With the spider card, the octopus (kind of like a spider) and the spider bites I was getting in my bed last week I think there is a spider totem in my life right now. I looked up spider totem in my book and it says that it is

A spider totem teaches you balance --
between past and future, physical and spirit,
male and female.
She is strength and gentleness combined.
She awakens creative sensibilities
and reminds you that the past is always interwoven
with the future.
 
Tarantulas (and all spiders) are the keepers of the primordial alphabet
and can teach you how to write creatively.
Her body is shaped like the number 8 and she has 8 legs,
which is symbol of infinite possibilities of creation.
Her 8 legs represent the 4 winds of change and the 4 directions of the medicine wheel.

Spider's message is that you are an infinite being who will continue
to weave patterns of life and living throughout time.
Do not fail to see the eternal plan of creation.

Those who weave magic with the written word usually have this totem.

From  http://www.linsdomain.com/totems/pages/tarantula.htm
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So I am contemplating this. A name for my new business that combines Spiral Dynamics with Web technology, honesty and Whole Brain came to me:
  Spiral Web.
Not sure if that is my final name but I wanted to share with you. Relates to spider spinning a web. And the infinitity of creativity. oo that is the void too.

Also the mystery letters on my posterboard (structure of my emergence) fit in with the primordial alphabet stuff above.

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Are you experiencing creative block? Can't get motivated on your art or craft projects? Lost your enthusiasm for writing? If so, these ten terrific tips will help refresh your imagination and revitalize your creative spirit! (At the very least, they should inspire new thinking in those creative pathways of yours.) 

Some good tips here
http://www.chrisdunmire.com/creativity/tips.shtml

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In my experience this method avoids the other person getting too defensive and ignoring the feedback.

"Begin with praise and honest appreciation. Call attention to people's mistakes indirectly. Talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person. Ask questions instead of giving direct orders... Make the fault easy to correct. Make the other person happy about doing what you suggest."
     
- Dale Carnegie

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Fall is a great time for looking at dying and change in our lives. I did a great Autumn Equinox releasing ritual at Dark Odyssey last week - the actual equinox date is Thursday 9/21/06 if you want to do some releasing yourself. We wrote out things we want to let go of from the year and then burnt them.

Another thing I have found useful is a death meditation. Breath out every last bit of air from your lungs then hold your empty breath for 8 seconds, inhale, repeat. As you practice this you can increase the empty lung time to 15 seconds. At first it is frightening but after a while I relax into it. Think about letting go while doing it.

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