Podcasts about Vija

Tikšanās ar fenomenālu cilvēku - Viju Kilbloku, kura vairāk nekā 30 gadus vada grāmatu izdevniecību "Zvaigzne ABC". Viņa ir izdevusi vairāk nekā 14 000 grāmatu un pārdzīvojusi četras nopietnas ekonomiskās krīzes, katru reizi kļūstot stiprāka. Vija stāsta, kā 90. gados, būdama jauna sieviete, viņa pārmaiņu laikos nebaidījās pateikt "es esmu valsts", mainīt sistēmu un audzēt uzņēmumu no 80 līdz 300+ darbiniekiem, vadoties pēc savas dzīves mantras "kad tu baidies, tu jau esi zaudējis".Saruna ir gan par Vijas biznesa un dzīves pieredzi, gan arī par grāmatām, kas pēdējos gados ietekmējušas viņas dzīvi, un kā katru no tām viņa ir izmantojusi savā dzīvē. Šī ir saruna ar sievieti, kura savos pāri septiņdesmit gados aktīvi rūpējas par savu fizisko un emocionālo veselību, turpina strādāt, uzskata savu ķermeni par "eksperimentu vietu", nav baidījusies riskēt ar savu "ādu" uzņēmējdarbībā un pierāda, ka dzīvē nav robežu tam, ko var sasniegt, ja nepadodies bailēm.Pilnu grāmatu sarakstu ar Vijas ieteikumiem atradīsi 233. intervijas lapā.Šo epizodi filmējām Power-Up SPACE Rīgas centrā. Te ir viss, kas nepieciešams – moderni aprīkotas studijas un arī daudzpusīgas telpas pasākumiem, kur rīkot apmācības, prezentācijas, filmu vakarus un pat konferences ar skaistu skatu uz Rīgu. Piesakies iepazīšanās tūrei!SARUNAS PIETURPUNKTI:0:00 Ievads2:15 Vija Kilbloka par četrām krīzēm, vadot grāmatu izdevniecību Zvaigzne ABC4:02 Matemātika un grāmatu bizness7:47 Kā jauna, azartiska sieviete var panākt neiespējamo biznesa pasaulē9:00 “Man ir ļoti laba izglītība un tas man palīdz visu mūžu.”10:40 "Es esmu valsts" - kā 90. gados Vija lauza sistēmu un mainīja noteikumus12:51 No 80 cilvēkiem līdz 300+ - uzņēmuma izaugsme krīžu laikā16:51 "Kad tu baidies, tu jau esi zaudējis" - Vijas dzīves mantra18:48 Grāmata "Sešas vielas, kas maina tavu dzīvi" - kā dopamīns, oksitocīns un citi hormoni ietekmē mūsu ikdienu23:01 Stāstu nozīme mārketingā un cilvēku vadīšanā25:07 Dr. Peter Attia grāmata "Outlive" par ilgmūžību un veselīgu novecošanu31:32 Kā Vija uztver savu ķermeni par "eksperimentu vietu"33:27 "Glikozes revolūcija" - grāmata, kas mainīja Vijas ēšanas paradumus40:46 Kāpēc karš atņēma iedvesmu veselīgai dzīvei un kā to atgūt42:20 "Es esmu absolūti kaislību cilvēks" – iedvesma Vijas darba dzīvē58:32 Dvēseles tumšā nakts - vai Vijai ir bijusi šāda pieredze1:01:12 Par sieviešu spēku un vīriešu trauslumu1:02:32 Krīze ap 50 - kad viss šķita atkārtojamies un zuda dzīves garša1:07:19 Grāmata "Varbūt es maldos" - budistu mūka stāsts par izdegšanu un atgriešanos1:11:33 "Risks ar savu ādu" - kāpēc uzņēmējiem nevajag baidīties1:16:38 Uzņēmums ir dzīve un tur var audzināt bērnus1:18:35 Mihaela Endes "Bezgalīgais stāsts"1:22:30 Vai ir plāni kādreiz doties pensijā un pārtraukt strādāt1:23:53 Power-Up SPACE ir vieta, kur īstenot savus radošos projektus. Te ierakstījām šo Cilvēkjaudas epizodi. Piesakies iepazīšanās tūrei1:27:56 Vai ir bijusi nožēla par kād

Kas tas par baletdejotāju, kas griež melnas piruetes? Šo un citas pagājušā gada ģimeņu sagudrotās mīklas Greizajos ratos min Liepājas aktrišu folkloras kopas "Atštaukas" dalībnieces Ināra Kalnarāja, Vija Āboliņa, Dace Liepa un Marita Lūriņa-Štelmakere. Ģimeņu mīklas uzdod: Eduards Jānis Pauga, Alīna Arāja, Ulla Kļaviņa, Miķelis Sīpols, Jukka Emīls Hiršs, Marta Bičuka, Šarlote Šmite, Agnis Bušs, Keitija Bārbale, Madara Mazapša, Anna Sirmais, Kate Andersone, Ieva Zvonkus, Adele Avota un Anda Albuže.

In this week's episode, Reed sits down with the incredible Vija Williams to discuss a powerful truth: action is the quickest antidote to stress and fear.

In 2022, from the outside looking in you might think Vija Williams had it all. A successful real estate career that wasn't just growing but thriving.  A beautiful family.  Dreams that were coming true.  But what wasn't true is that narrative. Vija's weight had skyrocketed to over 235 pounds. Her health wasn't what it use to be. It was like she didn't notice what was happening and maintained a skewed view of who she was and what she could accomplish. She signed up for not one, but two marathons that fall. When she brushed off her training, her coach told her she had an “Upper Limit problem”.  This concept of an “Upper Limit Problem” comes from a book, Big Leap by Gae Hendrick. It's the idea that people set internal limits on how much success, happiness, and love they deserve. When you experience something great, like a promotion or a financial windfall, (or a blossoming real estate career) you subconsciously invite negative thoughts to bring yourself back down to a more comfortable level of happiness. At Vija's first marathon in Patagonia she made it just over half way before being pulled off the course.  A few months later in New York City and only 100 yards from where her daughter stood cheering for her mom from the sidelines, Vija hid herself and walked off the course.  Something had to change. Vija had to change.   Subscribe to the 29029 Podcast for more inspiring content. Learn more about 29029 Events and our community HERE

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Lithuanian-American siblings Vija and Dovas Lietuvninkas have been singing traditional Lithuanian folk music since they can remember.  “One of my earliest memories in general is of my grandfather singing Lithuanian folk songs to us as we were going to sleep, as lullabies as we’re sleeping over at their houses,” Dovas said. “So, literally from the […]

Join hosts Jacqueline Smith and Ryan Greigg for an inspiring conversation with Vija Williams, a real estate and business leader, who recently completed the grueling 29029 Everesting event.   Vija shares her transformative journey of losing over 100 pounds, preparing for physical feats, and overcoming mental barriers. Learn about meticulous preparation, mindset strategies, and how facing immense challenges head-on can lead to profound personal growth.   Perfect for anyone seeking inspiration in fitness, business, or personal development. Don't miss Vija's profound insights and motivational story.   Connect with Vija - https://www.instagram.com/viavija/   Learn more about She Inc. - https://sheinc.co/   Book Recommendation "Primal Endurance"   Continue to follow the 15 Point Plan podcast for more extraordinary content and practical advice to fuel your journey toward personal and professional excellence. ---------- Connect with the 15 Point Plan: 15 Point Plan: https://WinMakeGive.com/15-point-plan/ Win Make Give Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WinMakeGive Learn more about the co-hosts: Jacqueline Smith: https://www.instagram.com/jacquelinerae_smith/ Ryan Greigg: https://www.instagram.com/ryanparkgreigg/ Book one of our co-hosts for your next event: https://WinMakeGive.com/speakers/ Part of the Win Make Give Podcast Network

Šoreiz raidījumā grāmatu izdevēja Vija Kilbloka. Saruna par grāmatām, vērtībām un to, kā izaudzināt emocionāli inteliģentus bērnus un mazbērnus.

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Did you know that systems, processes, and delegation are essential to scaling your business? Ten years after accidentally starting her business, Anna-Vija McClain and her team have helped hundreds of business owners scale and grow their brands.Anna-Vija McClain is an expert in small business efficiency and growth. She is the Founder and CEO of Piccolo Solutions, a development firm that provides businesses with numerous ways to scale, from lead generation to workflow solutions that just celebrated their 10th year in business.Anna-Vija is active in the Nashville community through numerous charities, Boards, and volunteer efforts, including serving as the President of the Nashville Emerging Leader Board. As a long time Mentor with SCORE Nashville, she is honored to have been selected as the host of the SCORE Connect television show on News Channel 5+, connecting business leaders and resources. She has been named to Nashville Business Journal's 40 Under 40, Most Admired CEOs, and Best in Business Lists and was selected for the 2022 Forbes Top 1000 List! And just recently, Anna-Vija was named Nashville Business Journal's 2024 Woman of Influence.She and her team have helped hundreds of business owners grow their personal and professional brands.Julie and Anna-Vija discuss:**Helping small businesses and building her own (00:02:17)**How to help small businesses grow, accidental entrepreneurship, and building a team.**Leadership practice and the CEO role (00:08:15)**The evolution of oneself as a leader, how to shift into the CEO role, and the importance of clear company vision. **Delegation, systems, and taking on new projects (00:18:54)**Anna-Vija discusses creating systems for delegation and scaling, implementing a four-day workweek, and how transitioning to the CEO role enabled her to focus on expanding the business in new ways.**Business Scalability (00:30:06)**Scaling a business, including the impact of introducing new packages and the significance of taking a step back to move forward.**Group Coaching Program (00:36:16)**Anna-Vija introduces her new initiative, a group coaching program aimed at providing guidance and support to small business owners, focusing on scalability, systems, and marketing.Connect with Anna-Vija:WebsiteFacebookInstagramTwitterLinkedInExplore Piccolo Solutions on their website.You can connect with Julie on LinkedIn or Instagram. Find Julie's writing at her blog or by ordering Big Gorgeous Goals. What did you think of this conversation? We'd love if you'd rate or review our show!

Nesen klajā nākusi mākslas zinātņu doktores Vijas Strupules monogrāfija „Dekoratīvā glezniecība Rīgas interjeros. 16.gadsimts – 18.gadsimta trešais ceturksnis”. Grāmatā aptverts periods Rīgas vēsturē, kad interjeru apdarē dominēja krāsojumi un gleznojumi, veidojot krāšņu dzīves vidi. Līdz mūsu dienām maz kas  saglabājies, un arī tad interjeru gleznojumi visbiežāk nonākuši tikai kā fragmentāri atsegumi. Grāmatā plaša informācija par Rīgas krāsotāju cunftes darbību un meistariem, kā arī bagātīgs vizuālais materiāls. Izdevums klajā nācis sērijā "Latvijas Mākslas akadēmijas Mākslas vēstures institūta disertācijas".

Contrary to popular opinion, second-generation realtors tend to avoid the path their parents took, as Vija Williams, our guest for today's episode, did. As a political science + English major and a pre-law student, Vija was always on track with her attorney dream. She didn't want to be a realtor. And after landing a prized internship at the Santa Barbara District Attorney's office, this dream of hers solidified. Eventually, Vija began to LOVE the job role, but it only lasted until she realized her brain was not wired for stuff like this. During this period, she started to get into real estate – and the rest, as they say, is history.In today's episode of Real Estate Sessions, Vija talks about her fearless journey to real estate, getting over the inhibition of venturing into the industry, the biggest misconception around it, the pandemic's role in bringing massive changes in the industry, and how to succeed in it. Vija also talks about her personal story and interests, including her love for travel. She chased it despite the odds and her experience as the co-founder of Her Best Life. Listen in!Success clues:● Follow your gut. When Vija realized her brain wasn't wired for this, she decided to trust the feeling and dive into real estate instead.● Communication and failure are two things Vija feels necessary to talk about.● The advice and tips offered by experienced professionals are unparalleled.● Bouncing back to good business post-COVID is challenging but is possible with a solid mindset and grit.Meet The Guest!Vija Williams is the Head of Industry for PLACE, an all-in-one real estate platform that provides technology and business services. PLACE currently supports and partners with agents and teams from a variety of brokerage brands all across the US and Canada in over 100 unique markets. Time Stamps[00:00] Sneak peek[00:31] Intro[01:05] Meet Vija Williams[01:46] Life as a fifth-generation Washingtonian[02:39] The most significant misconception people have about real estate[04:00] Getting back to the real estate business as we approach the end of the pandemic [06:33] The decision to go to Westmont college[09:31] Entering the real estate space[18:22] The experience of being co-founder oh Her Best Life[21:41] Vija on balancing time and effort for your professional achievement[25:14] Will technology ever replace Realtors?[29:53] How to REACH VijaConnect with Vija ● LinkedIn: @vijawilliams ● Instagram: @viavija ● Facebook: @vijawilliams empirebuilding podcast

