à la carte spirit by ilona fried
bringing awareness to the menu of life
Perfectionism
What if Every Moment were the Last Minute?
Recently I created an online fundraising auction for some of my art, small mosaics of flowers that incorporated empty bullet casings. I had a choice of how long to allow bids — one, three, five, seven or ten days. I wanted to keep people’s attention focused on it, which was a rationale for a shorter … Continue reading
Beginnings
Growing up in a suburb of Harvard University, I imagined that life was some kind of an escalator, and once you stepped aboard, maybe after college, or even before, you just kept going up and up and up, a nonstop ascent to the top. The top of what, I didn’t really ask myself. I also … Continue reading
à la carte spirit by ilona fried 
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