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href="../../comments/feed/">Comments</a></dd> </dl> </div><!-- end id:feedarea --> <div id="headerimage"> </div><!-- end id:headerimage --> <div id="content"> <div id="content-main"> <h2 class="pagetitle">Archive for August, 2007</h2> <div class="post hentry category-naikan category-shared-journals" id="post-142"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="31/happy-today-because/" title="Permanent Link to Happy Today Because">Happy Today Because</a></h2> <p class="post-info">Posted in <noindex><a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/naikan/" title="View all posts in {Naikan}" tag">{Naikan}</a></noindex>, <noindex><a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/shared-journals/" title="View all posts in {Shared Journals}" tag">{Shared Journals}</a></noindex> on August 31, 2007 | <a href="31/happy-today-because/#respond" title="Comment on Happy Today Because">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="entry"> <p><a href="31/happy-today-because/" title="Permanent Link to Happy Today Because">Read Full Post 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Journals}</a></noindex>, <noindex><a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/sketches/" title="View all posts in {Sketches}" tag">{Sketches}</a></noindex> on August 29, 2007 | <a href="29/140/#comments" title="Comment on Seeing/Drawing as Meditation">2 Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="entry"> <p>Zen of Seeing: Seeing/Drawing as Meditation </p> <p><a href="29/140/" title="Permanent Link to Seeing/Drawing as Meditation">Read Full Post »</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="post hentry category-point-of-focus category-simplicity category-things-that-made-me-smile" id="post-148"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="28/did-you-see-the-lunar-eclipse/" title="Permanent Link to Did You See the Lunar Eclipse?">Did You See the Lunar Eclipse?</a></h2> <p class="post-info">Posted in <noindex><a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/point-of-focus/" title="View all posts in {Point of Focus}" tag">{Point of Focus}</a></noindex>, <noindex><a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/simplicity/" title="View all posts in {Simplicity}" tag">{Simplicity}</a></noindex>, <noindex><a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/things-that-made-me-smile/" title="View all posts in {Things That Made Me Smile}" tag">{Things That Made Me Smile}</a></noindex> on August 28, 2007 | <a href="28/did-you-see-the-lunar-eclipse/#respond" title="Comment on Did You See the Lunar Eclipse?">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="entry"> <p><a href="28/did-you-see-the-lunar-eclipse/" title="Permanent Link to Did You See the Lunar Eclipse?">Read Full Post »</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="post hentry category-shared-journals" id="post-138"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="27/stupid-bug/" title="Permanent Link to Stupid Bug">Stupid Bug</a></h2> <p class="post-info">Posted in <noindex><a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/shared-journals/" title="View all posts in {Shared Journals}" tag">{Shared Journals}</a></noindex> on August 27, 2007 | <a href="27/stupid-bug/#comments" title="Comment on Stupid Bug">2 Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="entry"> <p><a href="27/stupid-bug/" title="Permanent Link to Stupid Bug">Read Full Post »</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="post hentry category-quick-tips" id="post-135"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="24/zencast-podcast/" title="Permanent Link to Zencast Podcast">Zencast Podcast</a></h2> <p class="post-info">Posted in <noindex><a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/quick-tips/" title="View all posts in {Quick Tips}" tag">{Quick Tips}</a></noindex> on August 24, 2007 | <a href="24/zencast-podcast/#comments" title="Comment on Zencast Podcast">1 Comment »</a></p> </div> <div class="entry"> <p>If anyone is looking for something to listen to, I just discovered the Zencast Podcast — mostly Dharma Talks, updated weekly since May 2005.<br /> In addition to the talks, there is a five-part Intro to Meditation Class (talks 9-13). I haven’t listened to it, but I imagine it would be useful for anyone interested in [...]</p> <p><a href="24/zencast-podcast/" title="Permanent Link to Zencast Podcast">Read Full Post »</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="post hentry category-simplicity" id="post-134"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="23/can-simplicity-open-the-door-to-depression/" title="Permanent Link to Can Simplicity Open the Door to Depression?">Can Simplicity Open the Door to Depression?</a></h2> <p class="post-info">Posted in <noindex><a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/simplicity/" title="View all posts in {Simplicity}" tag">{Simplicity}</a></noindex> on August 23, 2007 | <a href="23/can-simplicity-open-the-door-to-depression/#comments" title="Comment on Can Simplicity Open the Door to Depression?">2 Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="entry"> <p>A lot of people have been talking about simplicity lately (e.g. Get Satisfied, No Impact Man, Enough), and I admit I feel myself drawn to it — as an environmentalist, but also as a person whose mind is often cluttered with depression and whose life is cluttered with the trappings of western living.