTNTRl8Jt_Hwmd0v5wSHw3sRw6ycyndM02MrYus9gaAy10CtBPDiWOJqjIgQqjvK986hyphenhyphenZ6Ic2rm7JOq3mw4Ka4FrItGO6-Fdr-dEGGFYcGSrEzg/s1600/signature.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOFWF02yW0UUdhvWRcG0iubLeQXU0yTNTRl8Jt_Hwmd0v5wSHw3sRw6ycyndM02MrYus9gaAy10CtBPDiWOJqjIgQqjvK986hyphenhyphenZ6Ic2rm7JOq3mw4Ka4FrItGO6-Fdr-dEGGFYcGSrEzg/s200/signature.gif" /></a></div>
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Hello, Shannon! I am astonished by your beautiful messages and pictures. I usually write down messages for myself, then I read it out loud and see that maybe those inspirational moments of mine may help a person or two. So I let the word out, it´s just like sending a message in a bottle to set it out into the sea. And last week I was sharing another one of my "shakinspiring" moments on a quote, making sure that anyone else has had the same thoughts as I had before when I happened to crumble across your messages and I was speechless when I saw two quotes you left on that same day when I was exactly going through some related issues. So I guess we connect so well. After giving so many interviews I'm opening the channel now to get likeminded people interviewed. Or not! Some people don´t have the same thoughts as we do, but go figure. If everyone thought the same we wouldn´t be able to share our own messages. They would be all taken. And when I told you that I would love to get you interviewed in my blog, you accepted my invitation right away. I am so glad that you decided to join me here. <br><br>
Shannon: Thank you, Ana, for the invite to interview.
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Me: So, after this epic introduction, let me take a deep breath and start from scratch:
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Where were you born?<br><br>
Shannon: I was born in New Mexico, but can’t call it the town I grew up in. I was a military brat. I traveled all over the United States. <br><br>
Me: How was your childhood and which kind of education did you have and what studies did you take?<br><br>
Shannon: My childhood wasn’t typical. Well… not typical for a Mormon in Utah. My parents were different. I had an outspoken mother of German descent and a father that was… well unique. He dabbled in all kinds of religions, one was Shamanism. While other LDS teens had fathers with short missionary style haircuts, my father had a long ponytail that often had an Indian feather dangling from it. Then you have my brother that has a cutting wit, who guarded an opal mine in the middle of nowhere for years as a natural born survivalist. Grandma was a psychic and Sunday mornings were filled with the scent of burning sage and meditation followed by my family’s hilariously sarcastic recaps about what they learned at church, work or school that week. I grew up used to non-traditional family life. I think our uniqueness got us used to critics and because of that each of us grew up without a filter, except dad. He rarely spoke. I got in trouble a lot for not holding back my funny commentaries. Sarcastic wit was a second language in my household. I learned early on that I was being raised to feel different—and I was taught that blending wasn’t supposed to be a goal.
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As far as studies, well I did go to college and got a degree in Physical Therapy and Marketing. Medicine is a passion for me, but it is only second to philosophy and writing. However, lately funny graphic design pictures have been my hobby. I am always doing fun photos for family and friends. I always wanted to do the cover of romance novels. <br><br>
Me: How do you come up with so many great quotes?<br><br>
Shannon: There used to be a popular television show in the 1970s called Kung Fu with David Carradine. He plays the Shaolin peace-loving monk, Kwai Chang Caine in the show. Caine would travel all around the world and always have these flashbacks of the Shaolin priest that taught him his wisdom. My father was that kind of guy. He constantly spoke to me in parables, dervishes, and Zen quotes and followed it up with some story of wisdom. Other than that, he rarely spoke to me in any normal fashion. He always taught be not to be closeminded by religion or life. He would say, “Everyone has a bit of the truth and you have to stop and listen. Learn the lesson, because there are no coincidences.” While other teens got necklaces or clothes for Christmas, I got medicine pouches filled with crystals from my Dad or books on wisdom. That was his legacy to me—observe, listen, learn and share.
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Me: Oh, that´s so magnificent. Having a family to support you no matter what, such a great way to raise a child. So your father was a big influence on you. I´m sure he is still whispering some words on your ears, in a Zen way, helping you with your quotes. And that brings me to my next question: When did you start writing them?<br><br>
Shannon: I started writing my quotes when I was a teenager in a creative writing class I took in high school, along with a boat load of poetry. I often write poetry to help me deal with the struggles in my life. I find it therapeutic. However, the 1,050 quotes floating on the internet and in various published books happened three years ago. <br><br>
Me: What made you write a book such as 300 Questions to Ask Your Parents Before It's Too Late?<br><br>
Shannon: Ha Ha. Didn’t really even have any plans to write that book. My publisher asked me to. However, my father had a heart attack one month before I was asked to write it and as I have mentioned: There are no coincidences.
