Posts Tagged With: creativity

Day 4851: No Fear

Posted on April 14, 2026 by Ann Koplow

During fearful times, it is inspiring when someone has no fear.

I had no fear yesterday about taking that cue to share my protest song, “You Don’t Scare Me.”

https://artists.landr.com/you-dont-scare-me

I used to have fears about (1) repeating myself and (2) promoting myself, but I am trying to have no fear about that.

In my interview on the Therapist Uncensored podcast, we talked about my having no fear, but the reality is I always have fear the week before I get on a plane and travel somewhere new. I also have no fear about sharing that fear here as well as my fear about disturbing or disappointing others.

I have no fear about sharing these images for today.

I had no fear about telling social work intern Sara that I loved working with her.

I have no fear about finding something interesting to share on YouTube when I search for “no fear.”

I have no fear about expressing my love and gratitude to YOU!

Categories: original song, personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: April 14 2026, “You Don’t Scare Me” protest song, cats, creativity, DeJ Loaf, healthy meals, letting go of fear, Pope Leo, The Daily Bitch Calendar, Twitter and Bluesky | 6 Comments

Day 4674: Signs of the times

Posted on October 19, 2025 by Ann Koplow

It’s a sign of the times that today’s photos are signs at yesterday’s No Kings event on Boston Common.

Here are signs of the times from yesterday’s No Kings event in Washington D.C.

Thanks to all who are paying attention to these signs of the times, including YOU!

Categories: life in the USA, personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: Boston Common, creativity, gratitude, No Kings rally in Boston, No Kings Rally in D.C., peaceful protest, protest signs, resistance | 10 Comments

Day 4397: Asking

Posted on January 15, 2025 by Ann Koplow

I have no trouble asking people questions but I have a lot of trouble asking people to do something for me (like subscribing to my YouTube channel).

Is anybody asking for images related to asking?

Is anybody asking for a YouTube video about asking?

It’s time for me to be asking for comments, below.

Thanks to all who are here for this asking post, including YOU!

Categories: personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: asking for help, “5 Questions to Ask Yourself Every Evening” from The School of Life, cats, creativity, fish dish with veg and potatoes, January 15 2025, January 20 2025, MLK Day, National Booch Day, The Daily Bitch Calendar, Twitter | 13 Comments

Day 4357: A Life

Posted on December 6, 2024 by Ann Koplow

This morning, I finished listening to the audiobook of Mike Nichols: A Life by Mark Harris.

Mike Nichols — improv comedian, writer, stage director, and film director — had quite a life. While listening to A Life, I’ve been revisiting his routines with Elaine May as well as his many films, including Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, The Graduate, Catch-22, Silkwood, Working Girl, The Birdcage, Wit, and his amazing version of Angels in America. In A Life, I found out that he was one of the writers of a TV special I adored as a child — Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall.

Mike Nichols was committed to living a life of creativity, connection, curiosity, excellence, and growth. He lived that life while grappling with depression, disappointment, criticism, self-doubt, and many public failures as well as successes.

I am always inspired by a life like that.

Do you see a life in my other images for today?

I’m so grateful that I get to live a life with Joan…

… and with YOU!

Categories: personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: accomplishments, Angels in America, cats, creativity, December 6 2024, Elaine May, inspiration, Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall, Mike Nichols, Mike Nichols films, The Daily Bitch Calendar | 4 Comments

Day 4275: National Thank You Day

Posted on September 15, 2024 by Ann Koplow

Happy National Thank You Day!

I would like to thank all the people who have enriched my life over the years. I’m not going to name names on this National Thank You Day, for fear of leaving somebody out. I’m also going to thank the universe for sending me so many wonderful people that I’m afraid of forgetting some, here and now!

I would also like to thank the universe for everything it sends me, including my images for today.

Here’s what I find when I search for “National Thank You Day.”

Here’s my way of celebrating National Thank You Day!

Categories: original song, personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: cats, creativity, gratitude, National Thank You Day — Frontline and Essential Workers, September 15 2024, Starling Insight, The Daily Bitch Calendar, the universe, Twitter | 14 Comments

Day 4205: Self Care

Posted on July 7, 2024 by Ann Koplow

During anxious times like these …

… self care is particularly important.

I see several opportunities for self care on that list, including chocolate, macaroni, and taking a walk with my late father.

