by Ivana Filip | Dec 29, 2021 | Animals, Compassion, Everyday, Home, Identity, Inspiration, Storytelling
Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine. – Shunryu Suzuki “The Tale of a Meditator and Her Animals” is a Zen story that I would like to share with you at the end of this so-called 2021. It is a beautiful story to...
by Ivana Filip | Dec 14, 2021 | Animals, Cats, Compassion, Creative Exercise, Eco, Home, Inspiration, Motivation, Multispecies Collaboration, Nonhumans
“Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.” ― Anatole France Who is your Octopus Teacher? Maybe you have watched it and if you haven’t yet, please have a little treat and adventure into the beautiful story about interspecies...
by Ivana Filip | Oct 11, 2021 | Art, Compassion, Creativity, Everyday, Home, Inspiration, Motivation, Stamina
“Cause people often talk about being scared of change But for me I’m more afraid of things staying the same Cause the game is never won by standing in any one place for too long” In these words, musician and artist Nick Cave exposes the wisdom of change...
by Ivana Filip | Sep 20, 2021 | Creativity, Everyday, Home, Inspiration, Motivation, Stamina
“Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” – Suzy Kassem There are days when one feels nothing works or everything is wrong. Today is one of those days so I use my magical toolbox to find a secret weapon. One of them is a book and one of those...
by Ivana Filip | Sep 13, 2021 | Animals, Compassion, Eco, Everyday, Home, Motivation, Nonhumans, Stamina, Storytelling
“My art is the way I reestablish the bonds that tie me to the universe.” – Ana Mendieta All cameras and mobile phones were focusing on him. He was watching back. He stretched his wings and turned, flipping them through the air. He is going to fly for the first...
