#19: Writing the atmosphere of experience: A spoonful of the sauce Anthony Bourdain left behind

His book, Kitchen Confidential, sat on my bookshelf for years before I actually picked it up. And that was it; I was late to the party, but I was hooked. I quickly read his follow up, Raw, and then absorbed every episode of his shows: Parts Unknown, No Reservations, The Layover. Probably twice. Does that make me a Bourdainian? Fine, I’m it; I'm one of them. What people who haven’t connected with his work don’t understand about the Bourdain legacy, and the tribe of loyalists that feel his absence from this earth, is the atmosphere he created with every word he wrote.

#13: Express Yourself: 4 creative ways to activate your creative expression

(spoiler: you don’t have to be an artist to get these creative kicks!) What is creative expression? It’s an outward expression of inner values, feelings, thoughts and ideas. It’s bringing something that wasn’t there before to life. It’s a combination of body action and mind potential fusing into something else - an imprint of yourself, perhaps? But what if we don’t have to take it all so seriously?