Greetings All,
I thought you might enjoy seeing a close up of my Charter for Compassion collage and poem (featured on my video in another post). Enjoy!
Make art and have compassion every day!
Peace, Creativity, and Compassion,
Ananda
Author: Ananda Leeke
Thriving Mindfully Coach + Author + Artist + Human Design Doula
Ananda celebrates Charter for Compassion and Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc.’s Founder’s Day with Art Every Day Month collages and poems
Happy Thursday!
Today I am celebrating my sorority Sigma Gamma Rho’s Founder’s Day (established in 1922 – www.sgrho1922.org) and the Charter for Compassion (http://charterforcompassion.org or http://twitter.com/thecharter). When I joined Sigma in 1983, I learned firsthand that in order to practice its motto of “Greater Service, Greater Progress,” I needed to have compassion in my heart. That’s why I am so excited about the Charter for Compassion. It is a reminder to give myself compassion so that I can share it with others through service.
My Art Every Day Month adventures this week have centered on collages and poems about compassion. Check out the video below which features my two collages. You can also hear me read two compassion poems. Enjoy!
Peace, Creativity, Compassion, and Service,
Ananda
Ananda reads excerpt from That Which Awakens Me
Listen to Ananda share an excerpt from her new book, That Which Awakens Me: A Creative Woman’s Poetic Memoir of Self-Discovery (available on Amazon.com in December) which celebrates her mother, Therese B. Gartin Leeke. She gives an update about her online book party events. For more information, visit http://www.anandaleeke.com.
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Tune into the Nov. 9th episode of The Ananda Leeke Show @9pm EST for a conversation with Author/Professor Shayne Lee about Malcolm Gladwell’s The Outliers and Ananda’s books, That Which Awakens Me and Love’s Troubadours – Karma: Book One
Greetings All,
Join me for a conversation with my brothalove Shayne Lee, an author and professor of sociology at Tulane University, about the influence of The Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (www.gladwell.com/outliers/index.html) on my new book, That Which Awakens Me on the November 9th episode of The Ananda Leeke Show at 9:00 p.m. We will also discuss my debut novel, Love’s Troubadours – Karma: Book One (www.lovestroubadours.com). Click here to listen to the show: www.talkshoe.com/tc/15820.
Shayne Lee
Shayne penned T.D. Jakes: America’s New Preacher (2007) and Holy Mavericks: Evangelical Innovators and the Spiritual Marketplace (2009). I read T.D. Jakes: America’s New Preacher earlier this year and fell in love with it. Shayne’s book influenced my new book, That Which Awakens Me. I even quoted from his book in my memoir! Yeah it was that GOOD! I also wrote a review about T.D. Jakes: America’s New Preacher and interviewed Shayne on BAP Living Radio in February. We had big FUN! Click here to read my review: http://kiamshacom.blogspot.com/2009/02/book-review-td-jakes-americas-new.html. To learn more about Shayne, visit www.tulane.edu/sociol/slee.pdf.
Enjoy your week!
Peace and Creativity,
Ananda
Great News! Ananda’s kg yoga life practices is coming to MomTV on November 18.
Great News! Watch my infomercial below to learn more about kg yoga life practices’ online yoga television show that will debut on November 18 at 8:00p.m. EST on MomTV. During the show, I will provide kind and gentle yoga exercises and tips for people who use computers. It will also include a chat with questions and answers. I will also share yoga-inspired excerpts from my new book, That Which Awakens Me: A Creative Woman’s Poetic Memoir of Self-Discovery (available on Amazon.com in December). Visit http://www.momtv.com/kgyogalife.html to watch the show (30 minutes). It airs on the third Wednesday of each month. To learn more about kg yoga life practices, visit http://kgyoga.blogspot.com.
Art Every Day Month Post for the Weekend – A’s Comfy Chair
AEDM-Acomfychair, originally uploaded by anandaleeke.
Happy Weekend!
This weekend I wanna sit in a comfy chair, drink some ginger and green tea, and read my Yoga Journal magazine, chapter 7 of The Joy Diet, parts of Junot Diaz’s Oscar Wao, and my friend’s manuscript. My collage ” A’s Comfy Chair” is a perfect weekend affirmation for me. I made the collage earlier this week during one of my Art Every Day Month journal moments.
How are you planning to spend the weekend?
Make art every day!
Peace and Creativity,
Ananda
Join Ananda for an author chat about the artwork in her new book That Which Awakens Me on 11.7@ 1pm EST on Ananda Leeke Live!, a UStream.tv program
Greetings All,
Join me on Saturday, November 7 at 1:00 p.m. EST for an author chat on Ananda Leeke Live!, my new UStream.tv show, about the artwork in my new book, That Which Awakens Me: A Creative Woman’s Poetic Memoir of Self-Discovery (available on Amamzon.com in December 2009). The live streaming web chat will allow you to connect with me in real time. I will also answer questions. Click here to join the chat: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/anandaleeke. Also, take a look at my artwork below. Be sure to see the photographs of my archetypes. They each represent my creative interpretation of my complex personalities.
