The past week I’ve been playing Rocksmith. It’s a music “game” that aims to teach you how to play the guitar. Unlike the other music games that have come out over the past few years, this one doesn’t just give you a plastic instrument that you push buttons to make what they call music. This [...]
Posts Tagged ‘creativity’
I’ve Got Blisters on my Fingers!
Posted in Buddhism, Meditation, Weight Loss, tagged Buddhism, creativity, habit energy, meditation, music, practice, weight loss on November 11, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Let It Snow
Posted in Family, Meditation, Mindfulness, tagged creativity, family, meditation, mindfulness, quinoa on February 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As you may have heard, we got a bit of snow here in the U.S. recently. It was only a foot or so here in Maine and it fit rather nicely on top of the foot we already had on the ground. Needless to say, today was spent securely indoors and out of the cold. It was [...]
Dreams
Posted in Buddhism, Mindless Ramblings, tagged Buddhism, creativity, meditation, Zen on December 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
You know those dreams where you’re trying to design an algorithm to solve a difficult problem but someone keeps changing the meaning and nature of the variables halfway through? No? Me neither but if I ever had a dream like that I’m sure I’d hate it. OK, maybe I did have a dream like that. [...]
The Joy of New Recipes
Posted in Weight Loss, tagged creativity, healthy cooking, quinoa, recipes, tofu, vegetarianism, weight loss on October 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Today I went to the store and picked up a bunch of stuff that I’m going to use to work on creating a few new recipes. Once I have a recipe or two, I’ll post them here along with pictures of what I have come up with. For now, a sneak preview. French Green Lentils [...]
Another mindfulness ritual
Posted in Buddhism, Mindfulness, tagged breathing, creativity, mindfulness on August 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The other day, I wrote about my realization that shaving in the morning is a great experience of mindfulness on a practical level. I have been looking for other things I do that require mindfulness in order to be done well. I was overlooking one of the most obvious ones that I do practically every [...]
