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Gina Greenlee, Author
Aug 31, 202111 min read
93 Freshly Picked Quotes
◊ ◊ ◊ Yep. I never was like anybody else. Bessie Stringfield, Motorcycle Queen of Miami ◊ ◊ ◊ Comparison is the thief of almost...


Gina Greenlee, Author
Aug 23, 20211 min read
Power Recipe #5: Follow the Strange Pull
“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love.” Rumi


Gina Greenlee, Author
Aug 17, 20211 min read
Autodraw
https://www.autodraw.com/ Just go with it.


Gina Greenlee, Author
Aug 9, 20213 min read
May 26, 2020: When the Woman on the Left Called the Woman on the Right
The two women in the headline photo embarked on a journey on May 26, 2020, the day after George Floyd was murdered. The woman on the left...


Gina Greenlee, Author
Jul 30, 20211 min read
Mailbox Poetry Vol. 2
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Gina Greenlee, Author
Jul 25, 20211 min read
Be Notorious
“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent...


Gina Greenlee, Author
Jul 17, 20212 min read
Be the Frog. With Thanks to Nicolas Chamfort
So, turns out that American man of letters Mark Twain did not famously say, “if the first thing you do in the morning is eat a live frog,...


Gina Greenlee, Author
Jul 11, 20211 min read
Power Recipe #4: Get Unreasonable
“Get unreasonable and everything’s possible; if you get reasonable you are going to have to lower your standards and drop down to what...


Gina Greenlee, Author
Jul 3, 20212 min read
An Unpredictable Weekend
I had planned to be much on the move – going here, going there, doing this, doing that. Then I hit a pothole and my bike (Suzuki 650)...


Gina Greenlee, Author
Jun 27, 20211 min read
In the ballroom at the Airport Sheraton Hotel…
“In the ballroom at the Airport Sheraton Hotel, a team of men and women sit inside separate booths, curtained off from each other. They...


Gina Greenlee, Author
Jun 20, 20210 min read


Gina Greenlee, Author
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Gina Greenlee, Author
Jun 6, 20211 min read
When the Door Opens
The moment you accept what troubles you’ve been given, the door will open. Rumi


Gina Greenlee, Author
May 30, 20211 min read
“Art is the means we have of undoing the damage of haste. It’s what everything else isn’t.”
― THEODORE ROETHKE It’s Not too Late or too Silly to Indulge Your Creativity Steampunk Chicken: Opening the Mind with Surrealist Art “The...


Gina Greenlee, Author
May 23, 20213 min read
Lynda Barry Daily Image Journal
This blog post is an excerpt from my book, The Writer’s Toy Chest. In her book What It Is Lynda calls the Daily Image Journal “noticing...


Gina Greenlee, Author
May 16, 20211 min read
Must You Write? Dig Deep Into Yourself for the Answer.
German-language poet Rainer Maria Rilke tells us: “This most of all: ask yourself in the most silent hour of your night: must I write?...


Gina Greenlee, Author
May 10, 20211 min read
The Art of (Collage) Stripping
Junk mail collage art: Gina Greenlee Creating junk mail art is a great visual art practice if you don’t already have one. It’s the...


Gina Greenlee, Author
May 3, 20214 min read
PLAY!
No Alarms, Doodling and You at Age 3 Ever notice how kids play? When they make up stories they roll from one idea to the next. Mikey...

Gina Greenlee, Author
Apr 25, 20211 min read
Power Recipe #3: “Get the Money Up Front…”
“Get the money up front. If they ain’t payin’ your rent, pay them no mind. Play with all the colors in the crayon box. Don’t take life...


Gina Greenlee, Author
Apr 18, 20211 min read
Fun with Free Magazines
Very old ones donated to the library. I read ‘em then play with the images.
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