A New Language in Re-Birth and Deep Living
Hope February started well for all readers! A sincere thanks to all who joined my WordPress blog and Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Celebrity.Cultural.Critic last month. I am pleased to let you know that I will be embracing a new language and artistic culture while I continue to read, write, and speak on fame. The language is Spanish and classes start tomorrow! I honour this moment of re-birth as I observe my mum’s 10th anniversary of passing on tonight i.e., Feb 4 and her birthday on Feb 20. While her deep loss breaks my heart into pieces and there are tears behind my smile,...
Read MoreFrom Toronto Pig Save to the Oprah Winfrey Show
Dear Readers, In my last post, I mentioned how celebrity James Cameron supported plant-based empowerment at the Ocean Blue Film Festival. While Cameron takes an environmental perspective, many other celebrities and activists speak from the angle of health and ethics. Recently, I stumbled upon actress Alicia Silverstone’s inspiring words on the Oprah Winfrey Show. I believe this show was broadcasted a while ago but her words appear to be timeless and positive. Both celebrities drew perspectives from the book The Kind Diet and had an open conversation on being “kind” to self...
Read MoreCelebrity James Cameron on Plant-Based Empowerment
In the words of activist Dr Anita Krajnc, James Cameron is a hero! Cameron, like Bill Clinton, Casey Affleck, Moby, Bryan Adams, Venus and Serena Williams, and many more celebrities, shares critical thoughts and observations on vegan / plant-based empowerment. The above video captures his powerful words at the Blue Ocean Film...
Read MoreLucky Star?
It was Sunday morning, December 9, 2012 in Sydney, Australia. I woke up around 4:30 am with thoughts of re-birth. In Canada, my place of birth, it was my birthday. In celebrating a higher path, birthdays can be symbolic sites of re-birth. You can embrace changes that are aligned with your path. Every moment then becomes a ‘birth’ day…and every soul crossing that path is an angel. You can read my previous blog on why I did my PhD on celebrity culture in Western Australia and how gifted souls crossed my path in serendipitous ways. While reading the blog, you may have observed what I would call...
Read MoreCelebrating Life with Grief – The Talent of Deep Living
In his seminal work Stars, Richard Dyer appropriately argues that “talent is historically and culturally specific. Even if one simply meant talent as skill, one would have to ask, skill at what?” Stephen Jenkinson’s words on loving and living with grief are probably the least mentioned skills in celebrity culture. Yet, many heroic public personalities and fellow human beings achieve deep living and celebrate life through the wisdom of death that Jenkinson shares. I received Jenkinson’s knowledge of ‘Orphan Wisdom’ during my latest writing retreat near Kawartha Lakes in Ontario, Canada. ...
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