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"When the people tentatively
come out of their cages, when the artists have been released
from the stone, as people sit at the Soul Food banquet table
and bask in the warmth of Soul Food's sun I know I have been
a successful human being." – Heather Blakey |
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8 Wonderful Things Blogging Can Do  Posted
Jan-27-2007
From Heather Blakey's Zen and the Art of Team Blogging
If you're one of those people who know what a blog is, but don't participate in blogging or have one of your own because you don't see the value in having one, perhaps this will influence you otherwise — or at the very least — open your eyes to the benefits of the online blogging tool.
Last year I had the privilege of receiving a wonderful piece on team blogging from Soul Food Cafe's teacher, Heather Blakey, and her team of community bloggers who continue to be intensely occupied and engaged using the blogging medium for meaningful expressions of art, writing, and creativity.
The piece is titled "Zen and the Art of Team Blogging" and is a breathing testimony of the transforming powers online writing communities afford to participants. Noteworthy in this piece, especially for non-bloggers and educators, is the highlighted box further down in the article under the title "Blogging taught us that:". Item #8 resonates most with me:
8. Alternatively, they can set up a blog as a kind of dream book and find some time each day to dream and muse.
Want to know what the other seven are? Go find out. • |
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A
Blogternative to Going it Alone Posted
Jan-23-2006
Tasty Soul Food Cafe Morsels
I've quietly watched from the sidelines an amazing
thing going on over at Heather Blakey's Soul
Food Cafe during the last year. This passionately creative
woman, writing teacher, mentor-to-many, and non-stop imagineer
has pulled off something so significant, so wonderful, so nurturing
to writers and artists of all shapes and sizes. I can't even
put it into words. So I did the best next thing. I asked Heather
to put it into her own words. And still, she shares the wealth.
Curious? Go
see for yourself... |
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January
2005 Soul Food Cafe Interview
Posted
Nov-27-2005
Who says you have to be famous
to get interviewed?
One of the things I love most about 'living inside' of my own creative life is
having the ability to act as if — and being okay with trying
a new role on for size. |
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Nourish
Your Creativity and It Will Nourish You!
Posted
Aug-26-2005
Pieces of Me
One of the first pieces of reflective writing I did for an online publication
(outside of my own Web site) was in 2003 for the Soul
Food Cafe. It's been nearly
two
years since I wrote Nourish Your Creativity and It Will Nourish You! in
response to an invitation by my friend Heather Blakey. ... |
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Alluvial
Mining Posted
Feb-23-2005
How to Dig Deep for Creative
Gold.
One of the recent creativity-inducing features unveiled
on Soul
Food Cafe was the opening of the Alluvial Mines. Much
like the United States in the 1800s, Australia experienced
its own version of an exciting Gold Rush. |
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Reverse
Osmosis Posted
Feb-03-2005
Before agreeing to Heather's interview with
me, I made her promise to allow me to interview her
back. All of this agreed discussion finally came
to fruition today when I received her answers to
my probing questions in my inbox. You didn't think
I traveled all the way to Australia for them, did
you? |
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Heather
Blakey Made Me Famous Posted
Jan-29-2005
Okay, she didn't exactly make me famous,
but she sure makes me feel like a star.
Heather Blakey is the mastermind behind the Soul
Food Cafe (www.dailywriting.net), a Web site devoted
to creativity, self-exploration, and writing for well being. "Make
writing a daily practice" is Soul Food's motto, (the
name which incidentally came right out of the Blues Brothers movie). |
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