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Me: Is there any secret you would like to share with your audience now that you were never telling anyone before?<br><br>
Shannon: I don’t post pictures of my children online. I don’t think anyone ever should post them openly on Facebook or anywhere else on the internet. I get some slack for that because people think I am all about me when I post. However, that is my private life and they are my pride and joy worth protecting. I was sexually abused when I was only six years old by a neighborhood teenager. Maybe, that is why I am so cautious. I am now an advocate for children that are sexually abused. I had dinner with Darren Fletcher, the director of the movie The Abolitionist. It is an important movie about Sex Trafficking of young children. Darren and I know that the more people view it and support their cause the more we can rescue these children. Children as young as 10 years old are being sold in human trafficking. Please watch the film with your church group. It comes out in movie theatres on April 1st. Here is their foundation I support "<a href="https://ourrescue.org/">O.U.R.</a>" (Operation Underground Railroad) and the movie’s webpage: <a href="http://www.theabolitionistsmovie.com/">The Abolitionists</a>
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<i>The photo above is with Darren Fletcher and Chet Thomas. Darren Fletcher is the director of High School Musical 3 and The Sandlot. He coproduced the Abolitionist Gerald Mullen’s the director of Schindler’s list.</i> <br><br>
Me: How about your charity work, and your plans to help with Worldwide Child Relief Foundation?<br><br>
Shannon: I return to Nicaragua with Worldwide Child Relief Foundation in December. The foundation has built a community center in a very poor area near Leon. I will continue to do medical check-ins with the children I visited this last December. However, this winter I will be teaching a week long class on grief recovery, plus doing physical therapy with the elderly. The goal of Worldwide Child Relief Foundation is to teach the community to be self-sufficient. So many organizations give to the poor and enable them to rely on handouts. Worldwide Child Relief Foundation is all about teaching people skills so they can overcome poverty. I agree with this philosophy. Education and training others gives people a way out of their situation. It empowers them! Next year, I hope to do a Christian mission to India, but for now I am will continue to return to Mexico and do my annual mission with a church in Arizona that I visit from time to time. I am learning Spanish. <br><br>
Me: Being able to add in the action, including a documentary I made called <a href="https://youtu.be/i9mov9_O340">Twelve Dolphins</a> (see the trailer <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir48Q4P9r-c">The Power of WE</a>) going on against sea mammals captivity for our own amusement in entertainment parks and seeing positive results last year, I am even more fueled with the perspective that we together can change the world. I see that you also love the sea, you had your share with pirates and whales and then had some battles and other fights against their capture. How has it been so far? Do you see any positive change or good perspectives towards this serious issue?<br><br>
Shannon: Yes, last year I was part of Operation Jairo which was a Sea Shepherd Campaign to save the Sea Turtles on the Florida coast and in Honduras. I chose Florida and was amazed at the problem we have created as a culture. I think the problem can’t be changed until more of these larger and more well-known organizations seek out and recruit more people to bring the issue into churches. Let me explain. I have been a part of several animal rights organizations and noticed that more nontraditional faiths dominate that culture, rather than Christianity. I think that the problem we face with our earth, oceans and animals won’t be radically changed, until it becomes a faith based lesson in churches. Very few lessons are given on the topic of being “stewards” over our animal or on chapter about Noah. It seems like a minority topic, but could be a huge topic if people would step up to the plate and cleverly craft a sermon or church campaign to sprinkle the religious importance into these topics of saving animals and our environment. Why not give a sermon one Sunday about the importance of our Earth and then follow it up with a large Christian mission to clean up the beaches one weekend or a fund raising drive to send people to the Florida Coast to help out with the Sea Turtles? Christianity is full of people that want to make a difference—pastors, bishops, popes and the like need to delegate direction. We are falling short because the people that do care about things like this are not taking it a step further to tell others not about the problem, but how to solve it. Here is a film I created that captures the beauty of our world. I created it before I left for my Sea Shepherd Campaign.<br>
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<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/videos/96443-take-care-of-our-beautiful-world">Take Care of Our Beautiful World!</a><br><br>
Me: What a wonderful world! That reminds me of a film I made two years ago based upon my book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Out-Blue-journey-another-Memoirs-ebook/dp/B005X9U24C">Out Of The Blue</a> about the real threat of damaging our mineral springs, the source of life for all in this beautiful blue planet. Here is a glimpse of the movie/documentary:
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Me: What do your fans/followers and readers can expect from your new site Staying Positive University (which will be launched on May 2016)<br><br>
Shannon: Actually, it is launching in November in preparation for the January 2017 semester. I will start ad campaigns in June and in March an email signup sheet for future classes and newsletters. Currently, the Facebook site is up and running- And I need lots of likes and followers so please visit it: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/shannonlalder.author/">The Philosophy of Shannon L. Alder</a> <br><br>
Staying Positive University (stayingpositiveu.com) came about from watching a few competitors online. They posted positive quotes that didn’t give direction for people. They offered a short positive message, but didn’t offer much else. One positive webpage started listing my quotes and ended up on the New York Times Best Seller list. I figure I contributed to that, so if he can reach a million viewers with his use of my quotes and others… well then so can I. However, I plan to use my followers to combat some social problems in the world like mental bias, animal cruelty, human trafficking, etc. All of which these two other large online sites don’t do. Why be positive if you can’t use it to make a difference, right? <br>
Change doesn’t come from being positive only. You can’t say, “Hey, you can get over that guy you love if you just stay positive.” That is not exactly how it works, folks. So, I am going to take my quotes a step further and discuss the issues that women and men face that keeps them from fulfilling their dreams. It will be free online classes with a printable certificate at the end if you do your homework.:) I have been on my own journey and have learned quite a bit. However, don’t just expect my wisdom only, I plan to have quest speakers and videos…all things a teacher would have in their classroom. Later on classes will have ebooks and journals you can purchase.
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Two classes will run each semester. There will be online quizzes and class polls, plus a bookstore. You will get to chat online in forums or reply to each day’s lessons in the classroom area. The classes follow all the days off like any university would. There will be spring and summer break. During the summer there will be cool projects and hopefully in a few years a trip annually to foreign missions after I grow my community. It is a community in the creation process.<br><br>
Me: It´s a WIP (Work In Progress) as we say. Aren´t we all? Thank you so much, Shannon, for bringing so much wisdom to this world.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04415215341045812461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269134331021872966.post-4882164431288393752016-03-05T06:00:00.000-08:002016-03-05T06:00:12.150-08:00My Interview with C.F. Waller
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Welcome sci-fi author C. F. Waller. It´s a pleasure to have you here.<br><br>
C.F.: I´m always up to interviews, etc.<br><br>
Me: And I´m glad you join me in this adventure. This is my third interview and I´m having so much fun elaborating the questions for each and every author and/or artist who comes to join me in this venture.
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C.F.: Here you go.<br><br>
Me: Looking through your profile I see that you've got plenty of awards. How does that sound in your ear, to have that feeling of satisfaction, and to be laureate with so many accomplishments? I am so jealous of you now.<br><br>
C.F.: No one was more surprised than myself when I won last year. The contest entries were made more for the experience than any expectation of winning. When both books won it was surreal. I think the feeling is just validation. My friends tell me they like the work, but until someone outside of your circle validates that opinion, it isn’t real. <br><br>
Me: It looks like a dream coming true. I was quaterfinalist once on Amazon Breakthrough Novel Competition. I´ve got a review from one of the jury there, but I did not win an award for it; so I couldn´t validate that experience until I saw how hard that is to get there. <br><br>
C.F.: By the way, I always wondered how Authors got the nerve to put “Award Winning Author” in front of their name. Now I know.<br><br>
Me: It was after suffering a near-death experience that you decided to write a novel. Tell me more about it.<br><br>
C.F.: Spent a month in Egypt back in 2007 and on the way back over the Atlantic the plane hit “wind shear” and took three parabolic drops. People were bouncing off the ceiling and having drink carts dropped on them. An absolutely terrifying experience. I took out an exit sign on one of my bounces off the ceiling and brought it home after. It hangs over my bathroom mirror as a reminder to value and enjoy every day.
