A visually beautiful and inspiring video of a “journey” ending with two poignant questions: “Is it possible to be happy with this life?” and “Did you enjoy your story?”
Svaha S.S ~ A Story of Tomorrow
Celebrating Working Women
Yesterday was International Women’s Day. I think we should celebrate each other everyday, so although I’m a day late, I still wanted to share this video with all of you. It was first brought to my attention by my good friend, Lorellei, who also happens to work for Kronos. She is herself a hard working [...]
Svaha Spirit Series~The power of vulnerability
This talk by Brene Brown resonated deeply with me. It is the spark that ignited me to write Authentically Yours, earlier this month. Some lines that really stood out for me: “Courage, the original definition of courage when it first came into the English language — it’s from the Latin word cor, meaning heart — [...]
A Day In The Life of ME
Santa reads my posts! I know this because I received a Flip video camera for Christmas this year after posting about it here on Tara Cronica. Yay! I’m just getting acquainted with it, but I thought for fun I would post a little movie I just made with my Flip. Don’t be too critical…it’s my [...]
Expectations
I learned that having expectations at this time of year is not wise. I used to expect that all of my family would be able to get together for Christmas and that when we were all together it would be one giant feel good Norman Rockwell painting. Everyone would be overflowing with happiness and the [...]
Just One of Life’s Mysteries
Life is full of mystery. Or is it? It occurs to me that maybe there really is no mystery at all. It just seems mysterious because we don’t understand parts of it. But that is the fun part really. If everything made perfect sense to us all the time I think life would be a [...]
Brilliant Marketing
I am always fascinated by the art of marketing. Yes, I said art. I think you have to be very creative to come up with a brilliant marketing campaign. You may have noticed my interest in marketing by the fact that I’ve written other posts highlighting well done commercials. The one by Old Spice and [...]
Svaha Spirit Series ~ I Am Everyone
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESSE!!!!! This little video was a commercial for Orange, one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators. It is really simple and so is the message but the truth it holds is quite profound I think. Allow this thought to roll around in your mind for a bit and see what I mean. [...]
Svaha Spirit Series ~ The Story of Cosmetics
I’m just going to say it – I have issues with my hormones right now. I’m dealing with it. I’m determined to normalize my hormones naturally; without the use of synthetic drugs. I’m at the beginning of my treatment so I’ll have to let you know how it goes. Through all of this, however, I [...]
Svaha Spirit Series ~ Kindness
Remember Amy Krouse Rosenthal? She created the video “The Beckoning of Lovely” which I featured here some time ago. Amy is a New York Times bestselling author of books for children and grown-ups. Amy’s web site bio page reads: “Her books radiate fun the way tulips radiate spring: they are elegant and spirit-lifting.” The New [...]
Greed’ll getcha!
A sleep-deprived office worker accidentally discovers a black hole – and then greed gets the better of him. The lesson here is stick to stealing chocolate bars I think. I mean, he could have gone back in for a soda to wash it down and been perfectly happy, but noooo…. Silly man!
This Too Shall Pass ~ OK Go
It’s one of Tracy’s favourite sayings, “this too shall pass” and a very wise one I think. I find myself quoting it to my son quite a bit when he is going through a trying time and I can’t think of anything else to say he asks for my opinion. This video does not push [...]
The Story of Bottled Water
Yes, I know I’ve harped on this one before, but I just bought a plastic bottle of water at the gym recently and I need a way to purge myself of the guilt. I do normally use a stainless steel bottle filled with water from home but my husband was using it and…blah blah blah. [...]
Svaha Spirit Series ~ The Beckoning of Lovely
Amy Krouse Rosenthal reaches out to the universe in this short but expanding film, a follow up to her debut short “17 things i made.” Go here http://www.whoisamy.wordpress.com to submit your lovely thing.
Do you have a secret?
I think we all have secrets; some we are aware of and keep closely hidden and others that are so subtle we don’t even realize we have them. I have been a fan of Frank Warren’s postsecrets for some time now. I have two of his books of collected post cards on my shelves. These [...]
Svaha Spirit Series ~ Inspired Bicycles
This video at once makes my butt pucker and has me ooing and awing. I’m struck at how amazing humans are when they push themselves to do things others would see as impossible. Filmed over the period of a few months in and around Edinburgh by Dave Sowerby, this video of Inspired Bicycles team rider [...]
My Mom’s on Facebook
The other day my son James wrote the following on my Facebook wall: James – so i was reading this article on msn bc and it was the “top 10 reasons u should unfriend sumone on FB” guess what number 10 was? “If you call her mom” just sayin but most people dont have their [...]
Svaha Spirit Series ~ Validation
“Validation” is a fable about the magic of free parking. Starring TJ Thyne & Vicki Davis. Writer/Director/Composer – Kurt Kuenne. Winner – Best Narrative Short, Cleveland Int’l Film Festival, Winner – Jury Award, Gen Art Chicago Film Festival, Winner – Audience Award, Hawaii Int’l Film Festival, Winner – Best Short Comedy, Breckenridge Festival of Film, [...]
The Bottled Water Fairytale
My husband grumbles about how wrong it is to have to pay for water. “Water belongs to every creature on our planet, it shouldn’t be a commodity that people profit from, and it’s all just bottled tap water anyway” – is his usual spiel. “No it isn’t! It comes from the glacier fed pristine mountain-top [...]
500 Years of Female Portraits
The year my son graduated from high school I put together a video for him of clips from his school years, beginning with kindergarten and set to music. I began the video by using each years school picture he had and overlapping and blending them from one year to the next. I kept his [...]
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