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We've all heard term writers block. The dictionary defines it as being a condition of being unable to think of what to write. Writers block evolves into a situation. I came across something called Imposters Syndrome. Creative people who feel like a fraud because they believe anything good in their life is nothing but luck. I can see that as being fuel for writers block. I do have moments where I need to write about one particular subject but can't. Because I'm a student of Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way, I've learned to give my creative child a voice. If we're getting nowhere with this, what would you like to write about? Through that exercise the mindset finds no reason to challenge the gift of writing. It chooses to play. From that you can return to the origin of expectation. Writing to me is like taking a very long walk through park whose atmosphere is endlessly evolving. If you face Imposters Syndrome, let the child play. You'll move through it.
This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 545 With Dr. Rama Chellappa Author Of Can We Trust A.I?
In Can We Trust AI? Dr. Rama Chellappa explores :the history of AI from its post–World War II origins through the computer revolution of the 1960s –70s, and its applications explosion since 2012. Chellappa offers a balanced account of the benefits and dangers of AI, and of how researchers are leading the way toward safer, more convenient, and also more equitable, uses. With descriptions of AI applications in disaster relief, the patent process, our hopes for robots, and the biometrics involved in finding National Geographic magazine’s most famous cover subject, Can We Trust AI? Is essential reading for anyone who embraces the potential—or fears the reach—of artificial intelligence.
Almost like a secret sauce, three new movies make it into theaters this week. Hugh Jackman in The Son is the prequel that nobody saw coming. He's all into this performance. Up next is Anna Kendrick in Alice Darling. A total no show on great drama. And if animation is your fuel New God's is in theater. A fallen God becomes a bounty hunter. A must adventure in theaters.
Multiple award-winning investigative journalist and correspondent Mariana van Zeller plunges deeper into the illicit shadow economy in the much-anticipated third installment of National Geographic’s Emmy-nominated docu-series TRAFFICKED WITH MARIANA VAN ZELLER. A recipient of the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award and the duPont Award, Mariana has made it her life mission to explore the inner workings of the global underworld’s most dangerous, illegitimate markets.
Journaling your worries. For some, that's enough to increase anxiety. To be so open with what's unraveling between your ears. What if someone finds it? This is when we begin hoarding our emotions for possible future use. My mother spoke of being a worrier but she never shared with me what she was worried about. Seeing my worries in word formation helps me explore peaceful methods of recovery. To listen, to ask questions to discover newer ways to deal. Journaling your worries isn't a road map, it's a process of trusted expressions. Stop running and start writing.
You Don’t Know What War Is: The Diary of a Young Girl from Ukraine is 12-year-old Yeva Skalietska’s firsthand account of her harrowing escape from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Yeva’s story begins on her twelfth birthday in Kharkiv, where she has been living with her grandmother since she was a baby. Ten days later, the only life she’d ever known was irrevocably shattered. On February 24, 2022, her city was suddenly under attack as Russia launched its horrifying invasion. Yeva and her grandmother fled to a basement bunker, where she began writing this diary.
She describes the bombings they endured while sheltering underground, and their desperate journey west to escape the conflict raging around them.
“Everyone knows the word war, but very few people understand what it truly means,” writes Skalietska. “I want the world to know what we have experienced.”
After many endless train rides and a prolonged stay in an overcrowded refugee center in West Ukraine, Yeva and her beloved grandmother eventually find refuge in Dublin. There, she bravely begins to forge a new life, hoping she’ll be able to return home one day.
You Don’t Know What War Is: The Diary of a Young Girl from Ukraine is an important, emotional, and ultimately hopeful memoir about the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war.
When dreams become nightmares and terrors... you are never alone to face them solo...
January 19, 2023
When ideas from your past fizzle out in a modern way and walk. Five to ten years ago it was a brilliant decision. Not so much now. I’d love to create a television show that randomly selects a home and we go inside to search the boxes under the bed, in the closet, the attic and garage. How did all of this stuff fall out of the ranks of I have to have it? Amazon doesn’t play fair with consumers. One click of the button and the box arrives in two days. How many of those ideas are physically used? I struggle with this because I suffer from I’ll get around to it. Laptop computers and notebooks have overtaken book shelves because at the time it was a must have idea. Your life is in a box. And it’s probably not worth anything to those who’ll go through those boxes after the passing.
This is Play It Forward. Real people. Real stories. The struggle to Play It Forward Episode 544 With Author And Journalist Nora Nues MUHAMMAD NAJEM, WAR REPORTER
In 2018 CNN Reporter Nora Neus stumbled across the twitter feed from Muhammad Najem, a 15-year-old Syrian using social media to tell his story in any way he could. He was only eight years old when the war in Syria began. He was thirteen when his beloved Baba, his father, was killed in a bombing while praying. By fifteen, Muhammad didn’t want to hide anymore—he wanted to act. He was determined to reveal what families like his were enduring in Syria: bombings by their own government and days hiding in dark underground shelters.
Raised in a Mexican/American musical household, Alyssa found her love for singing at a young age thanks to her mom. Musical inspiration came from many places, and Alyssa’s passion for music evolved in high school when she became involved in musical theater, acting and dance. Alyssa’s parents divorced when she was 9 years old, and music became her rock. During that time, her father introduced her to No Doubt and “Don’t Speak” became Alyssa’s anthem. When Alyssa was 12, her mom got a new boyfriend (now fiancé), Patrick. Alyssa and Patrick have since become close. Patrick is a professional bass player and fellow musician and has become one of Alyssa’s biggest supporters.
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