#autobiographical — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #autobiographical, aggregated by home.social.
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"A new initiative is asking #Canadian #Jews to make history by #writing #essays about their childhoods that will be stored in Canada’s largest #Jewish archive.
The Canadian Jewish Life Writing Project is meant to empower Jews to #write first-person accounts about the diversity and undocumented realities of Jewish life in Canada. The Association for Canadian #JewishStudies (#ACJS), which runs conferences, lectures and an #academic journal for Canadian Jewish #scholars, launched a call for submissions at the end of April 2026.
ACJS executive director #JoshuaTapper says the project was inspired by a #Polish writing contest from the 1930s that collected more than 600 #autobiographical #stories from Polish Jewish youth. Members of #YIVO, an organization that has preserved Jewish cultural heritage since 1925, created what Tapper calls “an incredibly rich resource for scholars today” by “going to the people” for their #stories."
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"A new initiative is asking #Canadian #Jews to make history by #writing #essays about their childhoods that will be stored in Canada’s largest #Jewish archive.
The Canadian Jewish Life Writing Project is meant to empower Jews to #write first-person accounts about the diversity and undocumented realities of Jewish life in Canada. The Association for Canadian #JewishStudies (#ACJS), which runs conferences, lectures and an #academic journal for Canadian Jewish #scholars, launched a call for submissions at the end of April 2026.
ACJS executive director #JoshuaTapper says the project was inspired by a #Polish writing contest from the 1930s that collected more than 600 #autobiographical #stories from Polish Jewish youth. Members of #YIVO, an organization that has preserved Jewish cultural heritage since 1925, created what Tapper calls “an incredibly rich resource for scholars today” by “going to the people” for their #stories."
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"A new initiative is asking #Canadian #Jews to make history by #writing #essays about their childhoods that will be stored in Canada’s largest #Jewish archive.
The Canadian Jewish Life Writing Project is meant to empower Jews to #write first-person accounts about the diversity and undocumented realities of Jewish life in Canada. The Association for Canadian #JewishStudies (#ACJS), which runs conferences, lectures and an #academic journal for Canadian Jewish #scholars, launched a call for submissions at the end of April 2026.
ACJS executive director #JoshuaTapper says the project was inspired by a #Polish writing contest from the 1930s that collected more than 600 #autobiographical #stories from Polish Jewish youth. Members of #YIVO, an organization that has preserved Jewish cultural heritage since 1925, created what Tapper calls “an incredibly rich resource for scholars today” by “going to the people” for their #stories."
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"A new initiative is asking #Canadian #Jews to make history by #writing #essays about their childhoods that will be stored in Canada’s largest #Jewish archive.
The Canadian Jewish Life Writing Project is meant to empower Jews to #write first-person accounts about the diversity and undocumented realities of Jewish life in Canada. The Association for Canadian #JewishStudies (#ACJS), which runs conferences, lectures and an #academic journal for Canadian Jewish #scholars, launched a call for submissions at the end of April 2026.
ACJS executive director #JoshuaTapper says the project was inspired by a #Polish writing contest from the 1930s that collected more than 600 #autobiographical #stories from Polish Jewish youth. Members of #YIVO, an organization that has preserved Jewish cultural heritage since 1925, created what Tapper calls “an incredibly rich resource for scholars today” by “going to the people” for their #stories."
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"A new initiative is asking #Canadian #Jews to make history by #writing #essays about their childhoods that will be stored in Canada’s largest #Jewish archive.
The Canadian Jewish Life Writing Project is meant to empower Jews to #write first-person accounts about the diversity and undocumented realities of Jewish life in Canada. The Association for Canadian #JewishStudies (#ACJS), which runs conferences, lectures and an #academic journal for Canadian Jewish #scholars, launched a call for submissions at the end of April 2026.
ACJS executive director #JoshuaTapper says the project was inspired by a #Polish writing contest from the 1930s that collected more than 600 #autobiographical #stories from Polish Jewish youth. Members of #YIVO, an organization that has preserved Jewish cultural heritage since 1925, created what Tapper calls “an incredibly rich resource for scholars today” by “going to the people” for their #stories."
