14 steps: Make Contact

Reach out

If you know how to socialise, you’ll be more successful in life. Not just with people you already know, but with strangers as well. If you know how to make contact, it will be a lot easier to build a social environment from which to get inspiration and support. By talking to other people, [...]

November 17th, 2009 | , , , , , | english | One comment

14 steps: Become Assertive

Become Assertive

In order to be yourself and lead the life that suits you, you have to be assertive. Being assertive means you communicate your rights, boundaries and values and at the same time respect other people’s rights, boundaries and values. Being assertive doesn’t equal being aggressive. Aggressive people don’t respect others, they merely (try to) [...]

November 12th, 2009 | , , , , | english | One comment

14 steps: Needs

Needs

To be happy, it’s necessary to give yourself what you need. To be able to do that, you first have to know what it is you need. Needs are different from personal values. Personal values refer to areas of life, areas that interest you, areas you’re passionate about. Things you need in order to feel [...]

November 7th, 2009 | , , , , | english | One comment

14 steps: Know yourself

Know yourself

In order to create a life that suits you, it’s important to know what’s really important to you. Find out what your passions, interests and preferences are. These are called ‘personal values‘. Friendship can be very important, but also children, money, power or justice.

There are hundreds of personal values, and thousands of things one [...]

November 2nd, 2009 | , , , , | english | One comment

14 steps: Self Esteem

Appreciate yourself

People with high self esteem think positively about themselves, and accept themselves. They think: “I’m a good person”. People with low self esteem on the other hand are too critical. They don’t think they’re attractive, smart, spontaneous or slim, and they always feel they’re never good enough.

Self esteem is one of the most important [...]

October 30th, 2009 | , , , , , | english | One comment
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"Artistic creation is not born ex nihilo from the brains of individuals as a private language; it has always been a social practice. Ideas are not original, they are built upon layers of knowledge accumulated throughout history. Out of these common layers, artists create works that have their unmistakable specificities and innovations. All creative works reassemble ideas, words and images from history and their contemporary context."

"Only after the invention of the creative genius, practices of collaboration, appropriation and transmission were actively forgotten."

"Copyright pits author against author in a war of competition for originality – its effects are not only economic, it also naturalizes a certain process of knowledge production, delegitimates the notion of a common culture, and cripples social relations. Artists are not encouraged to share their thoughts, expressions and works or to contribute to a common pool of creativity. Instead, they jealously guard their “property” from others, who they view as potential competitors, spies and thieves lying in wait to snatch and defile their original ideas. This is a vision of the art world created in capitalism’s own image, whose ultimate aim is to make it possible for corporations to appropriate the alienated products of its intellectual workers."

"The private ownership of ideas over the last two centuries hasn't managed to completely eradicate the memory of a common culture or the recognition that knowledge flourishes when ideas, words, sounds and images are free for everyone to use."

The above from: Copyright, Copyleft & the Creative Anti-Commons

I don't want to exploit anyone's labor. Images and texts were mostly taken from the Internet and are usually linked to where I found them. These images and texts have touched me in one way or another, they've inspired me, made me think, served as a basis for the writing of poetry, etc. If you insist I take one such image or text you consider to be yours and yours only down, contact me, and I might. I'd prefer you to consider my blogging the image or text as a token of recognition, admiration or appreciation though.