VIJA WILLIAMS - EP. 10 - THE BROKERS DESK PODCAST - REAL ESTATE PODCAST JOE HERRERA TAYLOR PRINCEBrokers Desk Podcast - Real Estate Coaching, Leadership & Collaboration PodcastJoin real estate experts, Joe Herrera and Taylor Prince weekly at The Broker's Table as they collaborate with the brightest minds in the real estate industry. This podcast offers invaluable insights, proven techniques, and keeps its listeners up-to-date on the latest trends in the ever-evolving real estate market. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting out, 'The Broker's Table' equips you with the knowledge and tools to enhance your business. When it comes to staying ahead in real estate, this podcast is your trusted sourceJoe Herrerahttps://www.instagram.com/joeherrera/Taylor Princehttps://www.instagram.com/_taylorprince_/Watch Us On Youtubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGfoU8p4bdOArl2G0KIXpEQhttps://open.spotify.com/show/4Qea9kLQ6LaXHMElnliiPi?si=bb27256ea8e349bb

Raidījumā Diplomātiskās pusdienas atkal dodamies uz Āfriku, uz Malāvijas Republiku, kurai tiek piedāvāta vairāk nekā 1000 gadu sena vēsture. Protams, ne mūsdienu valstiskuma forma. Mūsdienās Malāvijā dzīvo nedaudz vairāk nekā 21 miljons cilvēku, un valsts atrodas Dienvidrietumu Āfrikā.  Starp citu, Malāvijai ir tā pati laika joslu, kas mums.  Malāvija atrodas gar Lielo Rifta ieleju, tai raksturīgas daudzveidīgas ainavas, tostarp arī kalni. Malāvijā atrodas slavenais Malāvijas ezers. Tas ir trešais lielākais un otrais  dziļākais ezers Āfrikā. Tas aizņem aptuveni piekto daļu no valsts teritorijas, un tajā ir vairāk nekā 1000 sugu zivju, no kurām daudzas ir endēmiskas un, kas vēl būtiskāk, tās ir gaužām krāsainas. Ezers tāpēc arī ir UNESCO Pasaules mantojuma objekts un attiecīgi būtisks tūristu magnēts. Tūristi Malāviju tās draudzīgo un viesmīlīgo cilvēku dēļ esot iesaukuši par "Āfrikas silto sirdi". Bet pats nosaukums Malāvija ir aizguvis no vārda "maravi", kas nozīmē liesmas, kuras it kā varot gaismas apļa formā redzēt naksnīgajās debesīs. Pieļauju, ka domātas ir zvaigznes un zvaigznāji.  Valsts uzreiz pēc izveides saucās Njesalande (Nyasaland), par Malāviju to pārsauca divus gadus pēc neatkarības iegūšanas no Lielbritānijas, un neatkarību valsts ieguva 1964. gadā.

Whether we know it or not - all human beings have an internal thermostat, a certain level of abundance, joy or success we're calibrated to. If we're not careful, that level can make us blow up our lives and self-sabotage when we get everything we've always wanted.    Call it your comfort zone, your average or your upper limit problem, this internal temperature gauge runs our lives, and often runs us into the ground if we don't do something about it. Our comfort zones are wrapped up in our identity, and anytime we have to assume a new identity, our brains can fight us and ratchet us down to the standard they are used to.    It's how we can lose all the weight and then start eating junk food, or how we can achieve a financial goal and then make a bad decision with money. Without fixing this problem, we're doomed to create unnecessary drama in our lives, constantly sabotage ourselves, taking 2 steps forward and 5 steps back.    How do we become aware of our own upper limit and start to raise the temperature? Real estate leader, entrepreneur, coach, speaker and Head of Industry at PLACE, Vija Williams talks about how a season of intense personal growth helped her break through her upper limit problem and become 100 times lighter emotionally.  Quotes    Conquering some upper limit problems is the number 1 most important thing I've done. -Vija Williams    90% of getting past an upper limit problem is just awareness. Anytime you see yourself sabotaging, take some white space time and ask, “what am I not admitting to myself right now?” -Vija Williams    I have learned to think in questions, not answers. -Vija Williams    I'm a big fan of asking myself questions, that's my awareness tool. -Kevin Kauffman  Key Points     How to identify an upper limit problem  A sure sign of having an upper limit problem is sabotaging yourself when you've succeeded at something or got what you want. You hit your weight loss target and immediately binge on junk food. You make money and then go and spend a ton of money unnecessarily. In real estate, it's having a really great listing appointment but procrastinating and failing to follow up. All these are signs that we're trying to ratchet our lives back down to an underlying identity.    Crossover self-sabotage  Upper limit problems don't always manifest in the same place. Instead of sabotaging your weight loss results by eating a bunch of junk food, you could lose weight and then go and needlessly spend a bunch of money. You can actually cross-sabotage ourselves without even knowing it by blowing your life up in a completely different area.    Intense Clusters of Growth  Personal growth can happen gradually over time, but sometimes we go through intense clusters of personal growth that concentrate the learning and also concentrate the results. Often we'll feel that we're gaining momentum, and no one sees it, and that's the hardest part of the journey. If you're still going through the process, and it seems like no one's seeing it, keep going. If you keep your eye on the prize, the change in you will become very obvious on the surface.    The right question, not the right answer  Asking ourselves questions is one of the most powerful awareness we have. When we're aware enough of what's going on in our lives, we can ask ourselves high quality questions that move the needle. In coaching, a session should end with the right focusing question, not the answer. Then someone sits down and unpeels the layers to get to the right thing for them.    Sneaky ways your upper limit problem creeps up on us  Another sneaky way an upper limit problem presents itself is avoiding taking risks to create or maintain stability. It's having all the money to buy an investment property and just not being able to pull the trigger. It might also manifest in an inability to celebrate big wins, or having an unquenchable, undisciplined pursuit of more.    Guest Info   Vija Williams is an entrepreneur, 2nd generation Realtor, coach, speaker and Head of Industry at PLACE. She is the president of Ben Kinney Brokerages. Under her leadership the eight offices had explosive growth: climbing from 1,330 agents to over 1,700, amounting to a 23% increase in agent count and 25% growth in sales volume. Vija also owns and runs Vija Real Estate powered by PLACE. This team of residential real estate specialists focuses on the move-up and luxury segments in the Seattle, Washington market. Vija is a co-founder of “Her Best Life,” a national women's group that hosts annual events and is comprised of some of the top female business leaders and influencers in the nation. She is the co-host of the Empire Building podcast with Wendy Papasan, Sarah Reynolds and Seychelle Van Poole since June 2020.    For more information, follow @viavija on Instagram. You can also send an email to vija@place.com.    CTA   ​​Please leave us a review at https://ratethispodcast.com/nla

Radio Marija ir klausītāju veidots radio, kas nes Dieva Vārdu pasaulē. Radio Marija balss skan 24 stundas diennaktī. Šajos raidījumos klausītājiem kā saviem draugiem neatkarīgi no viņu reliģiskās pārliecības cenšamies sniegt Kristus Labo Vēsti – Evaņģēliju, skaidru katoliskās Baznīcas mācību. Cenšamies vairot lūgšanas pieredzi un sniegt iespēju ielūkoties visas cilvēces kultūras daudzveidībā. Radio Marija visā pasaulē darbojas uz brīvprātīgo kalpošanas pamata. Labprātīga savu talantu un laika ziedošana Dieva godam un jaunās evaņģelizācijas labā ir daļa no Radio Marija harizmas. Tā ir lieliska iespēja ikvienam īstenot savus talantus Evaņģēlija pasludināšanas darbā, piedzīvojot kalpošanas prieku. Ticam, ka Dievs īpaši lietos ikvienu cilvēku, kurš atsauksies šai kalpošanai, lai ar Radio Marija starpniecību paveiktu Latvijā lielas lietas. Radio Marija ir arī ģimene, kas vieno dažādu vecumu, dažādu konfesiju, dažādu sociālo slāņu cilvēkus, ļaujot katram būt iederīgam un sniegt savu pienesumu Dieva Vārda pasludināšanā, kā arī kopīgā lūgšanas pieredzē. "Patvērums Dievā 24 stundas diennaktī", - tā ir Radio Marija Latvija devīze. RML var uztvert Rīgā 97.3, Liepājā 97.1, Krāslavā 97.0, Valkā 93.2, kā arī ar [satelītuztvērēja palīdzību un interneta aplikācijās](http://www.rml.lv/klausies/).

Rita and Vija explore what it meant for Jacob, and for the disciples in the storm, to wrestle. How have other people struggled with their consciences, and their internal and external obstacles? How do you wrestle?Sermon begins at minute marker 8:18Genesis 32.22-30, Luke 8.22-25ResourcesAnnie Dillard's quote comes from her book Teaching a Stone to TalkQuote from Meister Eckhart: “The eye through which I see God is the same eye through which God sees me; my eye and God's eye are one eye, one seeing, one knowing, one loving.” Quote from Louise Penny in Glass Houses: She features a cobrador, a “cloaked figure acting as a conscience to those without one, forcing payment of a moral debt.”Image: VijaHymn: VT 595  When the Storms of Life Are Raging. Music and text, Charles A. Tindley. Harmonization, William Farley Smith ©1989 United Methodist Publishing House.  Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from One License with license #A-726929. All rights reserved.

“Kolnasātys” gruomotplaukta rubrikā Laura Melne itūreiz pastuosteis par naseņ izdūtū dzejneicys Dagnejis kruojumu “Ups, kūki i mes”. Dagneja, eistajā vuordā Dagneja Dudarjonoka, īprīšk zynoma ari kai Dagneja Bramane latgalīšu literaturā nav skaitoma par debitanti, tok itei ir juos pyrmuo gruomota. Īprīšk Dagnejis dzejūli publicāti vairuokūs kūpkruojumūs i izlasēs. Nu tūs juoizceļ 2016. godā kūpā ar treis cytom latgalīšu dzejneicom Janu Skrivļu-Čeveri, Ligiju Purinašu i Guntu Nagli izdūtais kruojums “Linejis”. Taipat Dagnejis dzeju var atrast ari 2008. godā izguojušajā myusdīnu latgalīšu dzejis antologejā “Susātivs”, tik tī tei viereigai juomeklej – agrā jauneibā jei publicējuos ar pseidonimu Baiba Zveigule, na sovu eistū vuordu. Pandemejis laikā Dagneja aktivi sovus dzejūļus publicēja Instagram, tī jai tam sataiseits pat atsevišks konts, kur ik pa laikam vys vēļ pasaruoda ari koč kas jauns. Tys ari beja ceļa suokums iz sova kruojuma izdūšonu – apsajimšona raksteit vaira, kab gols golā saītu gruomota. Niu tei ari ir tykuse da skaiteituoju – nalela formata, ar muokslineicys Danys Vasiļjevys zeimiejumim, kas truopeigi ilustrej Dagnejis dzejūļu temys. Kruojuma redaktore ir literate Vija Laganovska, kura poša īt nu Latgolys, tok da ituo saleidzynūši moz bejuse radzama latgalīšu literaturys lauceņā. Grybātūs cerēt, ka juos sadarbeiba ar latgaliski rokstūšim autorim iz prīšku tik turpynuosīs. Dagnejis dzeivē nūzeimeiga vīta bejuse kai lauku, tai piļsātys videi, tū jiut ari juos dzejā. Tamā ir daudz dobys i lauku dzeivis realeju, tok natryukst ari piļsātu (Rēzeknis i Daugovpiļs), kuruos nazkod bejušys svareigys, tok niu pasauļs i dzeive puorsamejuse. I tod, dzeivojūt laukūs, īspiejams, juosoka pošai sev, ka ari rokstūt var pīkust vēļ vaira kai māslu tolkā. Kruojumu var uztvert ari kai ceļuojumu pa Latgolu – nu Upeitis i Baļtinovys zīmeļūs da Indrys dīnavydūs. Pa vydu ir Preili ar vyslobuokajim dzeļžu veikalim, Aglyunys Maizis muzeja Vija i Neicgaļa lelais akmiņs. Naiztrukst ari jau na vīna viņ latgalīšu literata dorbūs maneituo sacynuojuma, ka Latgola niu ir cytaižuoka kai nazkod, i tys ir tik normali. Dagneja daudz roksta par mīlesteibu, sīvītis i veirīša attīceibom. Jei poša sacejuse, ka latgaliski par tū raksteit nav vīgli, jo tryukst vuordu. Latgalīši par taidom lītom narunojūt. Tok Dagnejai tys saīt labi i vīgli – kai dabērt veiram captajam kotletam suoļa vītā cukru vīnā nu dzejūļu. I tod “vīns griudeņš īkryta kuldā/niule mes treis/kvīšu teirumā leiksnā”. Byut dzejneicai i moza bārna mamai nūzeimoj storp luoču iz pologim i ežu iz puorvalkim prasavuošonu izlikt atguodynuojumu kotru dīnu raudzeit pīraksteit pa dzejūļam. Bet cytureiz režims “Natraucēt” ir juoizlīk pošai sev, kab varātu vierzeitīs preteimā jaunam pavasaram, i juoluopej pošai sevi, na pasauli. Dagnejis dzejā cīši labi sadzeivoj realitate – precizūs vuordūs, bez lelu metaforu i epitetu mežgiņu apraksteita kasdīna – i hiperbolys aba puorspīlejumi, kas šaļtim pa vydu tai īsajauc pieški i nagaideitai. Sābris, kurs naktī dzeivūklī spielej boulingu, papeiru kopuošona klāva restoranam i diskotekys taiseišona kūkim. Natryukst ari vuordu spēļu, kas maņ kai kruojuma korektorei šaļtim lyka sev vaicuot – tai tī eistyn beja dūmuots? Pīmāram, “šmukuokuo aviokatastrofa viestulē”. Taipat atseviškūs dzejūļūs var atrast Dagnejis dzymtajai Vuorkovys izlūksnei rakstureigus vuordus. Te ir “kuo”, na “kai” i “kakis”, na “kačs”. Kruojuma nūsaukums ir “Ups, kūki i mes”. Tys ir cīši precizi, jo ituos trejadeibys tī natryukst. Ir Dubna, Daugova, Feimanka, ir upe, kurā naktī peilis klīdz i saguojuši zandarti i leini. Ir bārzs kai brats, plievspuorni, kas karinej kūkūs, i vaicuojums, voi kūki redz vaira kai mes.  I ir daudzi “mes”, tok šaļtim ruodīs, ka grybātūs vaira laika ari “es”.  

