finding beauty in the everyday
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Manifesto
2016 Manifesto For A Smagikal New Year- Have Gratitude for the good, the bad, and the ugly. Remember that your choices have led you to exactly where you are. Say yes. Surprise yourself daily. Choose love over fear and adventure over familiar. Remember that you can rarely, if ever, see the whole picture from where…
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2016
Only one more day until the empty possibility of a whole, brand new year! 365 more days in which to make choices, laugh, create, explore, question, do, love, dream, plan, dance, speak, act, wonder, and live! 2015 has been a fairly great year for me. Building on 2014, which was a decently good year, and…
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May You Wake Joyful
May you be filled with the wonder of a small child when you wake in the morning, may the magic of the season seep into your dreams, may the light of the almost full moon stream through your window, may you eat something covered with sprinkles, drink something fizzy, talk to someone you love,…
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The Life of an Object
I am home from LA and life is falling into its usual, albeit odd, unemployed routine of morning coffee/blogging and the rearranging of furniture and bookshelves. After unpacking my suitcase, two pieces of hand printed mud cloth found their way onto my furniture and the velvet jacket into my closet. Always on the lookout…
Smagik is Claire Sandrin’s personal blog of writing and photographs dedicated to finding beauty in the everyday. It covers everything from how to brand yourself as a creative, making a professional pivot in middle age, travels to Amsterdam, and recipes for grain free chocolate zucchini cake. Join me for the adventure that is this life!
