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March 8, 2012 by Kat

Happy Women’s Day

In Italy, the tradition on Women’s Day is to give the yellow Mimosa flower to women in your life. So today I have some Mimosa for you!

I had never heard of International Women’s Day before moving to Italy. Now, I see references to it quite a few places here in the US too. Maybe I was never aware of it before, maybe it’s come into greater prominence in the last few years. I’m not sure.

It’s an important day in a lot of ways, requiring a moment of pause. An opportunity to take a moment and reflect on the lives that we are able to lead as women in the developed world. For all of the challenges we may face, they pale in comparison to our counterparts in other places around the world. I have had so many opportunities – for education, for employment, for freedom in my relationships and life. I have practiced engineering for 20 years, a non-traditional women’s career, without serious issue with my gender. I have a voice here online, without fear of reprisal. We are lucky for the freedoms women have in our culture.

I think that’s why I resonate with the idea of what Nest does so much, helping women build a sustainable career and life for themselves and their families. Today I learned of Kiva, another microfinance organization. Through Marie Forleo, I heard about this special opportunity to give a loan to women in other countries without it costing you anything. Visit this link to see how Kiva and Dermalogica are making this possible, and you can take advantage of the opportunity to give a loan too.

If nothing else today, take a moment to reflect on the opportunities that you have had as a woman, and how lucky you are when put into perspective by other places in the world.

In the tradition of Italy, give a yellow flower to a woman who matters to you. You all matter, thank you for being here. Happy Women’s Day.

Filed Under: The Kat Eye View of the World Tagged With: flower, France, international women's day, Italy, mimosa, Nice, yellow

February 4, 2011 by Kat

So Many Angles

Lately I’ve been thinking about time and space. I’ve started to see more personal time free up, and I have not been intentional with how I spend it. I’ve spent it on the computer, hopping around on the internet, reading blogs and getting “caught up.” That certainly fills the time, but leaves me without the space for dreaming and scheming, letting the new ideas come and flow. Letting creativity take me where it will.

This line of thought, about how I spend my time and energy, is not new. It’s been with me for a while as my Dramatic Cropping post will attest. These thoughts are a natural outcome right now of finishing my work on Find Your Eye as well as participation in Christine Kane’s Uplevel Your Life Mastery Program. My brain is filled with a lot of thoughts about being clear and intentional about my time and energy.

I have no answers right now. There are just too many angles and directions to sort out in this moment. But I am aware and asking the questions, and that is always the start. Taking the first step, to start close in.

Image is from Nice, France.

Filed Under: The Kat Eye View of the World Tagged With: France, Nice, personal growth, Spiral of Creativity

May 26, 2010 by Kat

Beautiful Spaces

I love art galleries. The light, the spaces. A well done art museum provides a place that is interesting and stimulating but also keeps the focus on the artist’s work. Designing a gallery is an art form in itself! This is the Musee Marc Chagall in Nice, France. I love the colors that he uses, so bold and bright. The space was also beautifully done, to display his work and to learn about his life. I wish more museums would let you take pictures. I don’t want to take pictures of the art itself, I can buy a postcard or print if I want that, but I want to capture the spaces the art is displayed in.

Filed Under: The Kat Eye View of the World Tagged With: art, Chagall, France, gallery, Nice

May 11, 2010 by Kat

Skies of Blue

I loved the colors and shapes of the Russian Orthodox cathedral in Nice, France. So different from the other churches we’ve visited on our travels. And against that blue sky – wow! Just brings a smile to my face, a lift in my day. I hope it does for you too.

Filed Under: The Kat Eye View of the World Tagged With: cathedral, France, Nice

May 9, 2010 by Kat

Flowers for Mom

These flowers, full of hope and love and color and light, are for all of you Moms out there! Happy Mother’s Day today.

Filed Under: The Kat Eye View of the World Tagged With: flowers, France, Nice

March 30, 2010 by Kat

Clean and Colorful

There’s no reason that everyday tasks can’t be special, is there? How about getting clean? In Nice there were many soap vendors with handmade soaps like these. Such pretty colors, such wonderful scents. A wonderful way to add something a little special into the everyday! I couldn’t resist, I bought a sampler pack of little soaps as much for the color as for the scent and the usefulness. Well, maybe more for the color. 😉

Filed Under: The Kat Eye View of the World Tagged With: color, France, Nice, scent

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