In This Episode, You Will Learn: How to break through the upper limit and push yourself to new levels of success. What it takes to be a successful leader in today's market. How to change the way you grow and scale your business. Resources + Links: Connect with Vija on Instagram | @Viavija    Learn more at Vija Real Estate Website | https://vija.co/   The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks   For updates and collaborations or opportunities, go to www.LetsPlayBigger.com   Follow Raquel on Raquel Quinet's socials:  Instagram | YouTube | Facebook | LinkedIn    Find more resources on our website https://raquelq.com/podcast/   Check Out Our  2023 Play Bigger Events   Apply to be in our Play Bigger Mastermind   Grow Your Real Estate Business with Real Brokerage Show Notes: Are you ready to become limitless? Today, I'm excited to have the opportunity to speak with a real game changer in the industry, Vija Williams! Vija is the head of industry for PLACE, the founder of Vija Real Estate, and the co-founder of a national women's group that holds annual events for top female business leaders. Together, we'll talk about what it takes to become the best of the best and carve out your own path to success! We'll dive into how to break through the upper limits so you can keep playing bigger at the next level. As we go, we'll also learn Vija's tips for prioritizing your time, staying focused, self-reflecting, and changing the way you grow & scale. Don't let anything hold you back from rising to the top of the market! 00:35 Say hello to the head of industry for PLACE and the founder of Vija Real Estate, Vija Williams! 01:55 How do you navigate through your personal and professional lives? 04:45 How do you prioritize your time? 10:10 What is one lesson you hope your kids learn from you? 12:15 How do you stay focused and present? 14:15 Defining the upper limit problem. 18:10 What did you realize about pushing yourself? 20:40 How do you practice self-reflection? 23:20 What does it take to be successful in today's market? 28:25 What separates the top of the industry from the rest? 31:55 The importance of leadership in the market. 34:50 What do you look for in a leader when it comes to strategic partnership? 37:00 What is next for you and what are you most excited about? 39:25 What do you do to play bigger in business and in life?  

Latvijas Nacionālajā baletā 20.aprīlī pirmizrāde - „Vijs. Šausmu naktis”. Balets tapis pēc Mikolas Gogoļa stāsta „Vijs” motīviem. Ukraiņu komponista Aleksandra Rodina un horeogrāfa Radu Poklitaru balets iestudēts 2019.gadā Kijivas Modernajā baletā. Latvijā iestudējumu veido komanda no Ukrainas, savukārt baleta muzikālais vadītājs un diriģents ir Kaspars Ādamsons. Baleta mākslinieki atzīst, ka horeogrāfs lielu vērību velta detaļām, kustībām ir dramaturģiski piesātināts saturs. Ar duetu no baleta „Vijs. Šausmu naktis” sākas iepazīstināšana ar horeogrāfa Radu Poklitaru baletu, kas veidots pēc Gogoļa stāsta „Vijs” motīviem, vēstot par studenta Homas Bruta sastapšanos ar tumšajiem spēkiem. Baletā vairākiem tēliem saglabāti Gogoļa dotie vārdi, taču tā nav stāsta ilustrācija. Horeogrāfs Radu Poklitaru ir dzimis Kišiņevā, Moldovā, bijis Baltkrievijas Lielā teātra dejotājs, divus gadus pildījis Moldavas Nacionālās operas galvenā baletmeistara pienākumus, bet 2006.gadā ar filantropa atbalstu dibinājis pats savu teātri – Kijivas moderno baletu. Horeogrāfs līdz šim radījis ap 50 viencēlienus un pilna apjoma iestudējumus. Galveno Homas Bruta lomu dejos Pepeins Lukss Geldemans vai Eidens Viljams Konefrijs. Eidens par savu tēlu  uzsver slikto, kas cilvēka dabai piemīt un kā to atklāt. Horeogrāfs Radu Poklitaru otro reizi strādā pie mums, 2006.gadā  iestudēja baletu „Pelnrušķīte”. Savukārt balets „Vijs. Šausmu naktis” pasaules pirmizrādi piedzīvoja 2019.gadā Kijivas Modernajā baletā, pēc tam iestudēts arī Odesā. Ciklā „Sarunās pirms pirmizrādēm” kā allaž rosinošas ir operas vēsturnieka Mikus Čežes lekcijas, šoreiz  par „Ticību un māņticību” . Lekcijā ietverti filmu fragmenti, arī no 1967.gadā tapušās pirmās padomju šausmu filmas „Vijs”. Kā vienu no īpatnējām „Vija” interpretācijām Čeže minēja serbu režisora Džordža Kadijeviča 1990. gada filmu „Svētvieta”. Svarīga piebilde, baletu „Vijs. Šausmu naktis” tās veidotāji iesaka skatīties no 14 gadu vecuma. Baleta pirmizrāde notiks rīt, 20.aprīlī, nākamās izrādes 21.aprīlī un 13.maijā.

Join us for an emotional farewell to our co-host Vija Williams. After an incredible two and a half year run, she's moving on to other adventures — but not without giving back to all of our listeners. We're sharing Vija's top twelve do's and don'ts of launching a podcast.Focus on what your listener is going to get out of every episodeKnow your audienceDon't feel pressure to keep it under 30 minutesKeep a consistent recording scheduleBe consistent with episode releasesBe willing to devote time to itHire help on the backendBe authentic and realBe willing to invest in some resourcesDo good content (Have a show framework)Don't read from a scriptIf you're going to do an interview podcast, get good at interviewingBonus: Ask yourself what the outcome you want is.Connect on Instagram:Seychelle Van Poole: @seychellevpVija Williams: @viavijaSarah Reynolds: @sarahreynoldsojiWendy Papasan: @wendypapasan

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Radio Marija ir klausītāju veidots radio, kas nes Dieva Vārdu pasaulē. Radio Marija balss skan 24 stundas diennaktī. Šajos raidījumos klausītājiem kā saviem draugiem neatkarīgi no viņu reliģiskās pārliecības cenšamies sniegt Kristus Labo Vēsti – Evaņģēliju, skaidru katoliskās Baznīcas mācību. Cenšamies vairot lūgšanas pieredzi un sniegt iespēju ielūkoties visas cilvēces kultūras daudzveidībā. Radio Marija visā pasaulē darbojas uz brīvprātīgo kalpošanas pamata. Labprātīga savu talantu un laika ziedošana Dieva godam un jaunās evaņģelizācijas labā ir daļa no Radio Marija harizmas. Tā ir lieliska iespēja ikvienam īstenot savus talantus Evaņģēlija pasludināšanas darbā, piedzīvojot kalpošanas prieku. Ticam, ka Dievs īpaši lietos ikvienu cilvēku, kurš atsauksies šai kalpošanai, lai ar Radio Marija starpniecību paveiktu Latvijā lielas lietas. Radio Marija ir arī ģimene, kas vieno dažādu vecumu, dažādu konfesiju, dažādu sociālo slāņu cilvēkus, ļaujot katram būt iederīgam un sniegt savu pienesumu Dieva Vārda pasludināšanā, kā arī kopīgā lūgšanas pieredzē. "Patvērums Dievā 24 stundas diennaktī", - tā ir Radio Marija Latvija devīze. RML var uztvert Rīgā 97.3, Liepājā 97.1, Krāslavā 97.0, Valkā 93.2, kā arī ar [satelītuztvērēja palīdzību un interneta aplikācijās](http://www.rml.lv/klausies/).

We've talked before about the value of doing hard things, and this episode is proof that we are true to our word. In the middle of everything else going on, Vija took on one of the hardest things a human can do: A marathon at the bottom of the world in Patagonia. Hear about how she learned from her experiences, the lessons she learned, and moving forward when failure is the only option. Connect on Instagram: Read: https://www.amazon.com/Takes-What-Think-Neutrally-Control-ebook/dp/B07R8VDNMJ (It Takes What It Takes: How to Think Neutrally and Gain Control of Your Life) Seychelle Van Poole: https://www.instagram.com/seychellevp (@seychellevp) Vija Williams: https://www.instagram.com/viavija (@viavija) Sarah Reynolds: https://www.instagram.com/sarahreynoldsoji (@sarahreynoldsoji) Wendy Papasan: https://www.instagram.com/wendypapasan (@wendypapasan)

Contrary to popular opinion, second-generation realtors tend to avoid the path their parents took, as Vija Williams, our guest for today's episode, did.  As a political science + English major and a pre-law student, Vija was always on track with her attorney dream. She didn't want to be a realtor. And after landing a prized internship at the Santa Barbara District Attorney's office, this dream of hers solidified. Eventually, Vija began to LOVE the job role, but it only lasted until she realized her brain was not wired for stuff like this. During this period, she started to get into real estate – and the rest, as they say, is history. In today's episode of Real Estate Sessions, Vija talks about her fearless journey to real estate, getting over the inhibition of venturing into the industry, the biggest misconception around it, the pandemic's role in bringing massive changes in the industry, and how to succeed in it. Vija also talks about her personal story and interests, including her love for travel. She chased it despite the odds and her experience as the co-founder of Her Best Life. Listen in! Success clues: ● Follow your gut. When Vija realized her brain wasn't wired for this, she decided to trust the feeling and dive into real estate instead. ● Communication and failure are two things Vija feels necessary to talk about. ● The advice and tips offered by experienced professionals are unparalleled. ● Bouncing back to good business post-COVID is challenging but is possible with a solid mindset and grit. Meet The Guest! Vija Williams is the Head of Industry for PLACE, an all-in-one real estate platform that provides technology and business services. PLACE currently supports and partners with agents and teams from a variety of brokerage brands all across the US and Canada in over 100 unique markets.  Time Stamps [00:00] Sneak peek [00:31] Intro [01:05] Meet Vija Williams [01:46] Life as a fifth-generation Washingtonian [02:39] The most significant misconception people have about real estate [04:00] Getting back to the real estate business as we approach the end of the pandemic  [06:33] The decision to go to Westmont college [09:31] Entering the real estate space [18:22] The experience of being co-founder oh Her Best Life [21:41] Vija on balancing time and effort for your professional achievement [25:14] Will technology ever replace Realtors? [29:53] How to REACH Vija Connect with Vija      ● LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.con/in/vijawilliams (@vijawilliams)      ● Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/viavija/ (@vi)avija      ● Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/vijawilliams (@vijawilliams) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/empire-building/id1513216353 (empirebuilding podcast)

