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'Whatever You Can Imagine Exists'

February 02, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Reflection, Action

The imagination literally is potential.

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February 02, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Imagination, Creation, Manifestation, Potential, Rhonda Byrne, Srimad Bhagavatam, Genesis, Werner Heisenberg, Quantum Physics
Idea, Reflection, Action

Queer Eye and the Power of Metaphor

January 26, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Media, Idea, Reflection

It’s a force for good, to be quite sure.

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January 26, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Queer Eye, Fab Five, Civic, Social, Work, Improvement, Life, World, Perspective, Colour
Media, Idea, Reflection

To All the Writers

January 12, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Action, Writing, Self-styling

To be a writer, you only need to believe it.

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January 12, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Writer, Writers, Writing, Identity, Belief, Realization
Idea, Action, Writing, Self-styling

22 Ways to Be New

December 29, 2021 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Action, Self-styling

To be new, do new.

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December 29, 2021 /Katie Musgrave
New Year, New, Newness, Fresh Start, Framing
Idea, Action, Self-styling

The Joy of Repetition

December 22, 2021 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Reflection, Action, Craft, Language, Impression

The joy comes from observing the pattern as it becomes increasingly meaningful to us.

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December 22, 2021 /Katie Musgrave
Joy, Repetition, Christmas, Tradition, Milan Kundera, Friedrich Nietzsche, Eternal Return
Idea, Reflection, Action, Craft, Language, Impression

In Transit: Pause for a Moment

October 20, 2021 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Image, Action

You are in transit.

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October 20, 2021 /Katie Musgrave
Self, Self-Care, Pause, Moment
Idea, Image, Action

On Freedom

September 08, 2021 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Reflection

Freedom is a privilege that demands responsibility.

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September 08, 2021 /Katie Musgrave
Freedom, Choice, Decision, Restriction, Limitation, Responsibility
Idea, Reflection

‘A Year in the Life’

September 01, 2021 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Reflection, Writing, Self-styling

Celebrating one year in the life of CRAFT | POLISH.

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September 01, 2021 /Katie Musgrave
Blog, Anniversary, Year, Measure, Rent, Seasons of Love
Idea, Reflection, Writing, Self-styling

Self-Dieting

July 07, 2021 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Action

This notion of mental vigilance is empowering, as it encourages a holistic awareness of what information and ideas we allow ourselves to consume.

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July 07, 2021 /Katie Musgrave
Self-Dieting, Self-care, Mind, Brain, Health, Social Media, Regulation
Idea, Action

‘Thank You’

June 23, 2021 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Language, Action

I have my GCSE and A Level students to thank for this practice being on my mind.

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June 23, 2021 /Katie Musgrave
Thank You, Thanks, Gratitude, Appreciation, Expression
Idea, Language, Action

A Very Fine Thing

Oxford
June 02, 2021 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Action

There is something particularly refined about a marriage that has lasted half a century.

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June 02, 2021 /Katie Musgrave
Marriage, Golden, Wedding, Anniversary, Decision
Idea, Action

The Magic

Oxford
April 14, 2021 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Impression, Language, Teaching and Learning

Any teacher will tell you the profession offers, from time to time, charmed moments in the classroom.

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April 14, 2021 /Katie Musgrave
Teaching, English, Analysis, Figurative, Rhetorical, Language, Active, Doing, Devices, Techniques, Effects, Magic
Idea, Impression, Language, Teaching and Learning

'All the bright precious things'

Oxford
April 07, 2021 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Impression, Media, Reflection

I’ve often wondered at Lurhmann’s line and at this sweeping moment in his version of Gatsby.

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April 07, 2021 /Katie Musgrave
The Great Gatsby, Novel, Film, Adaptation, Baz Lurhmann, F Scott Fitzgerald, Aesthetics, Interpretation
Idea, Impression, Media, Reflection

How Do We Know? - Part 2: Bias

Oxford
March 31, 2021 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Reflection, Impression, Media

In our consumption of information, we like what we like, we follow what we like, and we believe what we like.

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March 31, 2021 /Katie Musgrave
Internet, New media, Social media, Communications, Homophily, Bias, Confirmation bias, Wason, Psychology, Reasoning, Logic, Prejudice, Politics, Goverment, Elections, Fake news
Idea, Reflection, Impression, Media

How Do We Know? - Part 1: Ways of Knowing

Oxford UK
March 24, 2021 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Reflection, Impression, Media

How do we know what we know? A blog series exploring knowledge in the digital age.

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March 24, 2021 /Katie Musgrave
Knowledge, Philosophy, Epistemology, Debate, Rationalism, Empiricism, Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Information, New Media, Politics
Idea, Reflection, Impression, Media

'No One’s Coming'

Oxford
March 17, 2021 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Action

The path of self-reliance is the only truly reliable one.

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March 17, 2021 /Katie Musgrave
TikTok, Self-reliance, Self-motivation, Self-empowerment, Mel Robbins, Jennifer Iannolo
Idea, Action

Self-Audit: Rubin's Four Tendencies

Oxford
March 10, 2021 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Reflection, Self-styling, Teaching and Learning

The crucial benefit of students learning their tendency is how the revelation can help them form habits and meet goals.

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March 10, 2021 /Katie Musgrave
Self-audit, The Four Tendencies, Gretchen Rubin, Students, Remote learning, Reflection, Productivity, Goals
Idea, Reflection, Self-styling, Teaching and Learning

Redeeming Time

February 24, 2021 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Reflection, Self-styling

What does it mean to lose time? And if we lose time, can we reclaim it?

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February 24, 2021 /Katie Musgrave
Time, Milestone, Pandemic, Redeeming, Narrative, Control
Idea, Reflection, Self-styling

On Mastery

Oxford
February 10, 2021 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Action

Mastery is a mining of the self.

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February 10, 2021 /Katie Musgrave
Mastery, Tom Brady, 12, Super Bowl, Champion, Championship, Record, Legend, Legendary, Robert Greene, The 48 Laws of Power, Inclination, Direction, Attitude, Mindset, Action, Self
Idea, Action

The Bridgerton Allure - Part 1: The Mashup

Oxford
January 13, 2021 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Media, Reflection, Impression

While Bridgerton is derivative, it is variously so; it’s a mashup of popular society narratives.

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January 13, 2021 /Katie Musgrave
Austen, Bridgerton, Historical, Romance, Julia Quinn, Series, Can't Buy Me Love, To All the Boys I've Loved Before, Popular, Novel, Shonda Rimes, Gossip, Gossip Girl, The Age of Innocence, Black, Casting, Queen Charlotte, Black Queen, Royal Family, Black Lives Matter, Inequalities, Sexism, Classism, Regency Era, Britain, Shondaland, Progressive, Post-Racial
Idea, Media, Reflection, Impression
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