Comments on: Have you tried a Date with Yourself? http://dulwichonview.org.uk/2008/05/30/have-you-tried-a-date-with-yourself/ Celebrating people and culture in the Dulwich area Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:25:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anna Di Brina http://dulwichonview.org.uk/2008/05/30/have-you-tried-a-date-with-yourself/comment-page-1/#comment-139 Anna Di Brina Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:05:58 +0000 http://dulwichgalleryfriends.wordpress.com/?p=381#comment-139 A journey back to ourselves. I think it is a vital necessity for everyone, and in particular for those whose path seems to be lost. I use to make dates with myself when I find the time, the moment and the pleasure to read a book. It does not matter when and where it happens. The important thing is that I'm not running after my children, I'm not at the mobile, I'm not planning anything. I'm in the perfect silence and I can concentrate only on the red, magic line that connects my eyes and my brain with the inky world that I have in front. This helps me to remember and to deeply feel that I am a creature in continuous development. I'm now reading "The Agony and the Ecstasy" by Irving Stone. I recommend it. It is just what I was looking for for my dates with myself in this period. A book which brings you immediately in a parallel world of its own. It is about the life of Michelangelo Buonarroti. It has the merit to recreate under your eyes the real life of real men and women of the XV-XVI centuries, as if you can touch them with hand, as if you can walk on their streets, sleep in their beds, see the world with their eyes. A journey back to ourselves. I think it is a vital necessity for everyone, and in particular for those whose path seems to be lost.
I use to make dates with myself when I find the time, the moment and the pleasure to read a book.
It does not matter when and where it happens. The important thing is that I’m not running after my children, I’m not at the mobile, I’m not planning anything.
I’m in the perfect silence and I can concentrate only on the red, magic line that connects my eyes and my brain with the inky world that I have in front. This helps me to remember and to deeply feel that I am a creature in continuous development.
I’m now reading “The Agony and the Ecstasy” by Irving Stone. I recommend it. It is just what I was looking for for my dates with myself in this period. A book which brings you immediately in a parallel world of its own. It is about the life of Michelangelo Buonarroti. It has the merit to recreate under your eyes the real life of real men and women of the XV-XVI centuries, as if you can touch them with hand, as if you can walk on their streets, sleep in their beds, see the world with their eyes.

]]> By: ingrid http://dulwichonview.org.uk/2008/05/30/have-you-tried-a-date-with-yourself/comment-page-1/#comment-138 ingrid Sat, 31 May 2008 12:38:21 +0000 http://dulwichgalleryfriends.wordpress.com/?p=381#comment-138 Ways to reflect: I used to knit skarves while working out my life. The longer the skarf, the more problems there were to sort. I would cast off when I thought the problem was resolved. I now make dates with myself at classical concerts. Wonderful music washing around me, eyes closed, thinking positive! I invite others to say where they make dates with themselves. Ways to reflect: I used to knit skarves while working out my life. The longer the skarf, the more problems there were to sort. I would cast off when I thought the problem was resolved.
I now make dates with myself at classical concerts. Wonderful music washing around me, eyes closed, thinking positive!

I invite others to say where they make dates with themselves.

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