Smell the roses Wednesday! Oh I do love to pass by Tesco at the North Pole (London W10) for those bargain moments. A £2 treat to cheer me up while winter lingers morose and melancholy on the street corners.
100 Days of Awe is a playful project I set up to bring my attention to awe in my daily life. I see awe as wonder, a mixture of amazement and respect. I expect the experience of awe to be about perception shifting awareness and that demands a reframing of some sort. I am excited to see what will awe me on this journey.
Anne K. Scott is an imagination technologist, her work to teach, facilitate and deliver innovation for individuals and business. She is the creator of FindYourMojo iPHone app. If you are interested in what intuitive coaching can do for you please do contact me. I support clients all over the world.
Bus Eireann, Ireland’s public bus service is more red setter than greyhound; cheery and up for short runs rather than lean and long distance, quirky vignettes rather than horror stories. I was travelling at the front of the bus on my own from Waterford to Cork when Peter quezzed in beside me at Youghal, he breathed a Guinness welcome on me. Sure he was no harm he told me and asked would I join him for a pint in Midleton his final destination. I bristled, contracted and pursed my lips in irritation. He wouldnt be diverted from his intention, like a dog with a bone I had to shake him off his one track intention with the only thing that works in Ireland – conversation. The problem with that is that it opens things up for everyone else in the bus to get involved. The drapper heavy-set chap in the seat behind starts mumbling through the gap about getting the driver to stop at the hospital to pick up his medication because he had trouble with his mind. I wanted to say that is the trouble with all of us but bit my tongue rather than fan the fires.
Peter, my Guinness breathing companion, for that was his name had now told me about his early life in the USA and his work as a fitter, his wife who did her thing and let him do his – a recipe for a very happy marriage, his 5 children and their scatterling travels to Australia, Amerikay and Germany, the future daughter in law from Poland and the grandson in Canada. A dewdrop of the Irish diaspora all in one family. But it all kept coming back to that one drink he wanted to have with me in Wallaces in Midleton. He would forgive me not having an ould drop of the black stuff and would be happy to share a bottle of wine; he had never bought a whole bottle of wine. Despite the inevitablity of this loop in our conversation I was beginning to enjoy Peter. He told me about his visit to Kilkenny, the homeplace where his 84 yr old brother lives alone. Before he left that morning he got up and made him porridge, followed by rasher (of bacon) and sausages (he forgot the eggs, though there were plenty there), light the fire and and he washed up the dishes. He also turned the heating full blast but was sure to turn it off before the brother came down. I was softened by his caring and his mischeviousness, I noticed the time creased skin on his hands, the neat cleanliness of his nails, the white hair and the sharp lines of the recent haircut, his well worn corduroys and the comfort of his tweed jacket. We covered a life time in 30km, the hard edges of separation transmuted into the soft burr connection, two lives momentarily intersected. He was surprised to be at Midleton and had to gather himself abruptly but not before one last try of an invitation. I held my ground as he mock complained to the bus driver about my lack of compliance. I watched his jaunty step up the street as he left the poignancy of our interlude behind.
100 Days of Awe is a playful project I set up to bring my attention to awe in my daily life. I see awe as wonder, a mixture of amazement and respect. I expect the experience of awe to be about perception shifting awareness and that demands a reframing of some sort. I am excited to see what will awe me on this journey.
Anne K. Scott is an imagination technologist, her work to teach, facilitate and deliver innovation for individuals and business. She is the creator of FindYourMojo a FREE iPHone productivity app. If you are interested in what intuitive coaching can do for you please do contact me. I support clients all over the world.
The first of the month, a pinch and a punch, the first person to say ‘White Rabbits’ gets a wish. Well we all forgot this in our house this morning. I was curious to find out about the origin of this superstition but interestingly there is very little cohesion or consistency about what is to be said or where it came from though it probably originated around the beginning of the 1900s whatever the variation it has the appearance of being nonsensical. And non-sense was the topic of the day as I sat with Stan Phillips of Readings For Life & Bernadette Phillips of New Insights For Change in the Coastguard Cultural Centre in Tramore, Co. Waterford (Ireland) musing over tea and the remains of lemon drizzle cake. We were all in agreement that now is all we have and that being in the unknown or the non-sense of life is where magic, serendipity and synchronicity reside. Just the effortlessness of our meeting had that quality. Stan & Bernadette are Facebook friends who I had never met, a Facebook message just before 2pm turned into tea by the sea at 3pm. And how wonderful is that. Later on my way home I am reminded again of the 1st of the month – this is May the start of Summer at least by the Celtic calendar and the busy burr of a family of fuzzy bumble bees nuzzling the nectar teats of this flowering hedge.
