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I’m a Pepper. You’re a Pepper…

February 6, 2015 · Leave a Comment

organism [awr-guh-niz-uh m]  noun   1. a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes. To be an organism in my own life; to confidently behave in my own best interest without doubt, fear or judgement; this is my NIRVANA.  This is not a selfish aim for in being such a thing I eclipse that part of myself that gets in […]

Lessons from the Farm

December 11, 2014 · Leave a Comment

“…before a dream is realized, the Soul of the World tests everything that was learned along the way. It does this not because it is evil, but so that we can, in addition to realizing our dreams, master the lessons we’ve learned as we’ve moved toward that dream.” ~from The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Perhaps […]

Good Purposeless-ness…from Other Voices

October 20, 2014 · Leave a Comment

“like the lovely, free-form edge of a bird’s wings, we cultivate our essence, an alchemy of soul…..this, simply by being present and alive…..yes, fully alive……”  ~ in the blue Our Strength Found in Fragile Depths  “I am especially struck with the idea of the purposeless life, filling the well with snow. I suppose all life […]

Joyful Creativity

July 7, 2014 · Leave a Comment

       Maui – Polynesian Trickster God Excerpts from IT’S BETTER TO BE A TRICKSTER THAN A MARTYR by Elizabeth Gilbert “There is another way to be creative that does not make a fetish out of suffering. There is an older way, a richer way, a more generative way — the way human beings had been […]

Like never before

November 23, 2013 · 2 Comments

Even though I am just a confused as ever, I am ready now to find right work. And I choose a project with soul in mind…one that directly conjures higher expansion.I came across a term recently that grabbed my attention –  “The bardos.” Bardo is a Tibetan word which literally means “in-between.” and connotes the wisdom of […]

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Lani received a B.F.A from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1986 and earned a B.A in Art Education from NCCU in 2000.
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