Jaunās sezonas pirmajā raidījumā “Diplomātiskās pusdienas” piedāvājam pakavēties vasarīgās noskaņās, pievēršoties Maldīvu salām jeb Maldīvijas Republikai, kas lielākoties asociējas ar tropiskām pludmalēm, siltumu un kokosriekstiem. Tomēr mazākās Āzijas valsts Maldīvijas liktenis ir izaicinājumu pilns. Raidījuma gaitā manāms, cik daudz tai ir līdzību arī ar Latviju.   Maldīvija, starp citu, ir arī pasaulē mazākā musulmaņu valsts. 1997. gadā uzrakstītā Maldīvu salu konstitūcija nosaka, ka tās pilsoņiem ir jābūt musulmaņiem, aizliedzot sekot jebkurai citai reliģijai. Pie tam Maldīvija ir ne tikai mazākā, bet arī plakanākā valsts pasaulē, valsts vidējais augstums ir 1.8 metri virs jūras līmeņa. Faktiski augstākais punkts visā valstī ir 2.3 metri, kas atrodas Villingili salā. Salīdzinājumam – nākama plakanākā valsts aiz Maldīvijas ir Katara, kuras vidējais augstums ir 28 metri. Maldīvija ir patiesi plakana. Raugoties no mūsdienu skatu punkta, Maldīvija ir ļoti jauna demokrātiska valsts. Kopš sultānu pārvaldīšanas un valsts kļūšanas par republiku tā ir piedzīvojusi daudz kāpumu un kritumu ar autoritāriem līderiem un apvērsumiem.   Neskatoties uz valsts vērojamo politisko nestabilitāti un centienus īstenot demokrātiskas reformas, kā arī risināt plašas vides problēmas, ko rada klimata pārmaiņas un jūras līmeņa paaugstināšanās, Maldīvija ļoti ātri kļuva par valsti ar vidējiem ienākumiem. Tā, piemēram, valsts iekšzemes kopprodukts uz vienu iedzīvotāju salīdzinājumā ar Latviju ir aptuveni uz pusi mazāks, kas ir aptuveni 16 tūkstoši eiro. Progresu veicināja straujais tūrisma un zivsaimniecības nozaru pieaugums, tiesa, valsts joprojām cīnās ar lielu un augošu fiskālo deficītu. Viens no galvenajiem Maldīvu salu ekonomikas stūrakmeņiem joprojām ir tūrisms – 2022. gadā tās apmeklēja rekordliels skaits tūristu – 1.3 miljoni. Jāpiebilst, ka pašu Maldīvu salu iedzīvotāju skaits ir 390 tūkstoši. Kopumā Maldīvu salas sastāv no 1200 salām, no tām tikai aptuveni 200 ir apdzīvotas, 110 rezervētas tūrismam. Pārējās neapdzīvotās salas tiek izmantotas lauksaimniecībai un citiem iztikas avotiem. Interesanti, ka tūristu galamērķa popularitāte Maldīvijai patiesībā ir jauna lieta. Faktiski pirmie kūrorti tika atvērti tikai 1970. gados. Valsts izcelsme nebija zināma un arī skaidra, bieži attiecībā uz to varēja izmantot frāzi “Vai tu vari man to parādīt kartē?” Mazo valstu liktenis. Paralēli Maldīvija sastopas ar ekstenciāliem draudiem, precīzāk, jau ilgāku laiku Maldīvu varas iestādes uztraucas par erozijas un iespējamās globālās sasilšanas ietekmi uz valsti. Maldīvija ir viena no viszemākajām valstīm pasaulē, 80 procentu tās teritorijas atrodas metru vai mazāk virs jūras līmeņa. Attiecīgi valsts strauji grimst okeānā. Lai novērstu šos ekstenciālos draudus, Maldīvija vieš stingrus likumu, pieņem reformas un starptautiski cīnās par izmaiņām. Ja grimšana turpināsies pašreizējā tempā, sala pilnībā būs iegremdēta līdz 2030. gadam. Vairāk par šo problēmu iztaujājām ANO Ģenerālās asamblejas prezidentu, Maldīvijas ārlietu ministru V. E. Abdullu Shahidu. Intervija noritēja viņa vizītes laikā Latvijā. Un “Diplomātisko pusdienu” saldajā ēdienā, protams, jāmin Maldīvijas pasakaini skaistā zemūdens pasaule un ūdens, kas ir snorkelēšanas un niršanas paradīze.  Maldīvu salas vēl aizvien ir arī viena no retajām valstīm, kas saglabājusi seno, īpašo burāšanas praksi. Burājot ar dhonis jeb tradicionālo Maldivu laivu, pieredzējuši dhoni-kapteiņi joprojām atturas no globālās pozicionēšanas sistēmas vai kompasu izmantošanas, tā vietā viņi novēro ūdens kustību lagūnās, lai izvairītos no bīstamiem rifiem. Savukārt, kuģojot naktīs, viņi orientējas pēc zvaigznēm. Maģiski un skaisti.

Makroaļģes jūras pludmalē cilvēkiem parasti liek saraukt degunu, taču biologi un ķīmiķi uzskata - aļģes ir neizmantots resurss mūsu dabā. Sākot ar kosmētiku un ārstniecību, beidzot ar lopbarību un iepakojumu - aļģes ir universāls augs, kuram ir plašs pielietojums. Zināmais nezināmajā sarunas dalībnieki: Latvijas Valsts Koksnes ķīmijas insitūtūta vadošais pētnieks, ķīmijas zinātņu doktors Oskars Bikovens un Latvijas Hidroekoloģijas institūta pētniece Ieva Bārda. Raidījumā arī krāsains un aizraujošs stāsts par gļotsēnēm. Rozā, dzeltenas, sarkanas, zaļas, zilas - visādu nokrāsu piciņas, bumbiņas, starainas un žuburainas - tik dažādas un neparastas gļotsēnes ik gadu piesaista arvien vairāk interesentu uzmanību. Zināmais nezināmajā sarunu biedrene Vija Simansone par gļotsēnēm sāka interesēties pirms pāris gadiem un nu jau viņa nosaka gļotsēņu izskatu un to piederību konkrētai sugai ar mikroskopa palīdzību. Agrāk šo organismus pieskaitīja pie sēnēm, jo tās veido sporas, bet tās spēj arī pārvietoties. Pasaulē kopumā ir atklātas vairāk kā 900 gļotsēņu sugu. Viena no zināmākajām gļotsēņu popularizētājām ir Jūlita Kluša pirms diviem gadiem Latvijas Televīzijas sižetā stāstīja, ka Latvijā ir zināmas 160 sugas. Pateicoties interesei par šiem organismiem, ir pieaudzis jaunatklātu sugu skaits. Vija Sīmansone teic, ka nu jau ir zināmas 196 sugas. Vija arī atver klēpjdatoru un rāda man košas attēlus ar gļotsēni kura izskatās kā zilganas ogas dzeltenos kātos. Pateicoties šim izskatam gļotsēnes tikusi pie nosaukuma - Vīnogķekaru badhāmija. Gļotsēnes var atrast jebkurā gadalaikā, protams ziemā jārēķinās, ka tās dus zem sniega segas. Īstens gļotsēņotājs ir bruņojies ar lupu, fotoaparātu un vērīgu aci, bet kā teic Vija Sīmansone, nav jābūt ekspertam, lai pamanītu tās biezāk sastopamās un lielākās sugas mūsu mežos, piemēram vilkpienaines, kas atgādina mazus pūpēdīšus vai ragansviestu, kas izskatās kā dzeltens porolona kažociņš uz kritalas.

Nuo mažo šeimos ūkio iki didelio ir modernausŠalčininkų r. Naujakiemio kaime Andžejus Kulevičius prieš 14 m. ėmėsi savarankiškai ūkininkauti, perėmęs iš tėvų vos 30 ha ūkį. Per tuos metus ūkis išaugo iki 500 ha. Iškilo grūdų sandėliai, bokštai, garažai, įsigyta moderni technika. Pasak ūkininko, reikia stengtis prisiderinti prie gamtos sąlygų ir mokytis iš savų bei svetimų klaidų.Rasų ryto mistiką puoselėjantis Rumšiškių kultūros centro moterų vokalinis ansamblis „Vija“ keliasi saulei dar nepatekėjus. Susirinkusios ant Kauno marių kranto moterys pina vainikus, degina ugnį, geria šaltinio vandenį ir visa tai apdainuoja sutartinėmis. Anot renginyje dalyvavusių, tokia bendrystė įkvėpimo suteikia visiems ateinantiems metams.Monika Dabašinskienė Panevėžio bei Pasvalio rajonuose augina įvairias žoleles bei augalus, iš jų gamina hidrolatus, taip pat natūralius smilkalus. Nors drauge su vyru apkeliavo bene visą Europą, laimės bandė ieškoti Anglijoje, moteris nerado nieko geresnio nei gimtas kraštas, gamta bei jos turtai.Ved. Regina Montvilienė

The latest episode of the CISD We Value Podcast features CISD Communications Intern Mithila Vijay, a junior at CHS, interviewing Richard J. Lee Elementary Principal Chantel Kastrounis, who was Vijay's principal. According to Vijay, Kastrounis is the embodiment of the CISD core value of authentic relationships.

Although Vija Williams was doing well financially running her own real estate team, she realized that she was miserable.  She felt she had to do 17 different things to run a good team, but she wasn't good at any of them.  And her profit margin wasn't high enough to support the number of staff she needed.  So at 48 years old, despite having doubts about whether people would still hire her because of her age, the mom of three took a leap of faith and took on a role that she believes she'd be really good at, a leadership position in a corporate setting. In 2018, Vija Williams became the Director of Growth with Ben Kinney Companies.  For the last three and a half years, she has helped walk them through two acquisitions and grow the company from 1200 to 1700 agents.  Today, Vija is the Head of Industry for PLACE, a tech and business services platform for real estate agents.  Goldman Sachs, along with 3L, recently invested 100 million dollars into PLACE at over a Billion dollar valuation. Brian Charlesworth joins Vija Williams as they talk about her journey from being a solo agent to being a successful leader, her insights on the value of leverage, what makes PLACE a very unique model, and why she thinks women from all industries become stronger when they come together.    Top Takeaways: (07:14) Why Vija felt miserable despite having a successful team (08:48) How Vija decided to shift her career to running brokerages (11:18) Why does the real estate industry need more women in the leadership role? (12:38) How Vija manages to juggle all her businesses (15:18) What it's like to work with your spouse (22:04) What motivates Vija (24:54) What PLACE is all about (25:34) The vision of PLACE (26:45) The biggest challenge teams face as they're growing (28:39) Why every agent needs to get at least 4 checks for each transaction (32:44) The three types of teams (35:32) Who is the right person to control the client experience? (37:31) What the future looks like for agents who aren't on a team (43:28) How the women's group Her Best Life started   Connect with Vija Williams Email: Vija@place.com Website: https://place.com/ Website: https://www.herbestlife.com/ Podcast: Empire Building Podcast   About the guest: Vija Williams always knew she would go into real estate but her path to it wasn't as straightforward. She graduated college, sold radio advertising, and worked for some builders and developers prior to becoming a real estate agent.  She was 30 years and had her first child at that time, had her second child at 32, and her third at 39 years old. She was making good money juggling her role as a mother and a real estate agent. But when the market crashed, it fried her and her husband to the point where they almost lost their house. Luckily they still had assets to sell to survive.  When the markets turned, she switched brokerages and went from being a solo agent to building a team. In 2012, Vija met Ben Kinney and he started coaching her.  Her volume increased from 25 million to 70 million in just four years.  Although she was extremely successful, Vijya felt unhappy.  She wanted to try a leadership position in a corporate setting but she wasn't sure if anyone would accept her since she was already 48 years old. But with people supporting her, she was able to achieve her goal and became the Director of Growth for The Ben Kinney Companies.  Today, Vija Williams is the Head of Industry for PLACE, President of the Brokerages Division at Ben Kinney Companies, Co-Founder of Her Best Life - a national women's group, and co-host of the Empire Building podcast.

Have you ever felt like you don't know what to do with your life? You know we have to solve just about 101 existential crises in our lifetime, and you want to pick a career that does some good for the world and helps us solve these problems, but at the same time, you have so many friends who have had a terrible time working at nonprofits and social impact orgs, either because they are poorly run or because they work on such complex issues that they have to celebrate for such incremental change or risk being depressed all the time. So you wonder if it is a better idea to sell out and donate your money so that you will have a better quality of life, but that doesn't feel very satisfying either. So you write a hail-mary application to grad school even though you're not entirely convinced that that will help you to do good either. In this episode we sit down with our friend Vija about how the hell you're supposed to figure out what to do with your life. Vija started out last summer after working in wilderness therapy thinking she was going to drive across the country with her dog (#vanlife) to end up in New Hampshire by the end of the summer, where she was going to embark on a year-long project making art and living rent-free at her friend's parent's house. Turns out, before she made it to New Hampshire, she met someone and decided to move in with them in Boulder, CO, where they lasted six weeks before breaking up and she moved back in with her parents in Chicago. Now she is applying to Master's programs in design. We talk about how to figure out what to prioritize in your career, how to choose your "hero's work" (this will all be explained in the episode), and whether it makes sense to "follow your passion" even though it's not entirely clear how to find your passion in the first place. Links: Wait But Why article, called How to Pick a Career (That Actually Fits You): https://waitbutwhy.com/2018/04/picking-career.html Music is The Beauty of Maths by Meydän. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/im-the-villain/support

The rapid shift to a hybrid and remote workforce, and the rise of Employee Experience, have put internal communicators in the spotlight. But what is the employee experience exactly? And what role should communicators play in creating a successful one? Join Mike Klein in this episode of the Comms Minute, as he interviews Lithuanian author and comms consultant Vija Valentukonytė Urbanavičienė. If you are looking for a reliable communication platform to help you reach all your employees with targeted communications, check out Smarp: https://smarp.com/.