100 Days of Awe is a playful project I set up to bring my attention to awe in my daily life. I see awe as wonder, a mixture of amazement and respect. I expect the experience of awe to be about perception shifting awareness and that demands a reframing of some sort. I am excited to see what will awe me on this journey.
Anne K. Scott is an imagination technologist, her work to teach, facilitate and deliver innovation for individuals and business. She is the creator of FindYourMojo a FREE iPHone productivity app. If you are interested in what intuitive coaching can do for you please do contact me. I support clients all over the world.
I lost all heart to write about awe today when I heard about my friend Emile’s death. Last Summer during my month as a facilitator with the Kalikalos Summer community on the Pelion in Greece I made Emile’s acquaintance. More than one late Summer evening was spent on the terrace of the local tavernas in Kissos supping on wine and debating life. Emile was a contemplative soul, with a sharp intellect and an inventor’s mind we shared long careers in the IT business. A stalwart of the early days of the Kalikalos community he had chosen to step back a little, to live more sustainable for himself, to look after his heart both physically and metaphorically. Last Sunday as this year’s work campers prepare to roll up their sleeves to launch another season Emile’s heart failed him. He didn’t recover and passed on his way this 30th day of April. I am sad, deflated and it feels right and fitting to be introspective with that.
100 Days of Awe is a playful project I set up to bring my attention to awe in my daily life. I see awe as wonder, a mixture of amazement and respect. I expect the experience of awe to be about perception shifting awareness and that demands a reframing of some sort. I am excited to see what will awe me on this journey.
Anne K. Scott is an imagination technologist, her work to teach, facilitate and deliver innovation for individuals and business. She is the creator of FindYourMojo a FREE iPHone productivity app. If you are interested in what intuitive coaching can do for you please do contact me. I support clients all over the world.
Ireland is not known for it’s towering mountains but rather its gentle, rolling, ice sculpted slopes of soft boggy earth, furze, fraghan or hort berries and somnulent sheep. A slow drive across the border from Waterford into Co. Kilkenny and Tory Hill just 44 feet shy of mountain status. I chickened out on an outing here in December to celebrate the winter solstice sunrise; the warmth of my bed overuled the lure of pagan festivities. The proposal of a 10am start from my friend Marie, The Sea Gardener – an expert on foraging and nutrition of the sea shore, on a perfectly delightful late Spring day was a far more attractive invitation. We slide from our slow drive into the rhythm of a gentle climb under the full warm breathe of the sun with canine companions Topsy and Lucy. This unprepossessing hill revealed its magic at the Marian Cross summit. To the east the vista stretched across wind turbines to Mount Leinster and Mount Brandon, to the south Tramore’s Catholic Church spire a smudge on the horizon. A throne to the heavens on a beautiful day like this, the frauchan flowers just beginning to show, it is no surprise this place has a history that stretches back to the Greeks, is associated with druidic tradition and, I discovered on my post visit research has the remnants of the three chambered Faranogue Court Tomb. In the 1700 and 1800s it was a refuge for Irish outlaws and in fact the name Tory is derived from the Gaelic Toraidh meaning one who is persued by the law. More recently the hill was identified as an ideal site for a transmission mast but not everyone was in agreement. A night time mission by torchlight succeeded in dissembling the mast and now only the concrete foundation remains as a reminder not to mess with this hill.
100 Days of Awe is a playful project I set up to bring my attention to awe in my daily life. I see awe as wonder, a mixture of amazement and respect. I expect the experience of awe to be about perception shifting awareness and that demands a reframing of some sort. I am excited to see what will awe me on this journey.
Anne K. Scott is an imagination technologist, her work to teach, facilitate and deliver innovation for individuals and business. She is the creator of FindYourMojo a FREE iPHone productivity app. If you are interested in what intuitive coaching can do for you please do contact me. I support clients all over the world.
I spent my teenage years growing up in a holiday resort. Living at the top of the hill in the armpit of Tramore Bay Summer nights were alive with the sounds of ‘down around’,dripping with t he public yearning of Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsborg’s Je t’aime or raspy with Rod Stewart and The First Cut Is The Deepest. It is still the place I come home to. In the winter the silent arcades are locked up against the salty fingers of the sea, the hurdy gurdies are hunkered down in the face of boisterous south wester weather. In April the Easter knock is Summer’s wake up call, Spring has arrived and Tramore is crowned the tidiest town in the province and third in Ireland. Road markings are being brightened up, there is a major clean up on the beach, sprucing up is the order of the day and outdoor tables are poised for sunny custom. The beach is a sandspit across Tramore Bay, a wide yawn of sea between the Great Newtown Head, crowned by the ever watchful metal man , and Brownstone head. Never quite reaching across the Saleens gap the sand heaps and gathers into a conflagaration of tumbling dunes and backs onto a salt marsh that has invaded the folly of a racecourse on Neptune’s territory. It is a glorious day for a walk and a smooth Americano at T Bay Surf & Eco Centre.