If you miss the live show, don’t panic. You can watch a recording a few seconds after the live show ends.
Enjoy your weekend!
Peace and Creativity,
Ananda
PS: Look on the right side of this blog for a schedule of my online book party events. Join me for the online party!
That Which Awakens Me: Kreative Grooviness (acrylic on canvas), 2005
All artwork by Ananda Leeke.
Copyright 2005-2009 by Madelyn C. Leeke
My Girlhood: Puf the Magic Dragon (mixed media collage on brown paper), 2008
Love Mentalism (acrylic on canvas), 2005
That Which Awakens (magic marker drawing on paper), 2008
OM (magic marker and crayon drawing on paper), 2008
Ancestor, 2008 (Ananda’s wise woman archetype)
All Photo Credit: Leigh Mosley – www.leighmosley.com
Ananda, 2008 (Ananda’s spirit woman archetype)
Kiamsha, 2008 (Ananda’s creative woman archetype)
Madelyn, 2008 (Ananda’s CEOEsq. woman archetype wearing a mask to protect herself)
Puf, 2008 (Ananda’s BoHo BAP woman archetype)
Cheryl, 2008 (Ananda’s diplomat woman archetype)
Sapphire, 2008 (Ananda’s sexy warrior woman archetype)
Broomhilda, 2008 (Ananda’s inner critic archetype)
Art Every Day Month Post – The Business of Being You
AEDM-EntrepreneurDestiny, originally uploaded by anandaleeke.
The Business of Being You: A woman owning who she is/A woman blogging who she is/A woman becoming an entrepreneur who leads her life/ A woman designing her own destiny, a collage by Ananda Leeke – Copyright 2009 by Madelyn C. Leeke
Happy Friday!
Today I posted one of the collages I made earlier this week for Art Every Day Month – http://creativeeveryday.com/creativeeveryday/2009/11/art-every-day-month-check-in-november-6th.html. My collage is called,
“The Business of Being You: A woman owning who she is/A woman blogging who she is/A woman becoming an entrepreneur who leads her life/ A woman designing her own destiny.”
Long title…. right? I had a lot to say. It will turn into an essay or poem later on. This collage really speaks to many of the creative ideas I have been having today about the 2010 focus of my Sisterhood, the Blog and next book, Sisterhood, the Blog: Soundbytes from the 21st Century’s Women’s Online Revolution (Summer 2010). It is an affirmation of what’s coming next in my creative life. It is exciting to feel the new energy as I move into the new year a few weeks early.
What are you giving birth to?
Make art every day!
Peace and Creativity,
Ananda
Ananda’s Weekly Adventure with the Next Chapter Book Blogging Group – PLAY, Chapter 7 of The Joy Diet by Martha Beck
BOLD by Ananda Leeke – Copyright 2009 by Madelyn C. Leeke.
AEDM-Bold, originally uploaded by anandaleeke.
Happy Friday!
My Next Chapter Book Blogging Group is reading Chapter 7 of The Joy Diet by Martha Beck this week. The theme is play. Click here to see what my fellow Next Chapter bloggers are experiencing: http://tnc-thejoydiet.blogspot.com/2009/11/joy-diet-play.html. I am still reading the play chapter. So far I have been exploring what play means in the collages I made for Art Every Day Month (http://creativeeveryday.com/art-every-day-month). Art Every Day Month is an annual creative challenge created by Leah Piken Kolidas (held in November like National Novel Writing Month).
Today I discovered that play means being BOLD. Here’s my definition of BOLD.
B stands for BE who you are.
O stands for OWN who you are.
L stands for LOVE who you are.
D stands for DECIDE to do these things every day!
It takes boldness to add PLAY to my daily life because it is so easy to get caught up in my to do lists.
What does play mean to you?
Enjoy your weekend!
Peace and Creativity,
Ananda
Art Every Day Month Post – Celebrating the Dream: Michelle O 2009
Happy Thursday!
I am still celebrating the Obama election anniverary today. I posted a collage that celebrates First Lady Michelle Obama a/k/a FLOTUS. She is an amazing woman. For me, Michelle is an icon of authenticity. She inspires me to continue taking better care of myself. I love her brilliance, boldness, and beauty. She is committed to community service too. Her fashion style is fabulous. In short, Michelle O is a woman who owns her spirit, heart, mind, body, and life.
What do you think about Michelle O?
Who inspires you?
Make art every day!
Peace and Creativity,
Ananda
Ananda Leeke 