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Me: And do you still travel by plane or that nearly crash caused you to avoid airlines completely?<br><br>
C.F.: After the incident I flew quite a bit assuming the odds it would happen again was slim. I fly only when necessary now. I have a lot of anxiety about it.<br><br>
Me: How do you research? Do you travel to places, or are you a "library rat"? By the way, being a sci-fi author myself, I do both. Isn't that the best excuse to go visit libraries around the world?<br><br>
C.F.: I spend weeks just surfing topics and watching documentaries on possible subjects. As a rule, there’s a month of full time research invested in each novel. I’m a little agoraphobic and don’t leave the house much, thus no libraries. <br><br>
Me: As a hurricane shutter engineer and living in the east coast have you ever had to face a real hurricane? And I am not talking about a storm, but THE perfect tempest ever? <br><br>
C.F.: In 2004 before Hurricane Charley arrived I hopped a flight back to Michigan two weeks before it hit. There have been some storms, but never anything dangerous. I must not be too fearful as I live right on the water now.
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Me: I enjoy palindrome and the title of your book with the number 656 caught my eye. How did you come up with the idea initially?<br><br>
C.F.: Palindrome was the file name on WORD FILE in the first draft. There were five or six drafts and the number (656) was just the file numbers.
In that treatment for the book all the towns and some people’s names were palindromes (ie: ANNA, HANNAH or EVE) that fit into a plot line puzzle. For the most part none of that puzzle made it into the final cut. When it was later picked up by my publisher and re-edited I recommended a name change, but they liked Palindrome. Go Figure?
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Me: I love the covers of your books. Can you please tell how was the creative process to decide which cover you would use? <br><br>
C.F.: It’s a steep learning curve. For all the time I spend writing a book, the reality is a good cover can be the difference between selling and not. I just try to get the best art I can find and go from there. A good cover or book trailer can be a huge benefit. I recommend all authors do Book Trailers if only for the experience.
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Me: I know this question will be hard for any writer to answer, but I have to ask you anyway: Which book do you feel the fondest of? Not necessarily the best ever written, but one that took you some time to overcome the fact that you have finished it and then felt a kind of near-death experience from it.<br><br>
C.F.: I am always in love with the last thing published. With only five, going on six, published books each one is an evolutionary step. Anything written more than a year ago I wince when reading it. <br><br>
My favorite is SOUTH FACE. The research was so involved that it sticks with me.
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Me: The cover is impressive! It does remind me a bit the cover that I chose for my time travel historical novel <i>The Pierrot Love</i>. It also has a skull in a metamorphic style that leads to a couple (Pierrot and Columbine) from an optical illusion entitled <i>L'amour de Pierrot</i> made on 1905. That pic and pick caused some aversion on people and I´m afraid that I scared some of my readers out with that. But I kept it for that´s the essence of life. That we will all die in the end, and that´s the only certainty that we have. And that takes a leap of faith to what´s next. It´s a free fall. <br><br>
C.F.: Oddly FREE DIVE (the 3rd book I wrote) is far and away the pick of everyone I know. It’s flawed in so many ways, but readers love it. I had to cut the book some slack after it won a Readers Favorite Award last year. Standing on a stage and getting handed something has a drastic effect on your attitude.
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Me: And you must be very proud of your achievements. The validations that you get along the way just prove that your works are worth every award they receive. Much appreciated you having the time well spent chatting with me. Hope to see you in many more adventures.
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Author´s info: <br><br>
<a href="http://www.cfwaller.com">Web Page</a> <br>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/wallercf">Fan Page</a><br>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/C.-F.-WALLER/e/B00CLV2CGG">C.F. Waller Amazon Page</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04415215341045812461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269134331021872966.post-44662740251344848602016-03-02T08:30:00.000-08:002016-03-02T08:30:22.152-08:00My Interview with J.S. Danielle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCAspwAqeDlLCdQKl9h5aOId-SPXVnZ7cJmIGBVyvpS7jIUh91IzPhTMy8X9gJdQB5fj6lITvRxYIqXIQodnbiOStmI0eAu1rm3UNcjw23NUrMsBHr-bj2p3alZv-pACNNaHwTYWSz4Sw/s1600/Image-3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCAspwAqeDlLCdQKl9h5aOId-SPXVnZ7cJmIGBVyvpS7jIUh91IzPhTMy8X9gJdQB5fj6lITvRxYIqXIQodnbiOStmI0eAu1rm3UNcjw23NUrMsBHr-bj2p3alZv-pACNNaHwTYWSz4Sw/s320/Image-3.png" /></a></div>
Hi there! This is my first interview here with someone who is there in flesh and blood and I'm glad you are up to it. Let's start by answering a few common questions: <br> <br>
Me: What's your real name or if you only use a pen name, what is it? <br> <br>
J.S.: My pen name is J.S. Danielle. <br> <br>
Me: I see, The initials J.S. sound pretty fantastic and there is great mystique attached to that. You use just a pen name so that would you find it any easier to write and express your feelings? Or it is just the same as when you are using your real name? <br> <br>
J.S.: I am one in the same. Initially it was about who I would be representing when I released my novels, more so than myself as an individual. However I felt, my family supports me.
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Me: That's so great! I see that you write erotica. Is that the only genre you write or you are willing to try new venues? <br> <br>
J.S.: I would try new venues, if another one came to me as naturally as erotica does. My novels, albeit mostly erotic, involve varying spectrums of the different venues. <br> <br>
Me: Why and when did you decide to write erotica and/or romance books? <br> <br>
J.S.: Why? It's what comes naturally to me. I am a sexually-charged female in her 40s! I decided around 2007, after my divorce to write shorts about all the things I was missing from my marriage and put them into my active, sexless imagination.<br> <br>
Me: You did it so well. And that brings me to my next question: Is there something that you regret of not doing? And if so, what would that be? <br> <br>
J.S.: I regret not starting to write sooner. <br> <br>
Me: What a perfect answer. But now you are more mature to stir up your creative juice in just the right temperature. Just looking at your book covers I can feel the heat. That just gave me the chills down my spine..