100 Days of Awe is a playful project I set up to bring my attention to awe in my daily life. I see awe as wonder, a mixture of amazement and respect. I expect the experience of awe to be about perception shifting awareness and that demands a reframing of some sort. I am excited to see what will awe me on this journey.
Anne K. Scott is an imagination technologist, her work to teach, facilitate and deliver innovation for individuals and business. She is the creator of FindYourMojo a FREE iPHone productivity app. If you are interested in what intuitive coaching can do for you please do contact me. I support clients all over the world.
I spent my teenage years in Ireland by the sea. A place called Tramore an angelicized version of the Gaelic meaning ‘big beach’ and it is a wonderful beach. A three mile sandspit stretching out across Tramore Bay. For about a decade I have had the luxury of being able to fy from London to the local airport in Waterford just a gasp from the back of Tramore unique salt marshes but about 12 months ago flights were discontinued. By default I assumed I woud have to travel home via Dublin, a tedious journey involving a 4 hour coach trip at the Irish end.
Perchance I discover there is life beyond London and there are regional flights from theBirmingham, Manchester & Newquay in the UK to Waterford. On Sunday I decided to try out the afternoon flight from Birmingham. Conveniently located just off junction 6 on the M42 a friend was able to drop me off en route from Stoke, where we had celebrated yesterday’s wedding Layers Of Love = Magic, to London. A dinky little hub of activity thronged with travellers and adorned with multi-cultural posters I was transported to the cusp of exotic travel in the blink of an eye. Queueing for security just heightened the tension. It all seemed to be happening at Birmingham. The other side of security had everything to serve the expectant traveller. Unfortunately I noted that my flight was delayed. However I had not accounted for the creativity of this little airport. Afte a little vascilation an alternative plane was found and the departure gate was opened with 15 minutes to spare. We had to bus it across the tarmac but en route it seemed we had mislaid a passenger or two so had to return to pick them up. We were 20 minutes late heading out on the runway but the pilot assured us that we would make up time. Despite the meandering of a scenic approach along the very beautiful Wexford coast and a long winded tracjectory directly across Tramore Bay, across the marram tufted expanse of dunes and the tranquil back strand we screeched into land a mere 9 minutes la at 15.29. A flight time of around 45 minutes. By 15.35 I was through passport control, past the entrance perimeter and walking down the airport approach to the country back road to meet my Dad who was primed to jump into his car at home on receipt of my landing text but not before turning down the friendly offer of a lift from a lady who didnt give a thought for where I might be heading. Oh I do love a small airport.
100 Days of Awe is a playful project I set up to bring my attention to awe in my daily life. I see awe as wonder, a mixture of amazement and respect. I expect the experience of awe to be about perception shifting awareness and that demands a reframing of some sort. I am excited to see what will awe me on this journey.
Anne K. Scott is an imagination technologist, her work to teach, facilitate and deliver innovation for individuals and business. She is the creator of FindYourMojo a FREE iPHone productivity app. If you are interested in what intuitive coaching can do for you please do contact me. I support clients all over the world.
Day 33: In Praise Of A Hair DresserWell my topic for today was a no brainer. This is a picture of a one very happy bunny. I cannot tell you how nourishing and vibrationally transformational a few hours being coiffured in the hands of a great hair dresser can be. If you have had the experience you will understand, if not you may be bemused and unbelieving. Although the subtlties of the cut and colour are hard to make out in the photo it is the emotion of the experience that truly fills me; Andrew loves hair and I feel whenever I am with him that he loves my hair in particular. There is no humming and hawing, tip toeing around me, he cuts straight to the chase of his vision for my transformation. I am putty in his hands.
I met Andrew in 2001 – our mutual broken heartedness was the start of a friendship that has seen me have my hair cut all over London, including the intimacy of my own home, as well as Eindhoven, Holland, Barcelona & Madrid in Spain and today the likelihood of adding Saint Lucia to the list increased substantially. Much and all as I have a travelling soul it was I following Andrew rather than the other way round. Andrew was born in Saint Lucia but grew up in London, and he has hard grafted to create a home for himself back on the island overlooking the sea. We are both peripatatic souls but I love the golden sinuous threads of Whatsapp to keep us connected. Andrew is currently working out of Smiths Salon in Clapham and if you mention my name he just might work an extra little bit of magic for you.
100 Days of Awe is a playful project I set up to bring my attention to awe in my daily life. I see awe as wonder, a mixture of amazement and respect. I expect the experience of awe to be about perception shifting awareness and that demands a reframing of some sort. I am excited to see what will awe me on this journey.
Anne K. Scott is an imagination technologist, her work to teach, facilitate and deliver innovation for individuals and business. She is the creator of FindYourMojo a FREE iPHone productivity app. If you are interested in what intuitive coaching can do for you please do contact me. I support clients all over the world.
