http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ en Vox Sun, 14 Jun 2009 13:17:02 -0700 Copyright 2009 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/the-lines-of-my-earth.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Melissa Balmer) http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/the-lines-of-my-earth.html?_c=feed-rss http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/the-lines-of-my-earth.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 14 Jun 2009 13:17:02 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd96fa0c5c4cd5011017da0139860e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00cd96fa0c5c4cd5011017da0139860e-50si" alt="Lavender" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> This has been week two of toughness, of seeing my attempts at good deeds go rather punished. Wow. Stepping back it's so fascinating to watch the very different angles and reasons we all come at things. I have had to face myself very squarely and... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/the-lines-of-my-earth.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd96fa0c5c4cd5011017da0146860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> writing processing novel writing gold stars http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/focusing.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Melissa Balmer) http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/focusing.html?_c=feed-rss http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/focusing.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 30 May 2009 09:39:58 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd96fa0c5c4cd50110182dfc00860f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00cd96fa0c5c4cd50110182dfc00860f-50si" alt="Aholeinthewall" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I am on a journey to write a book, my very first book. I have been published in portions of another book, in print and online, but I have never completed and published my own book. And it's one of those things in life I really really want to acco... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/focusing.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd96fa0c5c4cd50110182dfc15860f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> writing journey focusing facing fear writing a novel melissa balmer http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/dreamwork-and-emotional-healing.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Melissa Balmer) http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/dreamwork-and-emotional-healing.html?_c=feed-rss http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/dreamwork-and-emotional-healing.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 25 Apr 2009 09:06:04 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd96fa0c5c4cd5011015fd192d860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00cd96fa0c5c4cd5011015fd192d860b-50si" alt="Pinktreeweb" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I am one of those people who has always had a vivid dream life. No, not a vivid daydreaming life, I'm not really good at daydreams, most likely because my dreams at night take up all that kind of energy. They are vivid, colorful and dramatic. So... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/dreamwork-and-emotional-healing.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd96fa0c5c4cd50110167cc1cc860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/feelings-as-waves.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Melissa Balmer) http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/feelings-as-waves.html?_c=feed-rss http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/feelings-as-waves.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:23:30 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd96fa0c5c4cd5011015fc524c860b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00cd96fa0c5c4cd5011015fc524c860b-50si" alt="1406502_blog" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I had absolutely nothing to complain about yesterday (except some tiny grumbling about the heat), I slept well, and yet from the moment I woke up this morning I knew I was just sort of well, off. I was filled with a sort of physical and emotional ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/feelings-as-waves.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd96fa0c5c4cd5011016411c3b860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> feelings melissa balmer feelings as waves http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/who-helps-you-get-to-a-better-yes.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Melissa Balmer) http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/who-helps-you-get-to-a-better-yes.html?_c=feed-rss http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/who-helps-you-get-to-a-better-yes.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:33:46 -0700 I have been in bed for much of the week with a nasty gastro-intestinal kind of flu that just isn't any fun. And with it, when I wasn't sound asleep (which was much of the time), or in the bathroom, I've been in rather a funk. Not a horrible one, n... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/who-helps-you-get-to-a-better-yes.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd96fa0c5c4cd5011017afae1d860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/expanding-your-slice-of-pie.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Melissa Balmer) http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/expanding-your-slice-of-pie.html?_c=feed-rss http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/expanding-your-slice-of-pie.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:02:26 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd96fa0c5c4cd50110166c3d07860d.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00cd96fa0c5c4cd50110166c3d07860d-50si" alt="Melimageboxsm" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I'm up early, nervous, chewing on Pepto-Bismal, both excited about new projects that are either going well, or just starting yet worried over old projects I should probably just let go of. But it can be so hard. There is so much fear and reluctan... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/expanding-your-slice-of-pie.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd96fa0c5c4cd50110166c3d1e860d?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> workaholic visual affirmation creating space http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/mixing-it-up.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Melissa Balmer) http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/mixing-it-up.html?_c=feed-rss http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/mixing-it-up.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:58:09 -0800 I want to reorganize and redecorate my apartment. I do want to. I want to change it up and sigh with happiness over the loveliness of it all when I open the door and see it all clean and beautiful. I do. But somehow the desire and the action are n... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/mixing-it-up.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd96fa0c5c4cd50110162edcc1860c?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/im-in-the-middle-of-reorganizing-my-studio.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Melissa Balmer) http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/im-in-the-middle-of-reorganizing-my-studio.html?_c=feed-rss http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/im-in-the-middle-of-reorganizing-my-studio.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 07 Feb 2009 14:26:32 -0800 I'm in the middle of reorganizing and cleaning up my studio, moving around furniture, dusting, and sorting through a myriad of piles of stuff that until recently I just didn't have the energy to deal with. So right now, of course, though I can se... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/im-in-the-middle-of-reorganizing-my-studio.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd96fa0c5c4cd5011017a7bef8860e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> love list martha beck http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/declaring-independence.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Melissa Balmer) http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/declaring-independence.html?_c=feed-rss http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/declaring-independence.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:05:18 -0700 “Independence - is loyalty to one's best self and principles, and this is often disloyalty to the general idols and fetishes” - Mark Twain I remember I was in 8th grade, or maybe even High School, before the message actually sunk in that the 4th... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/declaring-independence.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd96fa0c5c4cd500fad697c0ae0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/expanding-into-now.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Melissa Balmer) http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/expanding-into-now.html?_c=feed-rss http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/expanding-into-now.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:01:04 -0700 I remember years ago reading that there is very little difference in the way the body experiences fear and excitement. I've been spending time chewing on this of late, I'm feeling both actually - but excitement seems to be winning out. I'm seeing ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://melissabalmer.vox.com/library/post/expanding-into-now.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd96fa0c5c4cd500fa9680c7410003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> excitement fear curiosity dating