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Me: Do you put yourself on your writing? I mean, literally, your life passing through like a movie as you write your novels?<br> <br>
J.S.:(Not shyly smiling) Yes. I do.<br> <br>
Me: You've got these two novels already for your series. Do you have any plans to keep the pace and write a couple of more, or are you giving up and changing to other ideas?<br> <br>
J.S.: I have ideas for several (at least three more) in this current series and a branch off for another series.<br> <br>
Me: And last but not least, if you could only say one word about your writing style what would that be?<br> <br>
J.S.: Intense <br> <br>
Me: And I wouldn't think of any better word to describe you.<br> <br>
Thanks so much for chatting with me and giving me the opportunity to highlight your work. <br>
Ah, and just one more thing before you go: "Just Simply" Keep Shinning!<br> <br>
J.S. Danielle on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/AuthorJSDanielle">Facebook</a>,
<a href="https://twitter.com/jsdanimine">Twitter</a>,
<a href="http://www.jsdanielle.com">Website</a>,
<a href="http://www.jsdanielle.wordpress.com">Blog</a>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04415215341045812461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269134331021872966.post-44203803942474975852016-02-25T06:45:00.000-08:002016-02-26T09:33:55.707-08:00My Interview with Marilyn MonroeFirst of all, I have to tell you that's with immense pleasure that I get to do this interview with you. But first things first, let's get to the basics. <br><br>
MM: Oh, I'm so faltered (giggles). Just kidding, I'm really flattered. I'm sure it will be a delight!<br><br>
My first question: <b>What's your name?</b> <br><br>
Hmmm.... (coughing) Marilyn Monroe<br><br>
Me: No, I mean your real name... the one that they gave you, that is on your birth certificate.<br><br>
MM: Norma Jean<br><br>
Me: Don't you have a family name?<br><br>
MM: Well, that I can choose from, sure, I've got plenty, since I was adopted by so many families, before I got married and then became a movie star. <br><br>
Me: I mean, from your birth certificate.<br><br>
MM: Mortenson but then I took my mother's family name, Monroe. You know, my mother was mentally unstable and she struggled to live as a single mother after her divorce. Actually, I wasn't sure who my father was either, but I am pretty sure Clark Gable would be perfect for that role!<br><br>
Me: Precisely. Doesn't that help you have an identity crisis in the middle of the way?<br><br>
MM: Sure, Ma' am, but I am a Gemini, I would get an evil twin in a way or another. (giggles) But even my evil side made me go visit mom at the hospital as much as I could.<br><br>
Me: And with all that, being adopted and all the struggles you had to face during a period of time when you most need support. I mean, you shouldn't be having to deal with problems like this at such a tender age. So how was your childhood like?<br><br>
MM: Go figure. It was not that tough. But that is a tender question for me and I really don't want to talk about it. Let's just say it was tender.<br><br>
Me: Sure. My bad.<br><br>
MM: No, it's just that you are touching some sensitive parts that I don't want to go back to. If I don't have to, why bother now?<br><br>
Me: You are totally right, Miss Monroe and I apologize for that.<br><br>
MM: No worries, It is your job after all. Are you a Library lover and a liberal writer with Ascending sign in Libra who loves justice and wants to know the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
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Me: Yes, I do.<br><br>
MM: So do I. But some truths are better left alone.<br><br>
Me. Perfectly fine with that statement. Let´s move on. Did you have any friends, and I mean, real friends to count on in your life as a mega star?<br><br>
MM: You know, diamonds are a girl's best friend.<br><br>
Me: So I will just assume that you had some good friends who were worth just like the diamonds you mentioned.<br><br>
MM: Hmmm, yeah, you can say that.<br><br>
Me: I am not going to recur along your career because everyone knows about that already. But I have one more question that I am sure is something everyone being your fan or not would love to know. What happened that dreadful night and what (or who) killed you? I smell a rat... Actually, a rat pack!<br><br>
MM: No, I don't know what you meant by rats, but, no, it was not the mafia. Or was it? If they were also involved, I really don't know. All that I remember it was being on the phone, talking to a friend of mine and then hearing some footsteps-And then all went black... But I am pretty sure you pulled some strings in your book. Congratulations!
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Me: Oh thank you, that really means the world to me that you like my book.<br><br>
MM: I love it. It shows so much more than I would ever imagine when I chose you to be my ghostwriter.<br><br>
Me: I was not a ghostwriter, only sensitive enough to capture what you wanted to reveal. After all, YOU are the ghost here.<br><br>
MM: That's right.<br><br>
Me: Thank you so much for taking the time to talking through some pretty heavy stuff. I know you must be rather busy in the after life. BTW, how is that??<br><br>
MM: A delight, my friend... a delight in the light! (giggles) <br><br>
Me: Now, I'm the one shinning like a diamond. I'm touched. You called me friend!<br><br>
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To know more about that candle in the wind that never really stopped burning, rekindling that old flame in so many ways, you can read "<a href="http://dance-as-one.blogspot.com.br/2015/04/the-mysterious-murder-of-marilyn-monroe.html">The Mysterious Murder of Marilyn Monroe</a>" for free on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mysterious-Murder-Marilyn-Claudia-Antunes-ebook/dp/B0128IS3W8">kindle unlimited</a>.
You can also get a copy in <a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/ana-claudia-antunes/the-mysterious-murder-of-marilyn-monroe/paperback/product-22120922.html">paperback</a> at <a href="http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/virtualbookstore">Ana's Virtual Bookstore</a>.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04415215341045812461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269134331021872966.post-68390254845171294612016-01-22T04:38:00.000-08:002016-01-22T04:38:32.762-08:00TGIF<br> <a href="http://erickson.edu/blog/quote-ana-claudia-antunes/">Today´s Friday Feeling</a>
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<a href="http://lulu.com/spotlight/virtualbookstore">Ana´s Virtual Bookstore</a><br>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ana-Claudia-Antunes/e/B002DBHE30">Ana on Amazon</a><br><br>
That's the comment I left in a website who does book piracy and simply "stole" my book by leaving it there to downloading for free. Hey let me decide who and when and where I want my books free!! See if they buy that...otherwise everyone is free to share quotes from my books.
I know that today is still Thirsty Thursday but I´m a bit ahead of time because I´m already preparing the spirits for tomorrow. I was searching on the web to see if there was no more piracy when I found out this:<br> <a href="http://erickson.edu/blog/quote-ana-claudia-antunes/">Today´s Friday Feeling</a>
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What was my surprise to not only see my words been chosen and shared around the world but also in such a sweet way, we cannot help and notice there was a care, someone took the time to feel and think about my words to create such design; it made me speechless. Go figure, someone who loves words and who is a prolific writer/author left without words.
This is the kind of attitude that makes me continue on my track and keeping writing and thirsty to sharing my own thoughts.
