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Beach Notes: When the Breakthrough Doesn't Come

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by Guest Writers Suzie Cheel and Des Walsh

We were talking about breakthroughs. How when you are experiencing being stuck, not able to move forward, you remember times past when you had a breakthrough and look to be able to do that again. And if the breakthrough doesn’t come, that can be very frustrating and drain your energy and resolve.

So what if instead of a breakthrough there was a slidethrough? What if you were alert and watchful and an opportunity arose, an unexpected opening in a situation that seemed to have none? What if you were ready to just slide through into a new, productive, wonderfully prosperous phase? Would that be any less desirable, any less worthy of celebrating than a breakthrough?

Whatever works, baby. May the Force be with you.

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Suzie Cheel & Des Walsh

Beach Notes: Draw a Line in the Sand

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by Guest Writers Suzie Cheel and Des Walsh

In business it’s easy to get distracted and then get into that feeling of overwhelm.

When we see this is happening we need to draw a line in the sand. On one side put all the things that dont’t matter. On the other side put all the things that do matter. Then take action on what does matter and propel you and your business forward.

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How you decide where to draw a line in the sand?

Suzie Cheel & Des Walsh

Beach Art Gallery: Sculpture by the Sea

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by Guest Writers Suzie Cheel and Des Walsh

A special local event each September for the past few years has been the Swell Sculpture Festival http://www.swellsculpture.com.au/ . Over ten days, as our southern hemisphere summer is in the wings, we join the throngs of people studying the sculptures all along the shorefront at beautiful Currumbin Beach.

This year, one sculpture which we both thought rather special was Richard Howie’s Wind Totems, made from oxidized recycled mild steel and recycled hardwood. The turning of the timber was absolutely masterful and the balancing of each work superb. The wooden vanes turned slowly, gracefully in the breeze.

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We loved the harmony of place, materials, artistic vision and execution. Much simpler than some of the other works on display, illustrating the old expression “art that conceals art”.

It’s easy to find complexity, dissonance and stress in the world today. Works like Wind Totems can encourage us to take the knowledge and skills we have in our businesses and our lives and focus our creative and productive energies in the direction of elegant, harmonious, inspiring simplicity.

The other work that appealed to us and had a fun element was Creation’s Heart by Wendy Johnson & Katrina Kelsey.

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What inspires you?

Suzie Cheel & Des Walsh

Beach Art Gallery: Sculpture from the Sea

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by Guest Writers Suzie Cheel and Des Walsh

On Tuesday this week we saw something that at first looked like a piece of machinery. When we looked closer we saw that it was part of a tree that had been sculpted by the sea and washed up on the beach.

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On Wednesday “the sea sculpture” was still there and as you can see from the picture it had changed position.

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On Thursday “the sea sculpture” was gone. Taken by the tide on it’s journey to another beach.

Just imagine if this “sea sculpture” could speak, the stories it could tell of the beaches it had rested on.

What would you ask?

Suzie Cheel & Des Walsh