Everything is a Present

Learn how to be Thankful for Everything, from Alice Herz-Sommer.

Alice is 108 years old and she lives alone in her London apartment, and still practices Bach three hours a day.

“I have lived through many wars and have lost everything many times – including my husband, my mother and my beloved son. Yet, life is beautiful, and I have so much to learn and enjoy. I have no space nor time for pessimism and hate."~~ Alice Herz-Sommer

You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.

Another beautiful photograph that my friend shot this morning.

Do not steal it please, you will be able to get it from her upcoming photography book.

Thank you.

The Fringe Benefits of Failure

J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement from Harvard Magazine on Vimeo.

The Butterfly Circus

This short film brought tears to my eyes.

We should all take a moment and just be grateful for what we have and who we are.

Here is Nick Vujicic's website, the main character of this short film.

"If you can't get a miracle, become one."~~ Nick Vujicic

You'll never give up on a dream after seeing this woman

As I am going through my bookmarks to find things that inspired me, I found this story that first aired on Oprah.

It's about Tererai Trent, a woman from Zimbabwe that had a dream of education while not being able to go to school as a young girl. Her dream was to go to America and get a Bachelor's Degree, a Master's and a PhD. 

Tererai is Oprah's all-time favorite guest and she donated 1.5 million in order for Tererai to built her old school in her old village in Zimbabwe.

All her dreams came true.

Here is the story.

TED talk of the day

I was thinking what to write on my blog. I like writing about fashion and posting pictures of pretty dresses and jewelry, but I am a grown up and I can't do that every day.

So, I was looking through my hundreds of bookmarks so I thought I will share some of them with my readers. My readers mostly get to this blog because they type "Miro" into Google. Well, maybe I should have made a blog about Joan Miro, or at least posted more pictures of his work. I might, so that the hundreds of Miro fans that land here won't be totally disappointed.

Until then, one of my favorite videos from TED, about how this 14 year old kid from Malawi built a windmill from spare parts, in order to generate electricity for his home. If he could do that, what stops you to ( )? You can fill up the blanks at your leisure.

After a While

After a While


"After a while you learn the subtle difference
Between holding a hand and chaining a soul,

And you learn that love doesn't mean leaning
And company doesn't mean security.



And you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts
And presents aren't promises,


And you begin to accept your defeats
With your head up and your eyes open
With the grace of a woman, not the grief of a child,


And you learn to build all your roads on today
Because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain for plans
And futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight.


After a while you learn...
That even sunshine burns if you get too much.


So you plant your garden and decorate your own soul,
Instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.


And you learn that you really can endure...

That you really are strong

And you really do have worth...

And you learn and learn...

With every good-bye you learn.” 

A Liter of Light

Go here if you want to learn more, share or donate.

Now I think of all my Evian bottles going into the recycle bin. 

I want them to go here and be transformed in light instead of floating on the Pacific Ocean.

Leonardo Da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci was a man of many talents. Not only was he a painter but he also had impeccable skills as a sculptor, an architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist and writer. His unquenchable curiosity was equalled only by his powers of invention. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived.Leonardo has often been described as the archetype of the Renaissance Man, a man of "unquenchable curiosity" and "feverishly inventive imagination". 

Read more here .
If you need inspiration, it's impossible to not find it in Leonardo. It never fails with me.

Self Portrait in Chalk

Vitruvian Man

Design of a Flying Machine

The Virgin and The Child with St. Anne

Quote of the Day:

"Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else. "~ Leonardo Da Vinci

If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.

Beautiful colors, yes?

Good job, T-Bags, for deciding to do simple cotton t-shirts with sequins after I decided to do that last year. Beautiful top, by the way. Well, that's ok, Valentino got my t-shirts tulle idea that I wanted to do two years ago. I am not saying anyone stole anything from me... is just that inspiration comes and goes and visits other people too. And, if you don't do something when you are supposed to, those other people might just do it. And you... well, your time will come too.