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And Happy <b>Thirsty Thursday</b>!<br>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com.br/Pierrot-Columbine-Pierrot%C2%B4s-Love-English-ebook/dp/B00Q5S9XPY">Pierrot & Columbine</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04415215341045812461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269134331021872966.post-87248265194703908102015-04-29T08:16:00.001-07:002015-04-29T08:19:18.754-07:00How do you celebrate the International Dance Day?<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KPStofbiaKo" width="459"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04415215341045812461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269134331021872966.post-7882858863776091942015-04-10T06:52:00.001-07:002015-04-10T07:39:27.216-07:00The Mysterious Murder of Marilyn MonroeMy most recent book that I just published on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Mysterious-Murder-Marilyn-Monroe-ebook/dp/B00R8K0T2O">Amazon</a> (now available on print at <a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/ana-claudia-antunes/the-mysterious-murder-of-marilyn-monroe/paperback/product-22120922.html">lulu</a> and soon in Barnes & Noble and other major retailers) <i>The Mysterious Murder of Marilyn Monroe</i> has a very sensitive topic for it touches us even today, about the theory of conspiracies that remains until nowadays. I also talk about the assassination of JFK and many more issues that we inherited with the cold war. So I was afraid to let it out all open. At that time I had completely stopped writing and that had nothing to do with writer's block. I was simply denying the fact that I was too afraid of letting the matters being out in the light. My father then asked me why I stopped writing, and I gave him many excuses... but he knows me too well, then he said, " You are afraid of what people may think of it.' That answer touched me too deep. But I was still in denial. I couldn't figure out exactly why I had stopped with the book. So I started to write other books with much more "light" subjects, which was pretty fine since some sold right after I published them. It was after all these years that I felt comfortable to give the finishing strokes to that book and there it is, ready and in many people's lives now. I'm so glad I finally gave up and listened to my father's wise words. He knew it more than I did. I was afraid of what people might think of the things I wrote in that book. But now I'm ok with it, for now I know if I didn't put this book out there no one would ever do, and people wouldn't know about the things I say there.
I never used a pseudonym, never felt like it, only made a pun such as "Ana Bowlova", for sometimes I feel like I love to bow (bow lover) to make reverence to life and also bowl over things... go figure. This book Iḿ talking about had many spins and turns until I felt ok to go push forward to let it breath and see the light, "<i>The Mysterious Murder of Marilyn Monroe</i>" that I have written in the end of 2011, it was a project that I was developing with another Mystery/Suspense writer in a writing workshop and we had to talk about the things that happened fifty years before the next year and that it would be the year 1962. So in my research I found out about so many things that happened then, and it was a revolution going on in my head. Many things that were not revealed or were never really being very investigated, that was all too fishy. So I divided the topics and decided to share ideas to write the book. But for some odd reason (that I can only conceive it now as a type of fear) a sensation of letting people read my own thoughts that froze me for about three years. I wrote many other books in the meantime, there was not actually a gap there, so I cannot even call this a writer´s block (I actually have no idea what it means, for me ideas pop up in my head all the time) so that was not even the problem of finishing the book. The thing was much deeper. It was that feeling of being rejected that I told you above, I was simply afraid of what people would think of my words, my work, the things that I was revealing there. But hey, it was just in the end of 2014 when I decided to give it the last strokes and finish it and voila: <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaf_8Vhi6SJVtGm1dwq0OJJRlnN8oAPWUy9k0wksQw-0iGjvS990ktE3ku1K_VGpU2JIjtKOv5gzDX6JxmNhX1XcAAnULCWbYUpMKL4QPQkkYRMreV5BtyD4NIOWxCeJdJ4q9PE33Ipz0/s1600/cover+MM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaf_8Vhi6SJVtGm1dwq0OJJRlnN8oAPWUy9k0wksQw-0iGjvS990ktE3ku1K_VGpU2JIjtKOv5gzDX6JxmNhX1XcAAnULCWbYUpMKL4QPQkkYRMreV5BtyD4NIOWxCeJdJ4q9PE33Ipz0/s320/cover+MM.jpg" /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04415215341045812461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269134331021872966.post-3009975759133782122015-03-28T07:10:00.000-07:002015-03-28T07:10:04.172-07:00<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24796053-temptation" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Temptation (Natalie’s Edge, #1)" border="0" src="https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1422843431m/24796053.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24796053-temptation">Temptation</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13434838.R_B_O_Brien">R.B. O'Brien</a><br/>
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1239213541">5 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
The first thing that grabbed my attention on this book was its cover. A beautiful woman with only her underwear and her Ballet shoes, not quite the ballerina type. As a professional Ballet dancer with a keen eye for the "perfect" body I saw some flaws on this image of a ballerina. Actually her overarched back already gives it, almost like denying her sexual pleasure, although wanting and craving for it. And the way she tied the ribbons on her pointe shoes showing some sloppy terms with her Ballet training, or lack of instruction on how to do it well. If she cannot lace her own shoes, never mind thinking about her hiding the knots. She is definitely not an expert, but immature. A kind of a Lolita, as the way she looked at the photographer in the picture. So you already get the picture of what´s inside. Whoever made that cover is an artist and an expert in communicating a feeling and a storyline. Natalie is indeed that kind of girl who tried to hide herself inside assorted masks, making her appear vulnerable and self-confident,at the same time, but she´s totally naked on the outside. And so it goes with her attitude towards life itself. Her boyfriend (and I mean Michael, the one she didn´t cheat on... yet!) is in no way insecure, but totally controling. Where people see flaws in character I see a very courageous woman. Natalie lives her life to the fullest. She is eager to experiment. But she draws the line, the boundaries in bondage. And, like any girl who had to endure years of Ballet discipline and exercises to ensure a good performance, she expects more of herself than anyone else. It´s no secret that Ballet forces you to get into a more Masochistic scenario. After all, for the sake of beauty and pleasure for the eyes of others you get to force yourself into a regime that not many can take. Some readers may get mislead, though, and failing to see her character as faulting where she is actually just showing how human one can be, and they are oblivious to the thruth beneath the domineering process. Natalie is being true to herself when she tries to walk into the wild, to reach out to her self-discovery, her true self. And there she might even get hurt, or fall in love. Fall will be the exact word. For she is much more falling in love than being loved or in love. She starts to get her broken pieces and put it all together again. The guilt about her cheating on who appears to be as a cold, self-absorbed, bloated-minded, selfish boyfriend Scott doesn´t impede her a bit to the beat (and beating)of a sensual symphony. The author was crafty enough to let loose ends on him. She doesn´t allow the reader to get into deep with this guy, and in turn you don´t give much credit on him. So cheating is like shitting in the sense that you do crap while sitting on it and as you get up it´s just then that you see what you have done. You couldn´t get more real than this. The realistic characters are well portrayed. But the guilt she feels upon her boyfriend seems innocuous. Nothing would take her out of her purchase, per-chase per se (purr... poor?) poor cat being chased by a rat. Maybe if the story was not told in first person it wouldn´t touch so deeply as it does. And it won´t cause as much impact, and we wouldn´t feel such empathy for the main character. Michael became a subterfuge for her psyche - she likes to play games. She likes kinky stuff, she is into it, into becoming objectable and objectionable, to be subdued, dominated. She found that part of her and she thanked Michael for that. But that´s where lies the devil: She´s really confused, she doesn´t really want to loose it. The devil is not as ugly as they painted. R.B. made a real portrait of what´s underneath the veil. She mastered on making characters so close to us, so not at all perfect, disturbed and lost. The way Michael turned what seemed so right into something so wrong... Let´s just hope that Redemption will come easy on her...as the series goes, well, I think that this is more like a trilogy and I just hope I could see different colors and covers for the extreme make over.
