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Please email me- danaclaudat@yahoo.com—- I love to hear from you!!!!!! xx Dana *on twitter @thetaoofdanaTumblr (3.0; @thetaoofdana)http://thetaoofdana.com/<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8f0n9gj9y1qa00wzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I’m heavy on the inspirational quotes these days because, well, just because. </p>http://thetaoofdana.com/post/1085362059http://thetaoofdana.com/post/1085362059Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:55:05 -0700<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l84ap5rcwc1qbfx1wo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://interiordecline.tumblr.com/post/1085134639/drapes-drapes-drapes-love-one-the-one-splash-of">interiordecline</a>)</p> <p>OHHHHHH those are killer window treatments! My mind is teeming with possibilities!!!</p>http://thetaoofdana.com/post/1085146315http://thetaoofdana.com/post/1085146315Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:44:47 -0700<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8e43romUn1qz6f9yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>( via <a href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/1082183925/all-purpose">nevver</a>)</p>http://thetaoofdana.com/post/1084651293http://thetaoofdana.com/post/1084651293Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:41:52 -0700“play is just as important as work.”http://thetaoofdana.com/post/1084629075http://thetaoofdana.com/post/1084629075Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:36:55 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8egvllFae1qzbcjoo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://thetaoofdana.com/post/1083412929http://thetaoofdana.com/post/1083412929Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:21:21 -0700inspirationhttp://thetaoofdana.com/post/1082410432http://thetaoofdana.com/post/1082410432Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:41:37 -0700<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8e6lpEWE41qzbcjoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p> Rafael Soto, <em>Penétrable BBL bleu</em>, 1999</p>http://thetaoofdana.com/post/1082401219http://thetaoofdana.com/post/1082401219Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:39:25 -0700art creating space<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8e12c6ZOa1qzbcjoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><br/>“The painting is just a surface to be covered. Paintings aren’t about the person who makes them, either. My paintings have to do with feeling, yet it’s pretentious to say they’re about feelings, too, because if you don’t get it across, it’s nothing.”</p> <p>~ Joan Mitchell</p>http://thetaoofdana.com/post/1081945986http://thetaoofdana.com/post/1081945986Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:39:48 -0700joan mitchell  On Twitter. Hit me up!! I can’t really read much this week (more on that in a bit…),...http://thetaoofdana.com/post/1081592321http://thetaoofdana.com/post/1081592321Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:54:48 -0700@thetaoofdanacecily brownfollow me on twitter (John Baldessari) As many of you may know, I have embarked on THE ARTISTS WAY, a colossal...http://thetaoofdana.com/post/1081702946http://thetaoofdana.com/post/1081702946Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:46:47 -0700the artists waya week without reading?<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8daleRupr1qzbcjoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>UVA. </p> <p>light shapes space, createse a mood, directs the flow, sets the pace of time.</p> <p>LIGHT is powerful stuff. </p>http://thetaoofdana.com/post/1080097293http://thetaoofdana.com/post/1080097293Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:08:02 -0700feng shui lightUVA<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8cj3tTFho1qzbcjoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>LOVE water.</p>http://thetaoofdana.com/post/1077650536http://thetaoofdana.com/post/1077650536Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:13:45 -0700<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8cigaGiM41qzbcjoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I’m one baby step closer to running the Los Angeles Marathon! Special shoes, cotton-free socks and dry-weave shorts that are soooo cute! If you are thinking about running, this place: Top to Top in Santa Monica, will save your life with perfectly diagnosed shoes. Today I learned my left foot is a half size larger than my right! How crazy is that?! Apparently it’s common. This is my plunge straight into crazy athleticism. All of the major athletes I know can overcome obstacles with far greater tact and calm endurance. Let’s see what this 26+ mile race brings as a lesson…. Meanwhile, if you can recommend some marathon running mixes, I’m off to get an iPod shuffle…..xx Dana</p>http://thetaoofdana.com/post/1077586724http://thetaoofdana.com/post/1077586724Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:59:36 -0700<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7xj78ZZF61qz849zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>via <a href="http://hydeordie.com/post/1053982548/tim-etchells-please-come-back-2008">hydeordie</a>:<a href="http://www.timetchells.com/projects/works/please-come-back/">Tim Etchells</a> <em>Please Come Back</em> 2008</p> <p>Powerful big blue words. Forgiveness is one of the signposts of HUGE changes in life. </p>http://thetaoofdana.com/post/1071954880http://thetaoofdana.com/post/1071954880Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:45:58 -0700Tim Etchells Please Come Back 2008“If you want to work on your art, work on your life.” - Chekhovhttp://thetaoofdana.com/post/1071940506http://thetaoofdana.com/post/1071940506Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:42:40 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l87ihbtGH21qzbcjoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Getting high alkaline water at Beyond O2 on Main Street…my experiment: a few months of this water to fuel my marathon training. Normal water is ph5 or so…. And the high alkaline water is 9.5. It’s supposedly a zillion times better than Electrolyte Water, and when it’s all said and done, at 2.60 a gallon, it’s way cheaper too! (though it’s expensive to start: about 47 bucks for a glass jar and a dispenser…but your first five gallons of water is free!) High alkaline water: more on this soon. I have high hopes!!!!</p>http://thetaoofdana.com/post/1062366911http://thetaoofdana.com/post/1062366911Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:12:07 -0700<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l85stmnWhE1qzbcjoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span> <p>A piece of a rare interview in <a title="The Brooklyn Rail" href="http://brooklynrail.org/2007/6/art/ryman">The Brooklyn Rail</a> with Robert Ryman, one of my favorite artists, perhaps because he’s so accessibly inaccessible!——> </p> <p><strong>Interviewer <Rail>:</strong> Is there a transcendental aspect in your work?</p> <p><strong>Ryman:</strong> I don’t even know what that means.</p> <p><strong>Rail:</strong> How about the notion of the sublime?</p> <p><strong>Ryman:</strong> Oh, no. It’s nothing like that. I’m not involved in that at all.</p> <p><strong>Rail:</strong> Were you brought up with a hint of spiritual leaning?</p> <p><strong>Ryman:</strong> Oh, no. I quickly got away from that.</p> <p><strong><br/></strong></p> </span></p>http://thetaoofdana.com/post/1059630381http://thetaoofdana.com/post/1059630381Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:50:42 -0700Robert Ryman QuotesThe Positivity Blog | How to Improve Your Relationships: 7 Awesome Tips from the Last 1900 Years:...http://thetaoofdana.com/post/1059565641http://thetaoofdana.com/post/1059565641Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:00:51 -0700the positivity blogstaying happy in the new millenium<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l85rvciTFu1qzbcjoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>What a great <a title="Design*Sponge stencil DIY" href="http://www.designspongeonline.com/2010/09/before-and-after-basics-stencil-tricks.html#more-60847">Design*Sponge stencil DIY</a>! </p>http://thetaoofdana.com/post/1059449956http://thetaoofdana.com/post/1059449956Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:00:49 -0700Design*Spongeupgrade your furniture with stencilsLA Weekly | Home Decor Voyeurs: Design Sponge on Why We Like Looking Into Other Peoples' Houses:...http://thetaoofdana.com/post/1059095856http://thetaoofdana.com/post/1059095856Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:40:06 -0700Design*Spongehome decor blogs