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Quick fanart of Marjane Satrapi, author of her graphic novel, Persepolis! #fanart #cartoon #autobiographical #book #comic #iran #persepolis #woman #marjane #satrapi #marjanesatrapi #persepolisbook
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Quick fanart of Marjane Satrapi, author of her graphic novel, Persepolis! #fanart #cartoon #autobiographical #book #comic #iran #persepolis #woman #marjane #satrapi #marjanesatrapi #persepolisbook
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Laurence Jones On My Own #LaurenceJones #Blues #Acoustic #Autobiographical - On My Own
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Finding Inspiration: The Key to Unlocking Your Potential?
As previous readers of this blog will know, I have, ahem, more than a few interests in my life. From flying to running, physics and astronomy, to hill walking, music is a passion and of course I also enjoy writing – although, I will concede I’ve not exactly been prolific on that front this year…
Sorry about that!
All of this takes place around a fairly demanding full time career in the IT sector as a senior manager at a large systems integrator.
How then, do I manage to enjoy all of these activities?
What has been the single most important thing, certainly to me, that has made these things accessible? And what has spurred me on to, not simply be content to fly aeroplanes, an outstanding achievement in its own right, but to push myself to become an instructor and teach others?
Why am I currently undertaking a second degree, completely unnecessary in the context of my occupation, in physics?
What is the reason that I am also currently in the process of becoming a UKA licensed Run Leader, the first step on the ladder to being a licensed Running Coach?
Well role models is one way of explaining it, in some cases more formally, mentors, but in others its simply inspirational people.
I’ve had some excellent mentors at work, whether that was Nic Wood who gave me some amazing opportunities earlier on in my IT career, or Paddy Meany more latterly who taught me the value of saying ‘no’, and to do it without explaining myself all the time.
Leading the discussion on AI as part of a recent panel at the NICS Finance Profession conferenceIn the flying world its hugely important to have a good bond with your instructor and Marcus Furniss who taught me to fly was fantastic. To take that next step into the world of instructing, I was encouraged and coached by James Walker who runs the school I now fly for at the weekends – when the UK weather plays ball… but that’s another story!
Running came largely as the result of a dare about 20 years ago. With 6 weeks until the Wolverhampton Half Marathon my Sergeant in the Territorial Army, Tim, challenged me to enter. I’d never done any real running before, apart from what I had to do in the reserves. But I’d seen how fit Tim was, and he was a fair bit older than me, so I fancied a bit of that! I took the dare and got round on a very hot day in about 2:15.
Since then my inspiration has come from afar, Paula Radcliffe, Alistair Brownlee (yes I know he’s a triathlete), former Olympian Chris Thompson, Aly Dixon and many others have all inspired me to try and run faster and better than before. I’ve had input from Michelle Mortimer who has coached me for some races and latterly has helped me to prepare to become a Run Leader as well.
In the world of writing I was inspired by a friend, Sarah Northwood, who’d made the leap to writing and also encouraged by Geoff Hill the editor of Microlight Flying magazine.
I could go on, and if you’ve made it this far, well done. My point is simple. Whilst I bring a certain amount of drive and determination to whatever I do, the single most important external factor has been mentors and inspirational people. Find those and you will find that whatever you want to do suddenly seems a little more achievable.
Now back to trying to beat those PB race times from 13 years ago…
#Autobiographical #blog #books #Growth #life #mentalHealth #Motivational #SelfHelp #Writing
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I think I need a new blog, that is more autobiographical
- I dunno, I am distracted by a sodding crane in the street that is ruining my writing session, and when I am distracted I tend to think about other things
it is not like I don't have enough distractions as it is already, from my current writing project.
However it is something to think about now, and perhaps put in place so it is ready to go in 2025#Blog #writing #autobiographical #pastimes #passions #hobbies
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Sunrise, this morning Mon, April 15, Evansville
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Collage from Evansville 9 series.