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In another note, not as hysterical but historical as the devil, my book about the ballerinas and their complexity with passion is also in Italian. <a href="https://pt.scribd.com/book/258659484/Pierrot-E-Colombina">Pierrot & Colombina</a> Who knew this romantic language would make so well with my mystery/historic novel and in tune with the characters? Well, one of the main characters is Italian, so no wonder it was fascination and drill all over the deal.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04415215341045812461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269134331021872966.post-41444854001736631042014-10-16T06:10:00.000-07:002014-10-16T06:10:01.515-07:00Inequality Good news: Kids on the Block! The Pakistani activist of the rights for girls to have education, Malala Yousafzai, has recently won the Nobel prize, being the youngest to receive the prize and giving hope over the gender inequality that hover over women around the world.
In her speech at the Commonwealth Day in March of this year she says, "Dear sisters and brothers, in this world, we are living as family of nations and it is necessary that each member of this family receives equal opportunities of economical, social and especially educational growth. Even if one member stays behind, the rest can never go forward."
Malala was shot for defying the authority in a kind of censorship political effort to ban females to attend school. They are afraid women can be part of social and political activities thus making changes in a patriarchal system and they think that talking women out of their human rights will diminish their power in society. Does any one of those men in power know that if it was not for women that they would never be?
It is time to end this and many other nonsense inequality in this world. With the globalization there is no more room for this type of feudal mentality. The planet is so interconnected nowadays that a health crisis in West Africa threats the whole West world with an Ebola outbreak. But we shouldn't think of the world as subdivided into categories, poorer countries, less advanced social and economic regions, a high society, a poor neighbor and less provided parts, underdeveloped world, etc, etc. Because we as planet are One. If we continue to have that mentality of us against them, of fighting global poverty we will miss the train of thought that can take us to a more clear reality.
Nothing says more about inequality than poor and wealthy. But Happiness goes beyond economical crisis. It's an inner disposition that has nothing to do with social, economical, gender inequalities. And it has everything to do with an ulterior reason from an interior force, pulse, for being happy and helping others find their way to happiness. That's why I wrote the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com.br/dp/B00OBQT79Y/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_u4bpub1DTNQV5">"A-Z of Happiness"</a>. Finding your bliss in true equality and great quality can only benefit others, helping the world being more equal one step at a time.
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For example here in Brazil, where inequality took such an unbalanced proportion that rich people live encapsulate in their own house and living side by side with slums, and the wealthy people have to be literally incarcerate inside their own mansion because they will risk being robbed or even worse, being assassinate if they put their feet outdoor. The inequality became a knife with two points. And why inequality exists? In India, besides the economical plateau we still see the downturn in society. There is also the religious issues. In Brazil the inequality has some similarities and although it is quite ambiguous it's clear that inequality comes from other things been too equal. That meaning in the other side of the scale there is a factor that distorts deeply this equation making it quite unbearable to see the facts. But the truth is while we fight to change this so controversial issues things are in a very general and slight way improving. In Brazil, poverty is decreasing and it's thanks to a political change in the way things were handled, not so much from a global political change but rather from private initiative that generated an avalanche of projects and perspective. As a good result if in a continue process equals a better result in an exponential effect, the chances are that changes will happen in a happy merry-go-round way. But we still see much inequality in places where issues such as Education and violence, health and home, transportation etc should already be resolved if we see that poverty is diminishing. But inequality still plays a major role because, let us face it: it's not making anybody less poorer or people less richer thatn we can vanish inequality for good. We cannot and should not divide the world in rich and poor. That only agravates the issue. The problem here is not how many people or countries in this world have lack of education, home, a decent income, or whatever differentiates what's to live with dignity and what's to live with the dignifying amount of money. It's the way we think of inequality that we need to change. It's not US versus, but much more UNIversus, us together as one, no inequality means no to say that we may differ from others, we are no different than our neighbor, a country cannot differ from another if all of them lives on the same planet, breath from the same air, and depends on the same source. There is no inequality and period. Thinking like this sounds pretty silly, Utopian even.
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There is no way to see inequality if we don't see it as nonexistent. Because if we ought to see reality as it is, inequality cannot be. Once we are all born equal and human rights are accessible to all and not only some, there will be no such thing as inequality.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04415215341045812461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269134331021872966.post-59272010141522129542013-10-16T04:34:00.000-07:002013-10-16T04:34:59.322-07:00Human RightsWhat is the origin of misogyny, xenophobia and homophobia? Why is there still so much violence against women, foregneirs and homosexuals being perpetuated, and people thinking they have the right to do so much wrongs against the human rights? Why is the female boasted to be so scary, menacing? And why the Amazons were considered legends instead of being defended and defined in the historical context as liberating and emancipating of the soul? If their tales and exploits were banned or punished, muffled by society and the power, but embedded in the human psyche and they survive until today. The book I recently published on Amazon covers the historical awareness of nature that both contributes to the perpetuation of inequality and the role of men and women in society in turn generating a distortion of power, values and principles that generate violence.
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<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00FUQP5JA"><b>"Memoirs of an Amazon"</b></a>
is a story about past lives revealing mysteries and sliding over the realm of the imaginary that challenges mankind to the vision of a society free of prejudice to the eradication of the root of problems rather complex. And that vision would benefit both the arrival of a time of peace and the dissolution of discords and the solution of challenges between such misunderstanding that plagues the world today.<br>
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So talking about human rights, there are a lot of wrongs until we get it right as prejudice and contempt for citizens considered inferior, and any act of domination and discrimination on ethnic or national origin, including what is also considered a violation by the Conference United Nations Conference on Human Rights (Vienna, 1993), which formally recognized violence against women as a violation of Human Rights.
