October 2009 archives

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October 19, 2009 by cfimages

The War of Art – 3 Questions For Steven Pressfield

Tweet Recently, I bought and read Steven Pressfield‘s excellent book, The War of Art : Break Through The Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles. Pressfield, perhaps best known for his novel “The Legend of Bagger Vance”, presents a non-fiction book aimed at writers, artists, musicians and other people attempting to channel and direct their [...]

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October 16, 2009 by cfimages

Five For Friday – Thai Silk

Tweet This week on 5 we’re taking a trip to the lower Isaan region of Thailand to visit a silk village. Thai silk comes from the cocoons of Thai silkworms. The silkworms are raised on a diet of mulberry leaves and the resulting silk is considered one of the finest fabrics in the world. Before [...]

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October 14, 2009 by cfimages

Vulture’s Peak

Tweet One of the sixteen regions of ancient India was Magadha, and it’s first capital was the town of Rajgir (Rajagaha) in present day Bihar. Magadha is heavily mentioned in the Hindu epics Ramayana, Mahabharata and Puranas, as well as Buddhist and Jain scriptures. Two of India’s greatest empires, the Maurya and Gupta Empires originated [...]
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