Photos taken Jan, 9 2023#photography #streetphotography #nightphotography #collage #autobiographical
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Eclipse as viewed from my apartment's parking lot, Mon, April 8
Evansville
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Minneapolis graffiti, 2022?
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Sheltering from a tornado in work hallwayJust outside of Evansville, Apr. 2, 2024
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Greyhound from Minneapolis to Evansville, fall 2022
"Without the first-person experience we could not distinguish as we do between perception-like phenomena, such as the responses of light-sensitive robots, and genuine perception, such as in human beings or in other animals." -THE PHILOSOPHY OF MERLEAU-PONTY
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There once was a guy in his prime,
who procrastinated bedtime.
But who would have thought,
the sleep was too short.
His mood the next day wasn't fine. -
Music was never supposed to be my path, but looking at my childhood you wouldn’t know it. Piano at age 5. Church choir. TV appearance on Tiny Talent Time. High school band, stage band, concert band, pop rock band, choir, senior choral ensemble. French horn, flute, drumset, orchestral percussion, jazz piano. Composition, multitrack recording. Completed final level of Conservatory Piano at age 16.
And yet this person described above, who is me, went to university to get a Science degree in Immunology. The pre-med track. Music, in my household, was not a career. It was a hobby, a side pursuit, not a real job. “When you are a doctor, you can play all the music you want in your spare time.” was an actual sentence that was spoken to me regarding my future. Practical immigrant parent thinking.
After spending my university career trying and failing to get into medical school, and feeling somewhat directionless, I did some traveling and some soul searching. I realized that I could spend entire days, lose track of time, doing music recording. Working on mixes wasn’t like working. I enrolled in a recording arts program in 1995 and that is how I became a recording engineer and producer.
I worked my way up in a music studio from an intern, to an assistant, to a full time engineer, to producer. In 2003 a project I was an engineer on won a JUNO award for Gospel Album of the Year, “Instrument of Praise” by the Toronto Mass Choir. In 2011 I shifted gears from the studio, to working on post for a weekly faith-based national TV show.
Throughout this time I maintained playing as a drummer or bassist and sometime guitarist in church, and vocally as a choir soloist, with occasional gigs as a wedding singer.
Fast forward to 2022, and like many, the pandemic and its aftereffects made me realize that there is no time like the present. I learned how to solder and began building DIY eurorack modules. I determined to learn synthesis, not just using presets on a keyboard, but actually how to make sounds from scratch. I began a journey of exploration, learning, and discovery into electronic music. I suspect I shall be on that journey for the rest of my years!
In 2023 I released 2 albums, performed in various electronic music gatherings, and was an guest at Exit Points, a free improv electroacoustic concert series in Toronto.
Am I a musician? I’ve come to see that I’ve always been one, and perhaps only now am embracing that identity fully.
My motto for now, is be kind, make music.
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#autobiographical #electronic #inspiration #story #synthesizer
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She lives like a cat
roaming free, taking comfort
where she can find itThough she loves to prowl alone,
she longs to be someone’s pet#tanka #haiku #senryu #poem #poetry #micropoem #cat #autobiographical
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QUEENSRŸCHE Frontman TODD LA TORRE Releases New Solo Single / Video "Apology"
ROAR! Rock Of Angels Records has announced that Queensrÿche frontman Todd La Torre's debut album, Rejoice In The Suffering, will be released in Europe on April 21 under the exclusive license of Rat Pak...#Queensrcyhe
#ToddLaTorre
#SoloSingle
#AutoBiographical
#VideoApology
#MetalBallad
#HeavyMusic
#SelfReflection
#RevelationsII
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QUEENSRŸCHE Frontman TODD LA TORRE Releases New Solo Single / Video "Apology"
ROAR! Rock Of Angels Records has announced that Queensrÿche frontman Todd La Torre's debut album, Rejoice In The Suffering, will be released in Europe on April 21 under the exclusive license of Rat Pak...#Queensrcyhe
#ToddLaTorre
#SoloSingle
#AutoBiographical
#VideoApology
#MetalBallad
#HeavyMusic
#SelfReflection
#RevelationsII
#CarryOn
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My partner, Gabrielle, had gastric sleeve surgery a little over a week ago to correct some very serious health issues she's been experiencing for -- at this point -- literally years. She just posted the first of what she plans to be a 10-part series talking about it in an unpolished, verbal diary format.