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<i>This post is my way of taking part of Blog Action Day, a Global initiative which I participate since it has begun in 2007:</i><br>
<i>Last year the theme was</i> <a href="http://dance-as-one.blogspot.com.br/2012/10/blog-action-day-power-of-we.html"><b>"The Power of WE"</b></a>
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<i>In 2011 the theme was</i> <a href="http://dance-as-one.blogspot.com.br/2011/10/bad11-food-poisoning.html"><b>FOOD</b></a>
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<i>In 2010 we talked about a very serious issue:</i><a href="http://dance-as-one.blogspot.com.br/2010/10/blog-action-day-why-water-is-vital.html">WATER</a>
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<i>In 2009 I somehow missed it to talk about </i><a href="http://dance-as-one.blogspot.com.br/2009/11/my-multimedia-books.html"><b>"My Multimedia Books"</b></a>
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<i>In 2008 I was </i><a href="http://dance-as-one.blogspot.com.br/2008/10/fighting-poverty-in-world.html"><b>"Fighting Poverty in the World"</b></a>
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<i>And the last and the first but not the least to burst</i> <a href="http://dance-as-one.blogspot.com.br/2007/10/global-warning-aquiescencia-global-vote_5843.html"><b>Global Warming</b></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04415215341045812461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269134331021872966.post-38010454969870927132013-07-26T10:14:00.001-07:002013-07-26T10:31:34.105-07:00Mediate and MeditateThe deep meditation keeps the stress levels diminished to the point of altering the action of hormones on the brain, causing a relaxation beneficial to the whole nervous system. Even people who suffer from a traumatic event keeps less trauma collateral effects and calmer and able to deal with it with considerable ease and go on with their lives thanks to constant states of relaxation. Meditation works more and better than a full night's sleep. That's because the brain levels are still there when in a sleep state more accelerated than when in a state of meditation, and the more there is the habit of meditating deeply over, more the body learns to recover from the stress which means more life, energy and creativity in their activities. To meditate does not necessarily have to be at rest, even in a pretty hectic activity one can meditate. Be amazed then! That's right! Even looking agitated outside one can reach an impressive level of meditation. And there is a tale that takes place in a monastery where a monk asks his master who is sitting with eyes closed, "Master, are you meditating?" To which the master replied: "No, I'm working." Then he gets up and goes to the garden and starts weeding the land. When the disciple sees his master sweating in full physical activity he asks him, "Oh, and now are you working?" The teacher focused on his activity and without stop working the land with his hoe, simply says: "Now I am meditating." <br />
So here I leave a video to capture images that can help to achieve a level of active meditation with considerable relaxing effect:
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<h3>A routine video especially formulated to keep you fit in less than five minutes.</h3>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04415215341045812461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269134331021872966.post-46626386868372067042012-10-15T01:00:00.000-07:002013-10-08T14:39:58.989-07:00Blog Action Day: The Power of We<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Imagine if this picture happened to you: instead of swimming and playing in the pool you were obliged to stay and live for good inside a bathtub. Well, that´s what in fact is been happening to a way-too-shameful-for-us-human-to-even-enumerate-such-huge-number of whales that are living into this nightmare around the globe right at this moment.
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Now picture this: What if they could live free, in the open sea, as they were meant to be as their divine power and as God intended them to be? And you could see them not from so far and yet without touching them and get too close you would be magnetized and magnified by their beauty and splendour?? Would this be the perfect world? The Eden on Earth??
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What if you live inside a tank made of cement where you were not able to send signs to your fellow men and instead your cries would only deafen you even more? I bet you would want to die, wouldn´t you?? So now just imagine how much noise humans make and how this noise can seriously affect the whales’ ability to hear each other’s calls in the sea. That would explain why so many sea mammals are losing their abiltity to find their way and many die due to the active sonar that leads to beaching.
Not to mention in an amusement park where people clap their hands, they laugh, cry, scream, and where loud music and whistles play major role to make people have fun. Let alone their struggle for surviving in such small place yet loud ambiance. And although they may look happy they all are crying inside. For to keep the entertainment industry going on they are obliged to take lots of medicine, the males have their sperms taken so that they can breed females with artificial insemination. And the slavery continues in such unnatural way.
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And this is actually what is happening to a lot of animals that are forced to live in captivity and never leave that unhealthy enviroment and do you know why? Just to keep us humans entertained. Isn´t that sick, monstrous and outrageous? But unless the same "us humans" do something with the power of we we will continue to allow that to happen God knows for how long, or until when that time considering that many of the same animals we keep in danger are already endagered species.
And now I just found out through a documentary in the UK that iron is crucial to ocean health. Whales recycled iron in the ocean by eating it in krill and making it available to phytoplankton in faeces. So that´s at least IRONic that we may save the planet and beat the climate change by keeping the whales in the sea to allow them to sort of leaving their shit out when nature calls.
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So much can be done yet, to empower our ecosystem instead of keeping causing so much harm and risking to destroy it to a point of no return. We should get together, all of us, and make the whole world see how whales and other sea lives play a crucial role in keeping our oceans healthy. And if these endangered mammals become extinct we are the only ones to blame and most of all we will be in trouble ourselves. All we need to do is to inform as many people as possible to not only spend their money elsewhere but to stand with THE POWER OF US against marine amusement parks and against the capture of cetaceans.