Lai gan tautas deju kolektīvi klātienē var mēģināt un dejā rokās sadoties tikai kopš 20. augusta, daļa skolēnu deju kolektīvu no visas Latvijas pāris nedēļās sagatavojuši pirms pandēmijas apgūtās dejas. Tās aizvadītajās brīvdienās nofilmētas Latvijas skolu jaunatnes dziesmu un deju svētku deju lielkoncerta “Saule vija zelta rotu” ierakstam. VEF kultūras pilī lielkoncerta “Saule vija zelta rotu” filmēšanas pirmajā dienā pulcējas deju kolektīvi no dažādiem Latvijas reģioniem. Skatuves kulisēs vēl mirkli pirms iznāciena bērni grūstās un stājas pa pāriem, joko, smejas un vienlaikus mazliet satraucas, bet deju skolotājas nemitīgi atgādina par plašiem smaidiem un vēl steidz kādam no dejotājiem salikt kreklu biksēs vai piešūt pēkšņi atirušo brunču malu. Lielkoncerta filmēšanā deju “Balodītis” izdejo Balvu Kultūras un atpūtas centra deju kolektīvs “Balvu Vilciņš”. Katram kolektīvam iedalīta aptuveni pusstunda dejas un deju raksta nofilmēšanai, tad skatuve jānodod nākamajam kolektīvam. Balvu vilciņa vadītāja Zane Meiere ar audzēkņiem pēc filmēšanas stāsta, ka iepriekš apgūto deju pus otru gadu nebija iespējas atkārtot un nedēļas laikā ļoti intensīvos mēģinājumos bērni ar uzdevumu tikuši galā. “Sudmaliņas” izdejo 5.-9. klašu jaunieši no Dobeles Kultūras nama deju kolektīva “Drellīši”. Tie dejotāji, kuri pieredzējuši svētkus citos gados secina, ka viss, protams, šoreiz ir citādi. Sākot ar to, ka nav iespēju satikt citus kolektīvus. Tikmēr deju skolotāja Diāna Gavare saka, ka arī filmēšana radījusi svētku sajūtu, īpaši tādēļ, ka tik ilgu laiku koncerti nav bijuši. Viņa arī vērtē, ka aizvadītais gads tomēr atstājis iespaidu uz kolektīva iemaņām. Svētku deju lielkoncerta “Saule vija zelta rotu” mākslinieciskā vadītāja Indra Ozoliņa saka, ka sākotnēji bijusi doma bērnus filmēt katrā novadā, bet komanda nonākusi pie idejas par dejas dienu tieši uz VEF kultūras pils skatuves, kuru dēvē arī par dejotāju “meku”. Dziesmu un deju svētku padomes deju nozares pārstāve Zanda Mūrniece norāda, ka šajā reizē uz jebkuru deju norisi noiets garš ceļš, tādēļ svētku veidotāji cer arī ar nofilmēto lielkoncertu nodot skatītājiem prieku par dejotāju atkal satikšanos. Viena no tautas deju lieluzveduma televīzijas režisorēm Ina Kronberga skaidro, ka uz VEF kultūras pils skatuves nofilmēts koncerta kodols, kurā bērni un jaunieši ar gadskārtu stāstu četrās deju pīnēs izdejos Saules gadu. Trīs dienās ierakstīti 34 priekšnesumi, kurus izdejo kolektīvi no visas Latvijas. Savukārt skatītāji video koncertu kopā ar svētku tiešraides elementiem varēs vērot 6. novembrī Latvijas Televīzijā.

Stāsta muzikoloģe, Rakstniecības un Mūzikas muzeja mākslas eksperte Inese Žune. Vai zini, ka pēdējos mūža gados vijoļmeistars Nikolajs Dreika (1904-1998) savas vijoles vairs nav numurējis, bet devis tām pazīstamu sieviešu vārdus? Nikolajs Dreika ir viens no ievērojamākajiem 20. gadsimta latviešu vijoļbūves meistariem. Skaņu pasaule viņam bijusi tuva jau no bērnības, kad viņš apguvis cītaras un vijoles spēli un visai veikli muzicējis ballēs, kāzās un citās svinībās. Sapnis par koncertējoša vijolnieka karjeru gan nav piepildījies, jo reiz slēpojot viņš nelaimīgi kritis un salauzis kreiso roku. Tomēr vijolei Nikolajs Dreika palicis uzticīgs visu mūžu. 26 gadu vecumā, strādājot par mācekli pie vijoļmeistara Jāņa Barabančika, jauneklis atklājis šī amata vilinājumu un jau pēc četriem gadiem patstāvīgi uzbūvējis savu pirmo vijoli. Drīz vien Nikolajs Dreika atvēris savu vijoļdarbnīcu Aleksandra Čaka ielā, bet padomju laikā tā nacionalizēta. No 1946. līdz 1964. gadam viņš bijis vijoļmeistars Latvijas Valsts Filharmonijā, bet pēc aiziešanas pensijā strādājis savā dzīvoklī Ģertrūdes ielā, kur izveidojis nelielu darbnīcu. Meistars daudz nodarbojies gan ar instrumentu un lociņu remontu, gan restaurāciju, un savā raženajā mūžā uzbūvējis vairāk nekā 150 vijoles. Katra no tām ir īpaša un atšķiras gan ar skanējuma nokrāsu, gan koksnes ornamentu un lakojumu. Dreika daudz pētījis vāku izliekuma ietekmi uz skanējumu un eksperimentējis ar to skaņošanu. Neatlaidīgā darbā viņš izstrādājis savu vijoles modeli, kas tuvāks vācu vijoļbūves skolas tradīcijām. Meistars teicis, ka "vijole jāizauklē siltās rokās kā bērns, tad koka dvēsele sāk dziedāt". Vijole bijusi visa viņa dzīve, katru reizi no jauna viņš pārdzīvojis tās tapšanas vai atjaunošanās brīnumu. Meistaram bijusi ļoti romantiska dvēsele, viņš mīlējis ceļot, aizrāvies ar fotografēšanu un dzeju un arī pats sacerējis kuplejas. Mūža otrajā pusē N. Dreika savas vijoles vairs nav numurējis, bet devis to būtībai un raksturam atbilstošus vārdus: "Vija", "Venēra" , "Glorija". Dažreiz nosaukumu priekšā pateikusi jau pati vijole, kā piemēram, vijole "Sirsniņa" ar sidrabainu skaņu. Tās koka šķiedras zīmējums uz apakšējā vāka veidojis sirds formu. Meitai Astrīdai Tabūnei meistars veltījis vijoli "Astrīda". Grāmatā "Bet vijole skanēs mūžam" viņa rakstījusi: "Jutu tēva dvēseli, to lielo mīlestību, ar kādu viņš aplūko katru savu vijoli, savu gara bērnu, kuru veidojis, izjūtot radīšanas prieku." Par viņas vārdā nosaukto vijoli Astrīda Tabūne teikusi, ka tā bijusi tembrāli bagāta un skanējusi kā ērģeles. Vijole "Marita" savukārt tapusi kā skanoša kāzu dāvana mazmeitai. To viņas lielajā dienā pirmo reizi ieskandinājis vijolnieks Eduards Bulavinovs (Vaholders) un visi klātesošie apbrīnojuši tās gaišo un dzidro skaņu. Sava tēva brāļa mazmazmeitai, dzejniecei un rakstniecei Dagnijai Dreikai meistars veltījis savu pēdējo, 1986. gadā būvēto vijoli "Dagnija". Tā nonākusi Rakstniecības un mūzikas muzeja mūzikas instrumentu kolekcijā Pārējās Nikolaja Dreikas būvētās vijoles ir aizgājušas tautās un turpina savu skanīgo dzīvi ne tikai Latvijā, bet arī ārpus dzimtenes robežām līdz pat Japānai.

Rocket Homes makes a big announcement, Boise tops the home pricing list, and unemployment slides. Vija Williams of KW Ben Kinney Companies joins us, leader of 8 market centers, 1,700 associates, and her own Luxury real estate group. Vija shares the importance of tapping people on the shoulder, leading who you love, and her mantra ‘know thyself'. 

Pirms četriem gadiem Latvijas Literatūras gada balvai tika nominēts Vijas Laganovskas pirmais dzejas krājums “2 soļi pirms Pleskavas divīzijas”, pagājušajā rudenī iznāca autores debija prozā – stāstu krājums “Pirms un pēc”. Vija Laganovska ir no Latgales, Balvu puses, taču viņas dzeja, stāsti nav rakstīti latgaliski. Darbojoties grāmatniecībā viņa drīzāk uzsver pierobežas identitāti – Vija Laganovska ir biedrības "Literatūras kombains" vadītāja, un biedrība kā savu uzdevumu šobrīd definējusi pierobežas literatūras darbu izdošanu, šai gadījumā vārdā “pierobeža” ietilpinot ne tikai ģeogrāfisku piederību, bet arī atrašanos starp valodām, kultūrpiederībām – pierobeža kā īpašs jutīguma veids. Šobrīd Vija Laganovska dzīvo Rīgā, kad uzrunāju viņu intervijai, viņa sarunas laiku atļauj man izvēlēties diezgan brīvi. Bērni izauguši, sarunas beigās Vija Laganovska teiks, ka tagad viņai sākusies jauna dzīve – tāda, kādu vienmēr to ir gribējusi. Dzīve, kas pilnībā pieder literatūrai un grāmatniecībai - gan izdevējdarbībai, gan tulkošanai, gan arī tapis jauns romāns. Vija Laganovska Rakstnieku savienības organizētajā Literārajā akadēmijā mācījusies pat divas reizes: gan dzejas meistardarbnīcā pie Jāņa Rokpeļņa, gan arī prozu Ingas Žoludes vadībā. Taču patiesībā viņa mācījusies visu mūžu un viņas ārkārtīgi dažādā dzīves pieredze ir arī Vijas Laganovskas stāstos: viņa ir trīs bērnu mamma, absolvējusi Rīgas Pedagoģijas un izglītības augstskolu, izdevēja, ilgāku laiku strādājusi par vecāko dispečeri Balvu autoostā. Stāstu krājumu “Pirms un pēc”, rakstniece Jana Egle anotācijā nodēvējusi par gadsimta grēksūdzi. Vijas Laganovskas stāstos ir gan pirms, gan pēc 2. pasaules kara pieredze – gan golodomors Ukrainā, kas pārvērš attiecības tuvinieku starpā, gan ciemā ieklīduši kara bēgļi, gan iznīcinātāju brigāžu darbošanās – cilvēks ar ieroci rokās, kurš šauj aiz bailēm, nevis pārliecības. Kādā citā intervijā Vija Laganovska pauž pārliecību, ka cilvēks nav autonoms. Viņš ir saistīts ar saiknēm, ko apraksta vēsture. Zinu arī, ka izdevniecībā pabeigts guļ viņas jaunākais romāns par kādas dzimtas vēsturi. Vija Laganovska neraksta latgaliski. Taču perifērijas, noslēgtas vides dzīves īstenība ir viņa stāstos. Arī viensētas plašums un vientulība. Jānis Klīdzējs savulaik, skaidrojot “Cilvēka bērna” tapšanu, rakstīja, ka latgalieša pasaules uzskata centrā ir viņa ticība Dievam, un tieši tas viņu atšķir no pārnovadniekiem. Šobrīd latviešu literatūrā ļoti spēcīgi sevi pieteikušas dzīvi pieredzējušas sievietes. Iepretim oficiālajai jeb vīriešvēsturei – his story, šobrīd arī Latvijā tiek sarakstīta tikpat spēcīga sieviešu vēsture – her story. Taču, ja Inga Ābele prot traģēdiju uzrakstīt tik skaisti, ka tā nemaz vairs neliekas traģiska, Laura Vinogradova koķetē ar pasakas laimīgajām beigām, Jana Egle rāda smalkās saiknes, kas sasaista likteņus, tad Vijas Laganovskas stāstos liekas, ka mierinājuma nav. Lai gan - es pamazām sāku saprast, ka vienkārši neesmu pratusi to ieraudzīt. Tas ir kā grēksūdzē, kurā tīši sabiezini krāsas, atzīsties notikušā melnumā, tikai tāpēc, ka nesatricināma ir tava pārliecība, ka ir kāda virve, kas cilvēku cieši saista pie debesīm. Diemžēl šo līdzsvaru neatrast vēsturē, kurā viena puse otras dzīvi sauc par nepareizu, arī ne baznīcā, kur baznīckungs iet ciema intrigu pavadā. Vija Laganovska savu ticību piedošanas iespējamībai ir īstenojusi literatūrā.

Activating the Four Types of Mentorship When Her Story of Success CEO Leah Glover Hayes was looking for mentorship to help her grow in her career and eventually start a company, she quickly realized that not all mentorship is created equally. And while experts tend to agree that mentorship makes a major difference in determining someone’s career success and fulfillment, few people are sharing specifics about how to find the right mentor and build a mutually beneficial relationship. Leah believes that there are four types of mentorship: Passive mentorship, peer mentorship, traditional mentorship and mentoring others. No matter where you are in your career journey, you can benefit from implementing one or all of these in your life.  In part three of this four-part series, Leah is joined by Anna-Vija McClain to discuss the importance of peer mentorship. Her Story of Success… Anna-Vija McClain didn’t intend to start Piccolo Marketing, but when she needed a source of income after leaving the hospitality industry, she realized that many business owners could benefit from her digital marketing skills. Anna-Vija grew that early work into a successful company that helps small business owners create scalable businesses with great culture. Today, Piccolo Marketing includes Piccolo University, a series of online courses that teach business owners how to market, and Piccolo Marketing Mentor, a service that provides outsourced marketing professionals to business owners.  Outside of Piccolo, Anna-Vija sits on boards for the Tennessee Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence and Nashville Emerging Leaders. She’s also a mentor at SCORE Nashville and a founding mentor for Vanderbilt Women in Business. In 2019, Anna-Vija was a finalist for the Nashville Emerging Leader Chamber of Commerce Award. In This Episode: Leah and Anna-Vija discuss the ways that they’ve used peer mentorship to help expand their networks and learn from other business owners. Anna-Vija also explains how you can develop an abundance mindset and view your relationships through the lens of “cooper-tition.” Episode Highlights: Anna-Vija’s story of starting Piccolo Marketing Using referrals to focus on the work you do best The importance of developing an abundance mindset around peer mentorship How to get the most out of your mentoring relationships Sponsor: This podcast is sponsored in part by Piccolo Marketing, providing outsourced marketing professionals for business owners.  Piccolo Marketing is our go-to resource when it comes to comprehensive marketing strategies and execution. Learn more here.

