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'Use Your Words'

September 28, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Language, Action, Development

The phrase is an instructive call to action.

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September 28, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
CRAFT | POLISH, Mission Statement
Language, Action, Development

'A pattern to all princes living'

September 21, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Image, Impression

Queen Elizabeth II embodied and exemplified what a leader should be.

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September 21, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Queen Elizabeth II, Servant, Leadership, Legacy
Image, Impression

'Grief is the price we pay for love'

September 14, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Reflection, Language, Impression

The phrase suggests grief and love as the greatest loss and gain of life, bound up together.

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September 14, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Queen Elizabeth II, Mourning, Phrase, Grief, Love, 9/11, Moving, Contrast, Reversal, Loss, Gain, Bond
Reflection, Language, Impression

Celebrating 2 Years at CRAFT | POLISH

September 07, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Reflection, Development

Happy 2nd Yearsary to CRAFT | POLISH—and greetings to its readers everywhere!

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September 07, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Blog, Anniversary, Objective, Identity, Persuasion, Influence, Culture, Communications, Language, Project, Purpose, Growth, Development, Readers, Self-Styling, Campaigns, Social Good
Idea, Reflection, Development

5 Thoughts On... Transformation

August 31, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Ideas, Image, Action

Five thoughts on the concept of transformation.

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August 31, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Thoughts, Transformation, Change, Form, Art, Personal, Global, Imagination, Reality
Idea, Ideas, Image, Action

Great Lines: Walt Whitman

August 24, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Craft, Language, Writing, Teaching

Walt Whitman’s ‘O Me! O Life!’ is a celebration of human being and potential.

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August 24, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Dead Poets Society, Robin Williams, English, Poetry, Language, Words, Writing, Teaching
Craft, Language, Writing, Teaching

Sustine et Abstine: The Stoic Maxim

August 17, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Language, Action

The phrase ‘bear and forbear’ calls for the Stoic to endure the trials of life with self-command.

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August 17, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Stoics, Stoicism, Maxim, Epictetus, Sustine et Abstine, Complaining, Patience, Discipline, Self-Command, Style, Ryan Holiday
Idea, Language, Action

5 Thoughts On... Rivers

August 10, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Ideas

Five thoughts on rivers.

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August 10, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Thoughts, Rivers, Life, Living, Flow, Analogy, Simile
Idea, Ideas

How to Write Your Personal Statement in 4 Steps

August 03, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Image, Impression, Writing

Here are 4 steps to help you write your personal statement.

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August 03, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Personal Statement, University, Application, Writing
Image, Impression, Writing

Great Lines: Alexandre Dumas

July 27, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Craft, Language, Writing

True freedom is believing what is truly right, will be.

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July 27, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Shawshank Redemption, Prison Break, Escape, Freedom, Hope
Craft, Language, Writing

Fear vs Anxiety: Futura (2021)

July 20, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Media, Impression

Anxiety is when fear becomes a default state of mind.

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July 20, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Fear, Anxiety, Distinction, Futura
Idea, Media, Impression

Imagine... Space Cathedrals

July 13, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Media, Image, Idea

The Webb images have stoked the will and the capacity to imagine what lies beyond our scope.

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July 13, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
NASA, Webb Telescope, Images, Imagination, Space
Media, Image, Idea

Great Lines: Rudyard Kipling

July 06, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Craft, Language, Writing

Kipling suggests the ideal mindset of a champion.

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July 06, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Rudyard Kipling, If—, Wimbledon, Centre Court, Inscription
Craft, Language, Writing

Great Lines: Sylvia Plath

June 29, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Craft, Language, Writing

Plath imagines female choice as a fig tree.

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June 29, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar, Roe v. Wade, Women, Choice
Craft, Language, Writing

5 Thoughts On... Discomfort

June 22, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Ideas

Five thoughts on the concept of discomfort.

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June 22, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Thoughts, Discomfort, Growth, Change
Idea, Ideas

What Is the Mind?

June 15, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Idea

When challenged to define what the mind is, it’s not easily done.

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June 15, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Mind, Mind-Body Problem, Unified Theory of Psychology
Idea

The People's Queen and Paddington

June 08, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Media, Image, Impression

All very British, indeed.

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June 08, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Queen Elizabeth II, Platinum Jubilee, Paddington Bear, Sketch, British, Iconic
Media, Image, Impression

Unburnable

June 01, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Idea, Image, Media

Penguin Random House has made a resounding political statement in support of free speech—of the female persuasion.

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June 01, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale, Penguin Random House, Unburnable, Limited Edition, Campaign, PEN America, Free Speech, Freedom of Expression
Idea, Image, Media

For the Kids

May 25, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Reflection

Thinking today about the kids of this world.

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May 25, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Children, Kahlil Gibran, Kids, World, Responsibility
Reflection

Great Lines: Antony and Cleopatra

May 18, 2022 by Katie Musgrave in Craft, Language, Writing

As Shakespeare reimagined, in refusing to be mastered, Cleopatra mastered herself.

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May 18, 2022 /Katie Musgrave
Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Cleopatra, Language, Image, Irony
Craft, Language, Writing
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