https://anchor.fm/gabrielle-laskey
#Podcast #Medical #Autobiographical #WomensHealth #BariatricSurgery #GastricSurgery
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“Less Than Normal But More Than Ordinary”
In which I attempt to explain where I come from and how that’s informed who I think I am.
#Writing #Essay #Personal #Life #Autobiographical
https://medium.com/ellemeno/less-than-normal-but-more-than-ordinary-96b3d541d4f9 -
“Less Than Normal But More Than Ordinary”
In which I attempt to explain where I come from and how that’s informed who I think I am.
#Writing #Essay #Personal #Life #Autobiographical
https://medium.com/ellemeno/less-than-normal-but-more-than-ordinary-96b3d541d4f9 -
someone i’ve had the pleasure and #privilege of “meeting” on “the bird site” is #publishing a new #book. it comes out next year in february.
maybe check it out? maybe consider pre-ordering? the #writer is a lovely person with beautiful #thoughts about the #world.
the #writing is #autobiographical in #nature, about nature. it’s maria’s exploration into her personal position and relation to nature.
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/love-nature-magic-maria-rodale/1142220716
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✒️As a bouncy tekno tune once said...
💥"NOW IS THE TIME"💥
I wrote a book. Kinda. See these 'hings 💙💚💛🫣🤑🫦🪙🧠🧙🏻♂️
#books #writer #crypto #murky #confessional #funnyaf #Autobiographical -
✒️As a bouncy tekno tune once said...
💥"NOW IS THE TIME"💥
I wrote a book. Kinda. See these 'hings 💙💚💛🫣🤑🫦🪙🧠🧙🏻♂️
#books #writer #crypto #murky #confessional #funnyaf #Autobiographical -
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#BraveWords
QUEENSRŸCHE Frontman TODD LA TORRE Releases New Solo Single / Video "Apology"
ROAR! Rock Of Angels Records has announced that Queensrÿche frontman Todd La Torre's debut album, Rejoice In The Suffering, will be released in Europe on April 21 under the exclusive license of Rat Pak...#Queensrcyhe
#ToddLaTorre
#SoloSingle
#AutoBiographical
#VideoApology
#MetalBallad
#HeavyMusic
#SelfReflection
#RevelationsII
#CarryOn
#HeartfeltMessage -
#TheMetalDogArticleList
#BraveWords
QUEENSRŸCHE Frontman TODD LA TORRE Releases New Solo Single / Video "Apology"
ROAR! Rock Of Angels Records has announced that Queensrÿche frontman Todd La Torre's debut album, Rejoice In The Suffering, will be released in Europe on April 21 under the exclusive license of Rat Pak...#Queensrcyhe
#ToddLaTorre
#SoloSingle
#AutoBiographical
#VideoApology
#MetalBallad
#HeavyMusic
#SelfReflection
#RevelationsII
#CarryOn
#HeartfeltMessage -
#TheMetalDogArticleList
#BraveWords
QUEENSRŸCHE Frontman TODD LA TORRE Releases New Solo Single / Video "Apology"
ROAR! Rock Of Angels Records has announced that Queensrÿche frontman Todd La Torre's debut album, Rejoice In The Suffering, will be released in Europe on April 21 under the exclusive license of Rat Pak...#Queensrcyhe
#ToddLaTorre
#SoloSingle
#AutoBiographical
#VideoApology
#MetalBallad
#HeavyMusic
#SelfReflection
#RevelationsII
#CarryOn
#HeartfeltMessage