Here’s what I find when I search for “self care” on YouTube:

Thanks to all who help me with my daily self care, including YOU.

Categories: 2024 USA elections, personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: 10 Life Changing SELF CARE HABITS for the Highly Sensitive Person, art, Chocolate Day, creativity, Father-Daughter Take a Walk Together Day, July 7 2024, Macaroni Day, pets, Simple Happy Zen, Twitter | 12 Comments

Day 4072: Write your own Story

Posted on February 25, 2024 by Ann Koplow

My dear friend Jeanette — whom I am visiting in Washington D.C. — has a bag that says “Write your own Story” …

… so I will continue to do that here, now.

You can write your own story, even on Quiet Day.

Here’s what I find when I search for “write your own story” on YouTube.

How do you write your own story?

Thanks to all who help me write my own story every day, including YOU.

Categories: original song, personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: airports, “How to write your own story”, “When You Have a Chronic Illness”, Beth Reekles, cats, creativity, dogs, February 25 2024, Jeanette the artist, Washington D.C. | 12 Comments

Day 3900: Ideas for songs

Posted on September 6, 2023 by Ann Koplow

These days, I’m trying to convert my many ideas for songs into my first album. For me, it’s much easier to come up with ideas for songs than to complete a song to my satisfaction.

Do you see promising ideas for songs in today’s blog post?

This comment refers to an actual song that came out of my ideas for songs (see here).

On this day, I shall attempt to fight procrastination by transforming another one of my ideas for songs into an actual song.

Here’s what I find when I search for “ideas for songs” on YouTube.

Thanks to all who help me with ideas for songs, including YOU.

Categories: original song, personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: "Everybody's Somebody's Asshole", “How Writing Songs in 60 Minutes Changed My Life”, cats, creativity, Fight Procrastination Day, Judith Avers, salmon dish, September 6 2023, The Daily Bitch Calendar, Twitter | 13 Comments

Day 3756: Corybantic

Posted on April 14, 2023 by Ann Koplow

Because today is Dictionary Day, what’s your guess for what “corybantic” might mean?

Before you get all corybantic trying to figure that out, here’s the answer:

Yesterday, after I gave a presentation to the nurses at my hospital about my groups which help people be less corybantic in the midst of corybantic circumstances, the power at several Boston hospitals, including mine, went out for several hours. Lest you get corybantic about how that affected patient care, I’ll remind you that hospitals are equipped to deal with such things with emergency generators and back up plans. However, I momentarily got corybantic when I couldn’t access my office computer from home, but then I realized there were work-arounds for that so I could still schedule people for my two online patient groups.

And even though we were afraid that our cat Joan would become corybantic when we put antibiotic ointment in her eyes (wouldn’t you?), the burrito technique I described in yesterdays blog post worked!

I will say that even when I have a corybantic day, blogging and sharing my thoughts with you definitely reduces my corybanticy.

Do you see anything corybantic in my images for today?

How corybantic are you feeling now? Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “corybantic.”

Corybantic thanks to all who help me be less corybantic, including YOU!

Categories: definition, personal growth, photojournalism | Tags: April 14 2023, “Corybantic Games”, cats, creativity, Dictionary Day, group therapy, medical problems, power outage, Royal Opera House — Bernstein celebration, The Daily Bitch Calendar, the South Shore of Boston | 16 Comments

Day 3198: Safe spaces

Posted on October 3, 2021 by Ann Koplow

We all need safe spaces to heal, but what spaces feel safe these days?

I’m thinking about safe spaces, here and now, because today is National GOE Day in the USA.

Do you see any safe spaces in my other images for today?

Locally, we’ll be making our home into a safe space when we repair the extensive structural damage under the upstairs shower. I’m just glad that my used-to-be-boyfriend-now-husband Michael observed water leaking outside the house before somebody fell through the floor!

Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “safe spaces.”

How do you create your own safe spaces?

I hope the comments section, below, is a safe enough space where you can express your thoughts, feelings, and experiences about safe spaces.

Thanks to all who help me create a safe space here, including YOU.

Categories: life during the pandemic, personal growth, photojournalism, therapy | Tags: “Creating Our Own Safe Spaces”, boundaries, Caitlin V. Neal, creativity, healing from sexual assault, National GOE Day, the South Shore of Boston, trauma, trust, water damage | 9 Comments