Holivudā Marlēna Dītriha un Grēta Garbo, bet Padomju Savienības karaliene, dieviete un saule – Vija Artmane!

How do you build a business that ties in healthily with your life? While you’re trying to bring in millions in revenue, are you there for your children, your spouse, your loved ones, or even yourself? If not, why are you building the business at all? This was a main topic of discussion for the hosts of the Empire Building Podcast, Wendy Papasan, Sarah Reynolds, Seychelle Van Poole, and Vija Williams.Wendy, Sarah, Seychelle, and Vija have all grown massive real estate empires throughout their own respective markets. Now, they teach others to do the same through their podcast and their live event, Amplify. We talk through some key topics like how all these successful women juggle their business/personal lives, when the right time to say “no” is, how to grow your business, how to hire successfully, and knowing your numbers.All agree that a big part of being successful is saying “no”. That doesn’t mean turning down everything, but it does mean saying no to things that will interrupt your time with family and friends. Sarah, specifically, talks about how she was unable to put her kids to bed most nights of the week, since she was coming home at 10PM from the office. What did she do? She made it a rule to leave by 5PM. This not only helped her be there for her daughter, but allowed her team to take bigger roles.These four women all personify what it means to be successful in business and in life. Not only that, they can help you too find the best way to build a “big life” not just a big business.In This Episode We CoverAnswering the classic “how do you do it all?” questionRunning 7-figure real estate empiresBeing super selective with what you say “yes” toDefining your personal mission and looking at it dailyLearning the power of hiring so your business can build sustainablyFiguring out the profit/loss ratio of your lifeAnd So Much More!Links from the ShowKeller WilliamsBKCO EscrowAMPLIFY EventBiggerPockets Business Podcast 06: How to Manage Your Time Like a Millionaire With Jay PapasanPapasan PropertiesKWKCCheck the full show notes here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/bizshow98

Pēc skaļa paziņojuma par grāmatnīcas slēgšanu Vecrīgā - kā izdzīvo bizness, kā darbinieki? Un vai Covid laiku palīdz pārvarēt lasīšana? Šīs nedēļas raidījuma "Viens pret vienu" viesis ir uzņēmēja un grāmatizdevēja Vija Kilbloka.

*Airdate 6/24/2020 Your host, Greg Lewis, talks to Anna-Vija McClain. Anna-Vija is an award-winning entrepreneur, speaker and sought-after expert on topics related to small business growth and professional development for young, ambitious talent. Her company, Piccolo Marketing, helps small business owners achieve unprecedented growth through the development of marketing strategies, business development campaigns, and implementation of processes and systems that maximize efficiency. Every day the business universe is cluttered with messaging ideas and repurposed content coming from marketers and thought leaders everywhere. As a family business owner, you know you need your messages to stand out from all that chatter, and you also understand that the best way to do that is to create a unique message that stands out. What are some best practices that family business owners should consider? In this episode of Family Business Today Anna-Vija McClain will share: What's in a name? Specifically a family business name as a brand? Will being a family owned business give you a competitive edge in the marketplace? Marketing ideas to build long term relationships with your customers Why training is important to grow your business and your team Tools recommended to use in your content marketing strategy And much more…. To learn more about Piccolo Marketing's Piccolo University, an online marketing training program, visit https://piccolo-university.teachable.com/. To signup for their Mentorship Program go to https://piccolomarketing.com/piccolo-marketing-mentor/. Use Coupon Code ‘family' for a 10% Discount. At the Tennessee Center for Family Business our passion is to help business owners create a positive environment in which their family THRIVES, their business performs and one day celebrate a successful transition. To learn more, visit our website at www.tncfb.com. Until next time, There's No Business Like Family Business…..We Know! Podcast made with help provided by Visual Media Co. https://www.visualmediaco.com/

The guest on this episode of BTL is one that I always seek out when I find out she is at a conference, and to think that she has exploded with tremendous growth just in the last few years. And to think, she mentioned that she thought she was late in the game of leadership. So for all of the listeners out there, have you ever thought to yourself that it's too late in your career to do something different and new? Maybe saying to yourself that, “you're not that young anymore” or “ I'll be dead by the time I could ever do that!” What about in your daily schedule, telling yourself “it's too late in the day to make a good dinner” or “it's too late in the day to get that workout in.” Well I'll be blunt about it. It is never too late. Whether you have these types of conversations with yourself or with others, YOU have to know that it is never too late! Behind the scenes of this self talk is a theme around communication. Learning about and mastering the skill of effective communication is your key. Communicating with yourself, your family, your partner, your peers, your bosses and managers, or your employees is THE special power that we all possess and have the ability to optimize. One of the top superheroes in the skill of communication is the guest of this episode, Vija Williams. One of Vija's many superpowers is communication which has aided in her progression of compounding success from being a solo entrepreneur, to becoming one of the most well known leaders in her industry. Not only is Vija a masterful leader due to her relentlessly persistent work ethic and communication skills, but she also discusses how this carries into her personal life within her family, as well as others that she surrounds herself with - all while running 12 massive entities that support nearly 1500 members. We all are born with the opportunity and responsibility to lead ourselves and furthermore, our option to carry that forward and lead others in our lives to make an impact in their lives. If you get ANYTHING out of this episode, please go ahead and subscribe to the show, leave a review, and share this episode with someone else who can learn from this as well! Win a BTL T-Shirt! Write a review and leave a 5-Star rating - send a screen shot through Facebook, Instagram, or email. Check out Vija's book recommendation HERE! Gain access to the Vija's net worth Calculator, AND her annual goal tracker in the BTL Toolbox by making a contribution to Hopelink. Once you've contributed, send a screenshot of your invoice to thebtlgroup@gmail.com.

When starting your business building relationships are key to success. Some of the most valuable relationships can be a total surprise! Who are the mentors in your life? How have they effected how you run your business? Maybe you are a mentor yourself. How do you navigate and share your experience with your mentees? Today I am chatting with CEO & Founder of Piccolo Marketing, Anna-Vija McClain all about how mentor and mentee relationships are game changers in your business! In this episode, we discuss:- Why it’s important to have a mentor- How to have a successful mentorship- Mentor Opportunities  Key takeaways:-Find a quality mentor! -Prepare an agenda and have a specific goal or purpose when asking for help.-Become a mentor yourself!

Guest Info:This amazing Millennial powerhouse purchased her first home at the age of19, started her business before she was 30, and now juggles running multiple business ventures, multiple homes, and even some real estate properties, An active community supporter and philanthropist she is loved by all who work with and for her. This energizer bunny is a ray of sunshine that will stay in your heart for days to come.In today's podcast, we'll wrap up our Unexpected Transition series. We'll discuss the topic of 'Everywhere' with special guest Anna Vija McClain, a true serial entrepreneur who is literally “everywhere” yet manages to pull off everything from running her business, her home, and how she manages to also find time for her family, her friends, and her life.Topics Covered: Anna Vija tells her story of how she started [02:07]Anna Vija’s Inspirations & Humble Beginnings at an Early Age [07:01]Integration of Business in your personal life [15:01]Self Care of Anna Vija [17:25]Anna Vija’s Better Blend Tip [18:11]Extro [20:33] Quotes:Do not compare your chapter two to my chapter twenty. -Anna VijaKeep doing baby steps, and just one a little step each day, be a little bit better than the day before. -Anna VijaWe need everybody to be different. -Stephanie Connect with STEPHANIE HUFFMANwww.patreon.com/stephaniehuffman Check out Stephanie's Book here! Visit our website: www.betterbrewpodcast.comFollow us on Instagram!Did you like the episode? Subscribe to our podcast for more interesting conversations!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/StephanieHuffman)

25. septembrī, kad pasaulslaveno mākslinieku Marku Rotko šogad pieminām 117. dzimšanas dienā, viņam veltītajā mākslas centrā Daugavpilī noslēdzās jau 16. starptautiskais glezniecības simpozijs „Mark Rothko”, un durvis vēra tajā radīto glezniecības darbu izstāde. Spītējot pasaules notikumiem saistībā ar koronavīrusa izplatību, Daugavpils Marka Rotko mākslas centrs arī šogad aicināja Latvijas, Baltijas un pasaules māksliniekus piedalīties simpozijā un radīt darbus. Šogad uz aicinājumu atsaucās septiņi mākslinieki no Latvijas, Lietuvas un Somijas. „Marks Rotko ir personība, ar kuru lepojas Daugavpils, ar kuru lepojas pasaule. Un kopumā to apvieno viens vārds, ko mēs varam izteikt četros burtos - ZEME.” Simboliski Daugavpils Marka Rotko mākslas centra direktora Māra Čačkas vārdi glezniecības izstādes atklāšanā 25. septembrī Marka Rotko 117. dzimšanas dienā - savijas ar atklāšanā skanošo ģitāras virtuoza Reiņa Jaunā un čellistes Ernas Daugavietes muzikālās koncertprogrammas ar nosaukumu „Zeme” etīdi. Katra dzimšanas diena te, Marka Rotko mākslas centrā, rit mākslinieka piemiņas zīmē, saka Māris Čačka, un tā ir arī tikšanās reize māksliniekiem no daudzām pasaules valstīm, kas 2 nedēļas pirms Rotko dzimšanas dienas tradicionāli pulcējas uz simpoziju un rada pasaules slavenajam māksliniekam veltītus mākslas darbus. Korona vīrusa ietekmes dēļ šogad simpozijā nevarēja piedalīties mākslinieki no tālākām zemēm, kā Kanādas, ASV vai Nīderlandes. Izstādes saturu šogad veido 7 mākslinieki, Vija un Kaspars Zariņi, Nataļja Marinoha un Uldis Čamans no Latvijas, Romualds Balinsks un Toms Rudoks no Lietuvas un Rozmarija Torpo no Somijas. Viņu simpozija laikā radītie darbi šobrīd rotā Markam Rotko veltīto glezniecības izstādi. Izstādi varēs aplūkot līdz 25.oktobrim.

Communication with Vija Williams was even better than I expected it to be. Two years ago, Vija was given the opportunity to manage 8 Keller Williams market centers, working directly under Ben Kinney. Within her first few months, Ben gave Vija six books on communication. Five key principles from within these books have changed Vija’s life and they will do the same for you. **Take Action Item** Follow the “Empire Building Podcast” and get and read the book: “Simply Said.”

Itūreiz aicynojam jius kūpā ar mums gostūs iz kaidu daudzim labi pazeistamu turisma objektu Latgolā – Aglyunys maizis muzeju i captivi pi saimineicys Vijis Kudinis. Tikū, 28. julī, Aglyunys maizis muzejam apritieja 15. gods, sovpus captive ite struodoj vēļ daudzi ilguok. Drupeit paguruse nu daudzūs turistu i sova sirdsdorba Vija Kudiņa vysod gotova uzjimt gostus, tai, kaidā nu dorbadīnu vokoru, kod maizis stuostu izzinuotuoji jau nūbraukuši pi Vijis gastieja Laura Sondore-Strode. Raidejumā runuosim par maizi, dorbu, mīlesteibu i laimi, kas myusūs īlīk pamateigumu i satura dziļumu.

Itūreiz aicynojam jius kūpā ar mums gostūs iz kaidu daudzim labi pazeistamu turisma objektu Latgolā – Aglyunys maizis muzeju i captivi pi saimineicys Vijis Kudinis. Tikū, 28. julī, Aglyunys maizis muzejam apritieja 15. gods, sovpus captive ite struodoj vēļ daudzi ilguok. Drupeit paguruse nu daudzūs turistu i sova sirdsdorba Vija Kudiņa vysod gotova uzjimt gostus, tai, kaidā nu dorbadīnu vokoru, kod maizis stuostu izzinuotuoji jau nūbraukuši pi Vijis gastieja Laura Sondore-Strode. Raidejumā runuosim par maizi, dorbu, mīlesteibu i laimi, kas myusūs īlīk pamateigumu i satura dziļumu.

Enis Bytyqi - Xhamadani vija vija Ani mori Nuse

Enis Bytyqi - Xhamadani vija vija Ani mori Nuse

Wheew! Forbes Contributor and CEO of Piccolo Marketing, Anna-Vija McClain, connects with us to give the play-by-play for your next steps to success, in this high energy episode. An award-winning entrepreneur, McClain shares her journey from hospitality to corporate to successful CEO. This episode hits home with the blue print and the 'how-to' steps to create the revenue + personal fulfillment you desire most.    Anna-Vija on IG: https://www.instagram.com/Annavija Piccolo Marketing on IG: https://www.instagram.com/Piccolomrktg   Special Thank You to Money Crush, for powering our Podcast Week! Money Crush is a money wellness platform specifically created for corporate 9-5 women looking to crush their money goals, establish amazing credit, and level up to live their dreams. For more information on how you can level up and hit your money goals, click here. 

