by atmara | Mar 30, 2017 | Creativity, Freedom, Inspiration, Politics, Sexual equality, TED, TED Talks
According to TED.com: “With warmth and wit, Halla Tómasdóttir shares how she overcame media bias, changed the tone of the political debate and surprised her entire nation when she ran for president of Iceland — inspiring the next generation of leaders along the way. ‘What we see, we can be,’ she says. ‘It matters that women run.’ “
“Icelandic entrepreneur Halla Tómasdóttir believes that if you’re going to change things, you have to do it from the inside. She infused the world of finance with “feminine values,” which helped her survive the financial meltdown in Iceland and nearly made her president.”
“Tómasdóttir’s philosophy is simple: (1) the challenges we’re facing today won’t be solved by testosterone alone; (2) the world would be a better, safer, more sustainable place if we could infuse finance, business and politics with more gender balance; and (3) it’s easier to change things from the inside.”
“True to this philosophy, Tómasdóttir co-founded Audur Capital in 2008, the world’s first investment firm based on “feminine values.” Audur was one of few financial companies in Iceland to survive the crash. Tómasdóttir has since been an active change catalyst, advocating for principle-based leadership and more women around decision-making tables.”
“In 2016, responding to popular demand (and a viral Facebook campaign), Tómasdóttir ran for president of Iceland. A woman in a man’s race. Polls initially put Tómasdóttir as an outsider, predicting 1 percent of the vote. A few weeks later, against all odds, Tómasdóttir came in second supported by 28 percent of Icelanders.”
Halla Tómasdóttir: It’s time for women to run for office
For those of you not familiar with TED Talks here is a brief summery from www.ted.com: “TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with two annual conferences — the TED Conference in Long Beach and Palm Springs each spring, and the TEDGlobal conference in Oxford UK each summer — TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site, the Open Translation Project and Open TV Project, the inspiring TED Fellows and TEDx programs, and the annual TED Prize”
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I look forward to your thoughts and comments!
by atmara | Mar 27, 2017 | Art, Digital Mandalas, Freedom, Mandala Monday, Mandalas
Today we have Mandalas from the Heart of Freedom, Part 2, a new set of mandalas published March 2017. You can find Part 1 at https://nwcreations.com/mandalas-from-the-heart-of-freedom-part-1/. These mandalas were created during 2016 and finalized in early 2017. See Part 1 for more information. I hope you enjoy this new energy as well as a quote from Rumi.
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One day your heart will take you to your lover.
One day your soul will carry you to the Beloved.
Don’t get lost in your pain,
know that one day your pain will become your cure.
~ Rumi
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Mandalas from the Heart of Freedom, No. 7
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Mandalas from the Heart of Freedom, No. 8
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Mandalas from the Heart of Freedom, No. 9
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Mandalas from the Heart of Freedom, No. 10
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Mandalas from the Heart of Freedom, No. 11
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Mandalas from the Heart of Freedom, No. 12
To see the complete set of these mandalas go to:
https://nwcreations.com/galleries/mandalas/
Artwork © Atmara Rebecca Cloe
Prints and gifts of these mandalas are now available at
http://www.zazzle.com/New_World_Creations?rf=238526469533245868
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I look forward to your thoughts and comments!
by atmara | Mar 23, 2017 | Compassion, Forgiveness, Healing, Oneness, TED, TED Talks, Truth
According to TED.com: “What’s it like to grow up within a group of people who exult in demonizing … everyone else? Megan Phelps-Roper shares details of life inside America’s most controversial church and describes how conversations on Twitter were key to her decision to leave it. In this extraordinary talk, she shares her personal experience of extreme polarization, along with some sharp ways we can learn to successfully engage across ideological lines.”
“Megan Phelps-Roper was raised in the Westboro Baptist Church, the Topeka, Kansas church known internationally for its daily public protests against members of the LGBT community, Jews, the military and countless others. As a child, teenager and early 20-something, she participated in the picketing almost daily and pioneered the use of social media in the church. Dialogue with “enemies” online proved instrumental in her deradicalization, and she left the church and her entire way of life in November 2012. Since then she has become an advocate for people and ideas she was taught to despise — especially the value of empathy in dialogue with people across ideological lines. She speaks widely, engaging audiences in schools, universities, faith groups, and law enforcement anti-extremism workshops. Her forthcoming memoir will be published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.”
Megan Phelps-Roper: I grew up in the Westboro Baptist Church. Here’s why I left.
For those of you not familiar with TED Talks here is a brief summery from www.ted.com: “TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with two annual conferences — the TED Conference in Long Beach and Palm Springs each spring, and the TEDGlobal conference in Oxford UK each summer — TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site, the Open Translation Project and Open TV Project, the inspiring TED Fellows and TEDx programs, and the annual TED Prize”
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I look forward to your thoughts and comments!