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<i>This post is my way of taking part of Blog Action Day, a Global initiative which I participate since it has begun in 2007:</i><br>
<br>
<i>In 2011 the theme was</i> <a href="http://dance-as-one.blogspot.com.br/2011/10/bad11-food-poisoning.html"><b>FOOD</b></a>
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<i>In 2010 we talked about a very serious issue:</i><a href="http://dance-as-one.blogspot.com.br/2010/10/blog-action-day-why-water-is-vital.html">WATER</a>
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<i>In 2009 I somehow missed it to talk about </i><a href="http://dance-as-one.blogspot.com.br/2009/11/my-multimedia-books.html"><b>"My Multimedia Books"</b></a>
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<i>In 2008 I was </i><a href="http://dance-as-one.blogspot.com.br/2008/10/fighting-poverty-in-world.html"><b>"Fighting Poverty in the World"</b></a>
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<i>And the last and the first but not the least to burst</i> <a href="http://dance-as-one.blogspot.com.br/2007/10/global-warning-aquiescencia-global-vote_5843.html"><b>Global Warming</b></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04415215341045812461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269134331021872966.post-49207861582499665082012-10-06T10:24:00.001-07:002012-10-06T10:24:35.192-07:00Sea lives are all divine! <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=UUErbUtyh0DPJuJxbyZAB_2g&hl=pt_BR" width="425"></iframe><br />
<span style="background-color: #ededed; color: #7d7d7d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;">Stop the capture of ALL wild animals for our own entertainment. It´s unethical unless they were there so that they can be protected from slavery or slaughter or, if hurt, be treated and healed until they are healthy enough to be set free again. Let´s stop this insanity of keeping animals for our own amusement!!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04415215341045812461noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269134331021872966.post-13318389313697832792012-09-23T09:03:00.005-07:002012-09-25T12:20:43.925-07:00Blog Action DayI just registered my blog for #BAD12 Blog Action Day. This year the theme is #powerofwe which in a good French will resemble the words in a very descriptive manner, «Ensemble nous sommes plus forts» i.e. to assemble the various groups and communities in the world and embrace our diversity. And I was wondering: what would better translate that power of we?? In Politics and in the World Relations this is quite easily detected. When a group of people come together for an ideal and decide to make a revolution, to protest against an establishment, etc, etc. In Art it would mean when a certain selected group decided the value of things. But how about the environment? Where does this power of we fit? When we see that the economic power is much bigger than the request we as human beings expect, when changes don´t happen for the sake of semantics it is then that the power of we is much obliged to be required. So this year I decided to dedicate a post about the efforts the power of we need to make to ease the damages caused by greedy industrial sources. An I will be talking about the very core of civilization, from where all lives begun: The Ocean. And what we all can do to minimize the dark effects that we caused to the sea, which affect millions of lives and make the ocean scarce in food, breaking the feeding chain to a point where there seems to lack fishes all over the planet. And we are taking the risk to see the sea life only from an aquarium if we don´t take action now.
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I may sound a bit crazy when I say I believe in the power of we to save our own lives and the wild life. But I would be really mad if all I could do was just to sit down and watch while the whole world is put on fire, the ices are melting and the Earth is crashing down. Right at this moment I am believing in the power of we when I just signed a petition to stop dolphins to be kept in captivity in amusement parks.
In the words of a very wise man who died because of the insanity of another man here I leave a message of hope:
"You may say I´m a dreamer but I´m not the only one.
I hope some day you will join us, and the world will be as One!"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04415215341045812461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269134331021872966.post-50601617395028297242012-07-31T08:19:00.000-07:002012-07-31T13:07:26.406-07:00LiterallyCan you believe it's already the end of July?? Time does really fly if you believe in time. For me time is an illusion that passes way too fast! For when you live in Paradise, literally, time has no meaning, there is no time but a whole lot of eternity... but then when you face literally a near-death experience you can say for sure we all are imortal souls living an earthly experience. In fact we all are extra-terrestrial if you think we all came from the same stuff as stars. And once again I see death so near me. July 26th was grandmother's day and I happened to spend it with my granny all sick in bed. Ttwice a mother for me, since I cherish my granny so, she's the reason for me being here...she assisted my mother when I was late and she had to wait until I was born though with a premature weight... three days later and it was my birthday. Last year I spent my birthday in a place I didn't feel like I belonged, away from what I consider my home and family. Then I wished for the next year that I would spend it in the place where I was born and with my whole family. But I guess my Jeannie did misunderstand me and she literally took me to the hospital where I was born. So now I'm at the hospital taking care of my granny and I keep remembering what a bird who woke me up one of these mornings said to me, "girl, keep your head up, all right?" and then repeated it so many times until I smiled and responded, "ok!"
But fate or date, the fact is I was spending my b'day at exactly the same hospital where I was born and this is not as much fun as I pictured it would be...
really that's really fate... to think that I was about to be born at this hospital and that my granny payed for the health care so that my mother would have me and now I'm here for her... if you read my autobiography <a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/ana-claudia-antunes/flat-feet-an-autobiography-of-a-cosmic-dancer/ebook/product-17578556.html">"flat feet: an autobiography of a cosmic dancer"</a> there I wrote parts of what happened to my mother while she expected me...yes, in fact it was not an easy delivery, I was in a bad position an already late my mom almost lost me. I can even say I was born by miracle...just wondering with a bad health care i wouldn't even be here writing this down!
I'm still at the hospital, missed tids and bits and yet I did manage to watch what I believe was a moving movie more than a show from the opening ceremony yesterday...the best of the opening at the Olympics in London when the rings ignited on lights and sparkles were everyone burning down those ugly towers of pollution and bringing back the fields of gold and flowers flourishing all around on the ground... and of course, the fun-static mr bean been hilarious in only one note, literally!
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The sad note is that my granny loves the games and she will be missing most of them...keeping my fingers crossed she'll come home soon.
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<i>Granny and I in a National Swimming Competition</i> (Photo taken from Swimming Magazine)<br>
You know I came from a family where women were big fighters and I did grow up with big or I should say huge examples of those brave women overcoming so many barriers and struggling to survive in a time where society was even less forgiving with people coming from poor status. So if you read my autobiography you would have a big laugh out of it, for in spite of all the turmoils I try to get the best of what happens to me and with good humour I always manage to find some lightness from all of this. In the end I find that laughter is indeed the best remedy. Life is a constant circle/cycle of love it gives it takes in an endless way we just have to live it and then leave making terms with it and hopefully terms of endearment.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04415215341045812461noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269134331021872966.post-82223679251545685322012-06-30T15:07:00.000-07:002012-06-30T15:19:44.444-07:00Dream of para...paradise everytime she opens her eyes<div style="width:680px;padding:0;margin:0;border:none;background:#000 url(http://tripwow.tripadvisor.com/tripwow/ta-05c7-b694-7696/e/e4fef739c9/bg)0 0 no-repeat"><embed width="680" height="425" src="http://images.travelpod.com/bin/tripwow/flash/tripwow.swf" flashvars="xmlPath=http%3A%2F%2Ftripwow.tripadvisor.com%2Ftripwow%2Fta-05c7-b694-7696%2Fxml%3Fed%3De4fef739c9%26ref%3D" base="http://images.travelpod.com/bin/tripwow/flash/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" bgcolor="#000000" name="TripWow" wmode="opaque" 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