Day 32: Silicon RoundaboutSilicion Valley is a nickname for an area around the Santa Clara Valley in California known for high tech industry. In the 1950s William Shockely one of the inventors of the transistor was the first to use silicon as the semiconductor material in the manufacture of transitors but the term itself was not coined until the early 1970s and only came into popular parlance in the 1908s. The presence of Stanford University and the increased concentration of hardware, software and computer development has fostered a culture of innovation that made it the centre of the dot com boom and continues to inspire startups pushing the technical edge creating a frisson that has a global ripple.
Imitation is the sincerest of flattery so the expression goes so I suppose it is no surprise that the eager and ambitious fancy a little of the Silicon magic wherever they are and London is no exception. I have curiously been to gatherings at Silicon Hill (West London around Notting Hill Gate) and Silicon Triangle (West London including what is known as the TV Triangle) but the real money is on Silicon Roundabout in East London; it encompasses Shoreditch, Hoxton and Old Street and is riding off the Government’s East London Tech City initiative. An area more noted for its urban edge, the jostling of gritty side streets and the cacophony of traffic it is a far cry from the green vistas and wholesome homes of the Bay Area but it was no surprise that this is where Henry Chuks ran his inaugural Startup Accelerator Lab meetup last night which drew me out of my West London hideaway. From the tiny app development unit under the Old Street roundabout, to the Red Dog Saloon, The Breakfast Club, the dinky Vietnamese Cay Tre, Zigfrid Von Underbelly, Mr Sykes The Modern Conceirge and Sh! Women’s Erotic Emporium in Hoxton Square I loved the buzz and the bustle of it. Electricity Showrooms is as Square Meal puts it ‘a fabulous hybrid of Victorian public house, Moulin Rouge peacockery & basement disco with illuminated dancefloor’. A world away from Silicon Valley and thank God for that.
100 Days of Awe is a playful project I set up to bring my attention to awe in my daily life. I see awe as wonder, a mixture of amazement and respect. I expect the experience of awe to be about perception shifting awareness and that demands a reframing of some sort. I am excited to see what will awe me on this journey.
Anne K. Scott is an imagination technologist, her work to teach, facilitate and deliver innovation for individuals and business. She is the creator of FindYourMojo a FREE iPHone productivity app. If you are interested in what intuitive coaching can do for you please do contact me. I support clients all over the world.
I have to fess up that I didnt take this picture today. I took it when I walked on the Camino Francais to Santiago de Compostela in 2012. It is my blog avatar and the image I use to represent my SatNav4TheSoul app toolbox. But this blog is not intended to be about gratuitous self promotion but rather about awe.
I use some simple but powerful question based processes in my coaching work. Often after a session I would be asked for the process, assiduously I would write up these questions and email them off. I have no idea if they were ever used again but I was conscious of their flatness outside the context of a coaching session. I launched my first app FindYourMojo in 2012 but it was only last year that the idea to encapsulate some of my other tools as apps emerged. With the benefit of a visual design to create some of the support of a coaching session these could be more powerful takeaways for my clients or for anyone curious about intuitive coaching. It is one thing to conceive of an idea, quite another to bring it to life and it throws me back into my old life as a systems analyst and writing technical documnentation; scoping out a design, schemas and functional specifications. Design and schemas are completed and now I have intensive focus on the nitty gritty of the functional specifications. I am not there yet but today I was conscious of the ease of being in the flow of the spirit of the toolbox. And that is awesome.
100 Days of Awe is a playful project I set up to bring my attention to awe in my daily life. I see awe as wonder, a mixture of amazement and respect. I expect the experience of awe to be about perception shifting awareness and that demands a reframing of some sort. I am excited to see what will awe me on this journey.
Anne K. Scott is an imagination technologist, her work to teach, facilitate and deliver innovation for individuals and business. She is the creator of FindYourMojo a FREE iPHone productivity app. If you are interested in what intuitive coaching can do for you please do contact me. I support clients all over the world.
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Smell the roses Wednesday! Oh I do love to pass by Tesco at the North Pole (London W10) for those bargain moments. A £2 treat to cheer me up while winter lingers morose and melancholy on the street corners.
Well my topic for today was a no brainer. This is a picture of a one very happy bunny. I cannot tell you how nourishing and vibrationally transformational a few hours being coiffured in the hands of a great hair dresser can be. If you have had the experience you will understand, if not you may be bemused and unbelieving. Although the subtlties of the cut and colour are hard to make out in the photo it is the emotion of the experience that truly fills me; Andrew loves hair and I feel whenever I am with him that he loves my hair in particular. There is no humming and hawing, tip toeing around me, he cuts straight to the chase of his vision for my transformation. I am putty in his hands.
