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The Artist Knows

By Trina Otero From Lillian Smith’s, The Journey: Art, as is true of all man’s profound experiences, is not for art’s sake, nor for religion’s sake, nor for the sake of beauty nor for any ’cause.’ Art is for man’s sake. The artist creates what he creates for himself as a living part of mankind…because of a … Continue reading The Artist Knows

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Help Our Teen Poets Get to Brave New Voices, an Internt’l Poetry Festival & Slam This Summer

By Trina Otero Hey blogger and writer friends! This is a post directly for you guys, because I know you guys care about writing the most! Because hey! Most of us are doing this in our spare time [or even when we're busy] because that is just how much we love to write. ❤ We … Continue reading Help Our Teen Poets Get to Brave New Voices, an Internt’l Poetry Festival & Slam This Summer

The Lesson of the Italian Lizard

By Trina Otero I kept seeing a lizard walk by the open door downstairs. He couldn't walk inside because the screen was pulled down [they slide down here in Italy, instead of sliding left or right in the US]. I noticed the lizard walked by the doorway each time I was thinking about certain things, … Continue reading The Lesson of the Italian Lizard

Video: Manifesting Your Dreams :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtRRJ9PLxnQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player I wanted to briefly talk about dreams and how they ARE obtainable. Having a dream [a.k.a. goal] and dreaming big is something we should ALL DO. Everything I say is from my experience and my own research, and of course everyone is free to believe me or not. 🙂 Beauty of free will. I … Continue reading Video: Manifesting Your Dreams 🙂

Fives and Threes…

As the time to leave to Italy draws near [40 days left to be exact] I have been prepping -- and by prepping I mean attempting to find a good flight. Well, the other day as I was about to hop on my laptop to search for flights, I looked down at my phone and … Continue reading Fives and Threes…