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 MoreCelebrate All Life and Shine as a Star – 13 inspirational tips for 2013!
Dear Celebrity Culture Readers, Hope 2012 was full of learning and set you on a new journey! When I was flying from Singapore to London on New Year’s Eve, I was thinking of my resolutions for 2013. At the same time, I was aware that celebrating New Year is a symbolic construction and resolutions can be idealistic, generalized, or limiting our potential. Maybe innovative ideas of individual progress are more effective than absolute resolutions? Considering the above question, I suggest engaging with ideas that are specific to our distinct journeys in life. In my writings and consultations, I...
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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