ENTREPRENEURS - This might be the most important broadcast we've ever done. This is be relevant to many, and we received questions about how we're leading in the midst of this chaos. Vija Williams is the Director of Growth of Ben Kinney Brokerages, and leads more than 1,300 agents. She also happens to live in Kirkland, Washington - Ground Zero of COVID-19 in the U.S. Christy Belt Grossman & Linzee Ciprani consult & coach the top teams around North America. Vija has been on the frontlines for almost a month already, and we have been coaching clients on this for weeks. We want to help you navigate these uncertain waters!

Bolīvija – valsts, no kuras mēs ieguvām Latvijā tik populāros kartupeļus un kurā vairs nav Makdonaldu, jo bolīviešiem vienkārši nepatīk ātrās ēdināšanas koncepts. Par Bolīviju runājam tāpēc, ka šajā nedēļā tur bija plānotas valsts prezidenta, viceprezidenta un parlamenta vēlēšanas. Un tās Covid-19 dēļ ir pārceltas un tagad tām jānotiek kādā brīdī starp šī gada 6. jūniju un 7. septembri. Atšķirībā no Dienvidkorejas, kur vēlēšanas, kā mēs runājām pirms pāris nedēļām, nav atceltas vai pārceltas. Bet ne jau tikai par vēlēšanām un kā Bolīvija līdz tām nonākusi mēs vēlējāmies pastāstīt, bet kopumā par valsti, kura ir daudzveidīga ne tikai etniski, bet arī “ekonomiski”. Bolīvija tiešām ir etniski daudzveidīga, un nebūt nav ekonomiski spēcīga. Valstī ir vairāk nekā 11,5 miljoni iedzīvotāji, no kuriem aptuveni piektā daļa ir Amerikas pirmiedzīvotāju rases un gandrīz 70 procenti ir metisi. Šī tiešām ir relatīvi nabadzīga valsts. Tās ekonomikas izmērs ir 35 miljardi eiro un IKP uz vienu iedzīvotāju (pēc pirktspējas paritātes) ir apmēram 7000-8000 eiro jeb aptuveni ceturtā daļa no Latvijas rādītāja. Vienlaicīgi tā ir ar dažādiem dabas resursiem, piemēram, dabasgāzi, sudrabu, cinku un zeltu bagāta valsts. Arī liela arī sojas eksportētāja. Un, starp citu, Bolīvija ir arī trešais pasaulē lielākais kokaīna ražotājs aiz Kolumbijas un Peru. Šos ienākumus gan laikam oficiālajā statistikā neiekļauj. Taču valsts ekonomiskā situācija ir ļoti cieši saistīta gan Bolīvijas politisko dzīvi, gan gaidāmajām vēlēšanām. Un politisko situāciju lūdzām komentēt arī savulaik Bolīvijas kaimiņvalstī Brazīlijā ilgus gadus dzīvojušajam ekonomikas doktoram Jānim Bērziņam, kurš vada Latvijas Nacionālās aizsardzības akadēmijas paspārnē izveidoto Drošības un stratēģiskās pētniecības centru. Jānis Bērziņš ieskicēja nedaudz plašāku kopainu un jau pieminēja arī gaidāmo cīņu par prezidenta krēslu. Un, atklāti sakot, nevis gaidāmo cīņu, bet jau gandrīz gadu notiekošo cīņu, kas ir pilnībā izmainījusi politisko situāciju Bolīvijā. Patiesībā prezidenta vēlēšanas Bolīvijā notika jau pagājušā gada 20. oktobrī. Līdzšinējam prezidentam Evo Moralesam tika prognozēta pārliecinoša uzvara, jo viņa vadībā viena no Latīņamerikas nabadzīgākajām valstīm tiešām bija uzrādījusi atzīstamu ekonomisko un sociālo uzplaukumu. Nabadzība tika samazināta par 60% un IKP uz vienu cilvēku pieauga aptuveni divreiz straujāk, nekā pārējā Latīņamerikā. Un Moraless uzvarēja ar 47% balsu, apsteidzot savu sīvāko konkurentu Karlosu Mesu, kurš, starp citu, savulaik bijis arī pagaidu prezidents. Viņš saņēma 36,5% balsu. Un vēl kāds interesants aspekts par Bolīviju. Proti, Bolīvija ir viena no lielākajām kokas eksportētājām pasaulē un, kā zināms, no kokas iegūst arī jau minēto kokaīnu. Savulaik kokas lapu ekstrakts bija pamatā arī tādam visiem labi zināmam dzērienam kā “Coca-Cola”. Tāpēc joprojām brīdi pa brīdim izskan jautājums, vai “Coca-Cola” dzērienos joprojām nevarētu būt kokaīns? Galu galā, šī dzēriena recepte it kā skaitoties viens no vispamatīgāk glabātajiem cilvēces noslēpumiem. Taču tiek apgalvots, ka kopš šī dzēriena izgudrošanas 1886. gadā līdz pat 1929. gadam kolā tiešām bija neliela daļa kokaīna. Taču tam laikam tas nebūt nebija pārsteidzoši, jo tika uzskatīts, ka kokaīnu saturošas zāles, pulveri un toniki palīdz ārstēt galvassāpes, nogurumu, caureju, astmu un impotenci. “Coca-Cola Company” turpināja importēt kokas lapas no Peru un Bolīvijas līdz pat 80. gadu beigām. Taču pirms astoņiem gadiem, 2012. gada vasarā, “Coca-Cola” kļuva arī par politisku simbolu, jo Bolīvijas ārlietu ministrs Deivids Čokehuanka paziņoja, ka 2012. gada 21.decembrī “Coca-Colai” ir jāpamet valsts. Līdzīgi kā Makdonaldam. Ministrs norādīja, ka pēc 26 tūkstošiem gadu planētas beidzot būs sastājušās tā, lai pieliktu punktu kapitālismam un sāktos komunitārisms. Taču tajā brīdī “Coca-Cola” paziņoja, ka nav ar pliku roku ņemama un pierādīja kapitālismu visā savā spožumā, paziņojot, ka uzņēmums Bolīvijā ir darbojies kopš 1941.gada, atbalstot izglītības un citas iniciatīvas, kas rada pozitīvu sociālu ietekmi uz vietējām kopienām. Līdzīgi kā Bolīvijas ekonomika, arī “Coca-Cola” stabili augot un… plāni investīcijām joprojām ir spēkā. Pavisam drīz sekoja ārlietu ministrijas paziņojums, ka ministra teksti ir izrauti no konteksta un “Coca-Cola”, protams, valstī var palikt.

Tuvojas Lielās mūzikas balvas pasniegšanas ceremonija, kas notiks 25. februārī svinīgā gaisotnē mūsu opernamā. Augstākais Latvijas valsts apbalvojums mūzikā arī Kultūras Rondo rosinājis veidot ciklu, taču šajā reizē nevis iepazīstinām ar nominantiem, (par tiem varat klausīties LR3 programmā „Klasika”), mēs dodam vārdu tiem, kas apmeklē muzikālos notikumus un ir dzirdējuši balvai izvirzītos koncertus un uzvedumus. Mūsu eksperti ir dažādu profesiju pārstāvji, tomēr viņi visi ļoti mīl mūziku. Vērtē Latvijas Universitātes Medicīnas fakultātes profesore Vija Zaiga Kluša, žurnāla "Ir" komentētājs Pauls Raudseps un topošā muzikoloģe Gunda Miķelsone.  

Vija Williams is the Director of Growth for the Ben Kinney Companies (BKCO). BKCO was founded by Ben Kinney in Bellingham, Washington. BKCO owns and operates 6 Keller Williams Realty Franchises in 10 offices that include 1300+ agents across Washington State, which Vija leads. Vija also owns and runs The Vija Group at Keller Williams Eastside. This team of residential real estate specialists focus on the move-up and luxury segments in the Seattle, Washington market. The Vija Group is in the top 1% of Keller Williams worldwide for volume sold. Keller Williams Worldwide has over 170,000 agents. Vija is a co-founder of “Amplify,” a national women’s group that hosts annual events and is comprised of some of the top female business leaders and influencers in the nation.     Vija entered the residential real estate industry in 2001 after a successful career doing marketing and sales for builders and developers. She has been an award-winning Realtor ever since, consistently performing in the top 1% of the nation in sales volume. In 2009-10 Vija took time off to have her third child. She researched and assessed the shifted market and re-entered the industry at a new brokerage, Keller Williams, in January 2011, intentionally targeting the upper-end real estate market. As a result of this renewed focus and energy, Vija tripled her luxury portfolio by 2013. She closed $9M in sales in 2012, and by 2016, Vija Group closed $70M in sales volume, the majority in the high-end and luxury segment. During that time she was a coach for MAPS and part of Gary Keller’s top agent group, a group of 100 of the top Keller Williams real estate agents from the company of 160,000+ agents.     She has appeared on stage at real estate conferences around the nation including the main stage with Gary Keller at “Keller Williams Family Reunion,” and “Mega Camp,” a keynote at the prestigious Inman Connect San Francisco, and a keynote at the Zillow Summit. She has taught and presented numerous times with Ben Kinney, and is a multiple main stage speaker, moderator, interviewer and panelist participant at Inman Connect conferences including Inman Connect New York, Inman Connect San Francisco, and Inman Luxury Connect in Beverly Hills. She has been a guest on numerous podcasts and webinars and panelist, moderator and featured speaker at many regional and local real estate events around the country.     She co-hosted a weekly radio show in the Seattle area called “Real Estate Radio Via Vija” which aired on KKNW 1150 AM and Blog Talk Radio. She runs a leadership program with Ben Kinney to train and mentor current and future leaders in the real estate industry. She is in demand as a teacher and trainer for real estate companies and offices around the nation focusing on how to build and grow real estate teams; how agents can increase their price point and get into luxury; leadership; how to be awesome at failing, and many more.     A Seattle area native, Vija graduated from University Prep High School in Seattle. She received a BA in Political Science from Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. She has been married to her husband Ben Williams for 23 years and lives in Kirkland, WA where she is actively involved with her three kids aged 10, 16, and 18.             In this episode, Karen and Vija discuss:  Success Story of Vija  Commit to Get Leads  Lead generation is a discipline and a habit.  Consult to Sell  Learn how to ask really good, open-ended questions.  Connect to Build and Grow  Grow through others. Listen, establish trust, and know your team.  Success Thinking, Activities and Vision  Amplify those around you. Go into everything with a mindset of adding value to someone else.   Sweet Spot of Success        "If we ever have cold call reluctance or any fear of the phone, it’s because we don’t know who to call or we don’t know what to say."- Vija Williams        *5 Minute Success - Listener Giveaway*   Use the code: 5minutesuccess to receive 25% Off the Win Make Give Event!        Connect with Vija Williams:      Facebook: Ben Kinney Co. 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“His support when I fail makes me more bold.” -Wisdom from Jillene Snell on Episode 9 of The Leader Equation, talking about how her leader Ben Kinney empowers her to fail forward to success. Listen as Jillene and Vija discuss the challenges of someone running multiple businesses and all thing Ben Kinney Companies. We especially love how these relationships were built over time, and that so much time has been invested in how to THINK, not just how to DO.

Sabrina Bazzocchi, Selena Lamenosa Ferrario e Sofia Mazzoni hanno recensito "Il pozzo" (Iperborea) di Regina Ezra. ***Nella quiete incantata di un lago della campagna baltica, durante un’estate dei primi anni Settanta, Rūdolfs, medico di Riga, assapora la sua vacanza solitaria. Costretto a chiedere in prestito una barca in un antico casale, vi trova una donna esile, scalza, in camicetta e pantaloni consunti, lo sguardo sfuggente e impenetrabile che a tratti tradisce una segreta inquietudine, i modi ritrosi che senza volerlo emanano una grazia ammaliante. È Laura, che lì vive con i suoi due bambini insieme alla suocera Alvīne e alla cognata Vija, in un gineceo percorso da tensioni sotterranee e tenere complicità nell’ingombrante assenza di Ričs, in carcere per un omicidio accidentale. Ričs il figlio ribelle di Alvīne, erede di una tragica saga famigliare che ha attraversato il passato nazista e il presente sovietico della Lettonia. Ričs il marito che Laura, nella distanza, ha scoperto di non amare, ma che attraverso la distanza la incatena al ruolo soffocante di moglie devota. Nel succedersi dei giorni e degli incontri apparentemente innocui intorno al lago, fra Rūdolfs e Laura nasce un’intesa di sguardi e di anime sempre più fremente, un bruciante desiderio di vicinanza che si nutre di silenzi carichi di attesa, piccoli gesti che parlano, mani che si sfiorano e per un attimo credono di potersi afferrare. Con una prosa vivida e raffinatissima, capace di rendere l’incanto di un istante e il potere evocativo di un dettaglio, Il pozzo racconta un mondo circondato dall’acqua e avvolto dai lunghi crepuscoli dell’estate nordica, una realtà fluida e sfumata come lo sono i rapporti umani e i paesaggi interiori in cui ci immerge, tra gli effetti più sottili della solitudine e del desiderio.