<br /> I started simplifying [...]</p> <p><a href="23/can-simplicity-open-the-door-to-depression/" title="Permanent Link to Can Simplicity Open the Door to Depression?">Read Full Post »</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="post hentry category-attention category-point-of-focus category-illustration" id="post-133"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="22/mastering-the-elephant-of-unconsciousness/" title="Permanent Link to Mastering the Elephant of Unconscious Thought">Mastering the Elephant of Unconscious Thought</a></h2> <p class="post-info">Posted in <noindex><a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/attention/" title="View all posts in {Attention}" tag">{Attention}</a></noindex>, <noindex><a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/point-of-focus/" title="View all posts in {Point of Focus}" tag">{Point of Focus}</a></noindex>, <noindex><a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/illustration/" title="View all posts in {illustration}" tag">{illustration}</a></noindex> on August 22, 2007 | <a href="22/mastering-the-elephant-of-unconsciousness/#comments" title="Comment on Mastering the Elephant of Unconscious Thought">4 Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="entry"> <p>The other day on the Positive Psychology Blog, Dave Shearon discussed a metaphor which was new to me. He said:<br /> Jon Haidt in The Happiness Hypothesis suggests the metaphor of a rider on an elephant for how we live life. The rider is our conscious thoughts (and emotions). The elephant is our [...]</p> <p><a href="22/mastering-the-elephant-of-unconsciousness/" title="Permanent Link to Mastering the Elephant of Unconscious Thought">Read Full Post »</a></p> </div> </div> <div class="post hentry category-sketches" id="post-132"> <div class="posttitle"> <h2><a href="21/since-i-havent-been-posting-much/" title="Permanent Link to Since I Haven’t Been Posting Much">Since I Haven’t Been Posting Much</a></h2> <p class="post-info">Posted in <noindex><a href="http://en.wordpress.com/tag/sketches/" title="View all posts in {Sketches}" tag">{Sketches}</a></noindex> on August 21, 2007 | <a href="21/since-i-havent-been-posting-much/#comments" title="Comment on Since I Haven’t Been Posting Much">12 Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="entry"> <p>I thought I’d share some of what I have been doing. Mostly, I’ve been working on illustrations for a children’s poem/story Ginger wrote. They’re approaching done, which is exciting.<br /> Also, I finally got a scanner, which is thrilling (no more taking pictures of my pictures)! Hopefully this means I’ll be posting more illustrations [...]</p> <p><a href="21/since-i-havent-been-posting-much/" title="Permanent Link to Since I Haven’t Been Posting Much">Read Full Post »</a></p> </div> </div> <p align="center"></p> </div><!-- end id:content-main --> <div id="sidebar"> <ul> <li class="sidebox"> <div class="textwidget"> <a href="../../feed"><img src="http://flickrhaiku.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/feed-icon-28x28.png" /> Subscribe!</a> </div> </li><li class="sidebox"><form method="get" id="searchform" action="http://mailemccarthy.com/" > <div><label class="hidden" for="s">Search for:</label> <input type="text" value="" name="s" id="s" /> <input type="submit" id="searchsubmit" value="Search" /> </div> </form></li> <li class="sidebox"> <h2>Top Posts</h2> <ul><li><a href='../05/02/commute-better/'>7 Things You Can Do During Today's Commute to Improve Your Focus All Day Long</a></li><li><a href='../05/10/5-ways-criminal-thinking-can-make-you-happier/'>5 Ways Criminal Thinking Can Make You Happier</a></li><li><a href='../05/21/red/'>Red</a></li><li><a href='../../2008/04/02/music-life/'>Music & Life</a></li></ul> </li><li class="sidebox"><h2>Archives</h2> <ul> <li><a href='../../2008/04/' title='April 2008'>April 2008</a></li> <li><a href='../../2008/01/' title='January 2008'>January 2008</a></li> <li><a href='../12/' title='December 2007'>December 2007</a></li> <li><a href='../11/' title='November 2007'>November 2007</a></li> <li><a href='../09/' title='September 2007'>September 2007</a></li> <li><a href='index.htm' title='August 2007'>August 2007</a></li> <li><a href='../07/' title='July 2007'>July 2007</a></li> <li><a href='../06/' title='June 2007'>June 2007</a></li> <li><a href='../05/' title='May 2007'>May 2007</a></li> <li><a href='../04/' title='April 2007'>April 2007</a></li> </ul> </li></ul> </div><!-- end id:sidebar --> </div><!-- end id:content --> </div><!-- end id:container --> <div id="footer"> <p><noindex><a href='http://wordpress.com/' >Blog at WordPress.com</a></noindex>. | Theme: Mistylook by <noindex><a href="http://wpthemes.info/" >Sadish</a></noindex>.</p> <br class="clear" /> </div><!-- end id:footer --> <script type="text/javascript"> var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? 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