Monthly Archives: April 2010

Life is a canvas

Posted on April 24, 2010 by Mindful Mimi

I am participating in the Art House Co-op Canvas Project with the goal to create a visual encyclopedia and have received my three little canvases. My randomly chosen words are: ready chart curvacious While I was sitting on the terrace, … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Creativity, Painting | 2 Comments

How a 4 year old solves the Iceland ash cloud problem

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Mindful Mimi

Triggered by Seth Godin’s suggestion that one should teach our children to solve complicated problems, I recently wrote an article about how my 4 year old son solved the Greek debt crisis. As I found that he did pretty well … Continue reading →

Posted in Better life, Creativity, Kids | 1 Comment

Why are we the way we are?

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Mindful Mimi

Are we really so much smarter than people in the Middle Ages because we think that the Earth turns around the Sun? You see what your knowledge tells you you’re seeing. What you think the Universe is and how you … Continue reading →

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How to become a guest blogger without planning to

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Mindful Mimi

Today I would like to send you over to another blog, Expatica.lu where I have been asked to write a guest post about Life in Luxembourg. Prior to that, I had been asked whether I was willing to share a … Continue reading →

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How a 4 year old solves the Greek debt crisis

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Mindful Mimi

After writing about attending Seth Godin’s speech in an earlier post, where he suggested that parents should teach their children to solve complicated problems and volunteered the idea of asking them to solve the debt crisis in Greece…, I owe … Continue reading →

Posted in Better life, Creativity, Kids, Politics | 3 Comments

Seth Godin on why we should all be artists

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Mindful Mimi

Yesterday I went to a speech by author, entrepreneur, agent of change, inventor of words Seth Godin in Antwerp (Belgium). I have read a few of his books and follow his pondering via his blog and I like his train … Continue reading →

Posted in Better life, Business, Creativity, Mindful People | 5 Comments