Day 6 – wow! I made it to Day 6! I’ve been thinking how amazing this has been and its only been 6 days. What’s amazing? Well when you commit to something and you tell the world about it then you are committed! So many people are watching out for you, supporting you and egging […]
Tag: hand painted
Koha-tu
Thought I would paint my rock this morning as one of the first things I do for the day! Since I’ve set the task of painting a rock a day for the WHOLE of 2011! (7pm – I just finished painting my rock!) I’ve been meaning to paint this rock for a while and it’s […]
The Importance of Connection
Today I’ve connected with a few people on the other side of the world who I have never met. One of the women I connected with also paints rocks and lives in Colorado Springs. She found me through a friend of hers on Facebook who was a friend of one of my friends on Facebook […]
What is Self Determination to Me?
I was listening to a kōrero on TED this afternoon and a woman was talking about self responsibility and it made me think, “what does tino rangatiratanga mean to me? What does self-determination mean to me?” For a long time now, I’ve been of the mind that I am 100% responsible for my happiness – […]
Confidence
I’m having a bit of a giggle to myself because I’m trying to give one of my koru hand painted rocks away and no-one is putting their hand up for it! In the meantime, I’ve finished my rock for Day 2 – yes! Before I go into my kōrero for the day, I want to […]
Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway
My first hand painted koru rock for 2011! 364 more to go!! This rock was sourced from a beach in Taranaki and will fit in the palm of your hand. It is yellow and purple although the purple is not visible in the photo. So it’s the first day of 2011 and some would say […]