Dzeja i latgaliskais cauri laikim i paaudzem, navysod seceigi. Novembra pādejā raidejumā, kas itūgod ir ari Andrejdīna, klausitēs jaunuos literatis Ligijis Purinašys sarunu ar dzejneicu i ilggadejū literaturys i latvīšu volūdys školuotuoju Līviju Liepdruvieti aba eistajā pavuordē Smirnovu. Līvija ir vīnu nu literatu, kura roksta kai latvīšu literarajā voludā, tai ari latgaliski, ari juos itūgod izguojušuo ostoituo gruommota „Pa saulis spaitu&Sirsnības ceļos” ir bilingvala. „Latgalīšu literaturai juoatsateista, pa munam, tei vēļ ir tikai sovūs pyrmsuokumūs. Juoatsateista gon vysaidim vierzīnim, gon latgalīšu literaturai pošai.” Liepdruviete ir Līvijis dzejis pavuorde jau nu pyrmuo dzejis kruojuma „Mirkļu mozaīka”, kas izguoja 1999.godā. Dzejneica stuosta, ka tys pi juos atguojs lykumsakareigi, šaļtī, kod beja juoizdūd kruojums ar jauneibys pavuordis laikūs topušim dorbim, asūt jau veira pavuordē. „Tys beja laiks, kod es vaira nabeju sovā jauneibys pavuordē, kas maņ beja Benislavska, bet beju jau veira pavuordē. Tai sasagadeja, ka, asūt Juoņa Eļkšņa aba Latgolys kulturys centra izdevnīceibā, suocem runuot par jaunuoku literaturu, i jis maņ īsaminieja, ka tikū kai ir izguojuse dzejneicys Paulīnis Zalānis pyrmuo dzejūļu gruomota, koč ari itei sīvīte jau ir krītni godūs. Jei asūt beidzūt uzadrūšynuojuse izdūt sovu dzejūļu kruojumu „Cilvēka ceļš”. Tod ari es īsaminieju, ka rokstu dzejūļus, koč ari raksteju tūs jau cīši seņ, nu kaidys 5., 6. klasis. Varbyut raksteju jau ari agruok, bet itys ir tys vacums, ka es jau suoku pīraksteit jūs kladeitē. Jis maņ soka, nu paruodi. Es ari tuos kladeitys beju atnasuse, tai ari topa muns pyrmais kruojums „Mirkļu mozaīka”. Lai nabyutu abižavuoti ni vacuos pavuordis puorstuovi, muni seņči, i nabyutu ari maluots, ka itī dzejūli ir raksteiti asūt jau Smirnovai, jo dzejūli pamatā topa vydsškolys laikā. Tod es īsadūmuoju, ka varātum jimt dzejis pavuordi – Liepdruviete. Munam vactāvam beja foļvarka „Līpu dryva” i tī vys vēļ tei sāta ir, i ari zeme pīder maņ. Nu ituo vysa vot i asu Liepdruviete.” Līvijis pyurā ir pavysam ostoni kruojumi, leluokuo daļa nu kuru saraksteiti latvīšu literarajā volūdā, vys tik pa reizei jei roksta ari latgaliski. Kai pīzeist poša autore, tod latgaliskais jai vysod ir bejs kluotasūšs i tyvs. „Latgalīšu volūda maņ suoce atsagrīzt jau ar pošu pyrmū dzejūļu kruojumu – es nazynu, vīnkuorši taids kai dvēselis saucīņs. Tys latgaliskais vīnolga kotram latgalīšam ir īškā, koč kur īzeists ar vacvacuoku pīnu. Eistineibā jau Latgolā mes asam dyžani sajaukti i saceit, ka asam teiri latgalīši ci latvīši navarim. Latgaliskais, latvyskais, pūliskais – tys vyss koč kur ir sajaukts iteinis ļaudīs.” Vaicuota par latgalīšu volūdu i tuos lītuošonu kasdīnā Līvija pīzeist, ka poša saimē runoj gon latvīšu literarajā, gon latgalīšu, gon ari krīvu volūdā. „Sevkurai volūdai, ka jei ir dzeiva, ir juosapylnveidoj, juoatsateista i varbyut ari juoatsateirej nu līkuo, navajadzeiguo. Kotrā volūdā ir līkais, nu kuo juoatsabreivoj, jo ari latvīšu volūdā sovulaik mums beja tik daudz rusicismu, kuo tik tī nabeja. Niu mes otkon asam puorguojuši iz tū, ka cīši daudz lītojam angļu vuordus, kai ba namonūt, kai ba tys byutu myusu, bet nav. Nav. I tūs eistūs latgaliskūs i latvyskūs vuordus pabeidam koč kur molā.” Līvija atkluoj, ka stuostu ci romanu raksteišona jū eisti nasaista, jo tī ir regulari juosiež i juoroksta ilgu laiku, ar dzeju tys ir drupeit cytaiži. Līvija pīzeist, ka dzejis ailis pi juos īrosts atīt nagaideitai. „Nagaidūt. Ir breiži, ka es vys tik jim ļaunu aizskrīt atpakaļ, nu kureinis jī guojuši. Varbyut kaids cyts sagiun jūs kaidā breidī, jo ja tuos ryndys nateik pīfikseitys, juos koč kur aizīt. Juos napalīk i, ka juos atīt otkon, ta juos jau ir drupeit sovaižuokys. Varbyut skaistuokys, varbyut nā, bet tuos jau ir cytys ryndys. Braucūt ar mašini, es raugu nanūvierzeit dūmys nu ceļa i braukšonys, i pamatā tod narokstu, bet ir bejs ari tai, ka vys tik juopīstuoj koč kur maleņā i juopīroksta puora rindenis.” *** Sižetā Silvija Smagare pastuosteis par Evijis Vasilevskys izdūtū gruomotu „Evalds Vasilevskis (1953–2018)”. Leidz ar gruomotys prezentacejis nūtikšonu Marka Rotko muokslys centrā Daugovpilī tyka atkluota ar Evalda Vasilevska keramikys izstuode „Māla sajūtas”, kas tī niu byus apsaverama leidz 2020. goda 19. janvaram.   *** Itūreiz gromotplauktā literats Oskars Orlavs aba Raibīs īsavērs Ligijis Purinašys debejis dzejis kruojuma „Sīvīte” puslopuos. {module widgetid="50" id="media" action="singlepic" imgid="210310" layoutid="0" layout="" static=""}  

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Vija Williams director of growth at Ben Kinney Companies and top 1% achiever talks about how a broker can build a successful real estate team.

Jedrt Lapuh Maležič: Vija vaja ven Jacques Prévert: Besede Mathieu Lindon: Kaj pomeni ljubiti Borut Korun: Utopija in resničnost Recenzije so napisali Martina Potisk, Nina Gostiša, Andrej Lutman in Marjan Kovačevič Beltram.

Nancy Lim: During the mid and late 60s, she was especially interested in what she called ‘impossible images'. So for example: flames, explosions, clouds. Things that are impossible to fix and pin down. Vija Celmins: I actually had a friend who was doing houses in a very different kind of way. Tony Berlant: I remember when Vija made these little houses, which was sort of my trademark at the time. But Vija's had this specific quality. The drama of her very personal intense imagery. Vija Celmins: They're World War Two images from clippings that I had started collecting. Looking for images that were maybe a little more connected with myself. Tony Berlant: I very much remember Vija telling me the experience of running through the streets with buildings on fire all around her during a bombing raid. Vija Celmins: Kind of a going back over my childhood, and I think this, especially the houses, look a little bit like toys, which is kind of nice. Nancy Lim: One opens up and the other does not. The fur, it's real fox fur. And so you might look at it and immediately think this is so soft. How nice would it feel if I put my arm in there, but who knows what's at the bottom…

Vija Celmins: I used to walk my dog on Venice Beach. And I was hunting for images, you know, like I hunt for the image, and then I put it in another context. That's pretty much what I do. Tony Berlant: I remember the first time I saw a whole bunch of photographs sitting just inside her front window and saying you know, what, what are these? And she said, oh, those are just some photographs I took from the end of the pier. Vija Celmins: I wanted to kind of get down to a more specific spatial thing. So I picked up the pencil. I started drawing and I thought of it like a documentation of one surface onto another one. Gary Garrels: She did not allow herself to erase at any point. This is all just building up the image through a series of different strokes and letting parts of the paper become more apparent. So the lighter sections are where there's more of the paper showing through. And if she made mistakes, then the drawing was destroyed. In looking at them, they're rather like small miracles that anyone could have this amount of focus and attention and the kind of magic of transforming a very ordinary photograph into this extraordinary object. Tony Berlant: For decades, I lived with one of these pictures and it feels like the dream not quite remembered. It's almost like these pieces have a scent or a taste to them. Not just what you see visually but a kind of feeling state that's subtle—they're very much outside of category. And what's left is Vija.

Vija Celmins: I painted everything in my studio and I was starting to look for other images to use. This is a letter from 1968. And it's a letter from my mother. I used to have the letters drop in on the floor of the studio through the mail slot. I was starting to do some drawings. Giving painting a little break, and this is one of the early drawings, getting kind of used to using a pencil. Gary Garrels: She added what look like stamps, but are very tiny drawings of war scenes, and disasters, and bombings, which recall her memories of having grown up in Europe. Her family fled her native country, Latvia, in 1944, just as the Soviet troops were invading. They spent the next four years moving between refugee camps in Germany until they were resettled to Indianapolis, where Vija then grew up. She moved there at the age of 10, not speaking any English, and drawing was something that was incredibly important for her. So this drawing of the letter, I think is a reference back to the idea of being displaced. In moving to Los Angeles, she really didn't know anybody. She was alone. And I think, obviously, this letter from her mother had some special place in her life at the time.

Vija Celmins: You're looking at a painting called The Heater, a painting I did in 1964. I was in graduate school, UCLA, about 24 years old. I was floundering around in my painting. Doing mostly abstract expressionist painting, and I fell into this period where I was throwing away a lot of ideas. So I started painting these simple paintings of objects in my studio. Like the heater you see here, and my lamps. I painted my refrigerator, all the food. And the idea was that I wanted to kind of quiet down and just look and paint. Like eye to brain. Tony Berlant: The irony to me always with Vija is the understated small quietness is so dramatic and engulfing. Especially during a period when people were making big, gestural, abstract, muscular paintings. She always felt that the rules did not apply to her.

Vija Celmins: I think I just came upon this photograph of a web and I was thinking, “My God, this guy, the spider, was, you know, doing my drawings, reflecting a beautiful two-dimensional plane.” Nancy Lim: She found this image in the early 1990s. One of the things that she liked about it was that it felt a little bit lonely and she's always liked that quality in her source images. Tony Berlant: They're very seductive in making you want to look at them. It's understated, but it is that Vija thing of drawing you in. Vija Celmins: I found myself sort of remembering about lines. I'm not a line person. You know, I'm a mass person. I kind of organize masses. Nancy Lim: She realized there was something too exciting about the spider web. You know, its connotations of despair and of breaking down and of age. There was something that seemed so sensational, she wanted to leave all of that behind. Vija Celmins: I wanted the images to stay more bland so you would focus more on really how they were made or how were they were not made. So I stopped. Because I'm always stopping and starting and thinking about what painting might be.

Introduction Vija Celmins: Maybe what I would like is the viewer to have an experience that is a sort of a waking up experience like drawing in a breath and saying, “Oh!” Nancy Lim: Welcome to the audio guide for Vija Celmins: To Fix the Image in Memory. I'm Nancy Lim, assistant curator of painting and sculpture here at SFMOMA. Gary Garrels: I'm Gary Garrels, the Elise S. Haas Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture at SFMOMA. This is an exhibition I've been thinking about and planning and working on for almost 10 years and I hope you will find it as engaging as I have. Nancy Lim: We'll also be hearing from Celmins' longtime friend and fellow artist Tony Berlant. Tony Berlant: I think I first met Vija around 1962. She was just so technically accomplished. Vija Celmins: Most of my work and the images I work with come from my own ordinary life activities. I'm not a symbolic painter or political painter, I don't have any real big message in that way. It's a looking experience.

Vija Celmins: You're looking at a painting called The Heater, a painting I did in 1964. I was in graduate school, UCLA, about 24 years old. I was floundering around in my painting. Doing mostly abstract expressionist painting, and I fell into this period where I was throwing away a lot of ideas. So I started painting these simple paintings of objects in my studio. Like the heater you see here, and my lamps. I painted my refrigerator, all the food. And the idea was that I wanted to kind of quiet down and just look and paint. Like eye to brain. Tony Berlant: The irony to me always with Vija is the understated small quietness is so dramatic and engulfing. Especially during a period when people were making big, gestural, abstract, muscular paintings. She always felt that the rules did not apply to her.

Vija Celmins: I painted everything in my studio and I was starting to look for other images to use. This is a letter from 1968. And it's a letter from my mother. I used to have the letters drop in on the floor of the studio through the mail slot. I was starting to do some drawings. Giving painting a little break, and this is one of the early drawings, getting kind of used to using a pencil. Gary Garrels: She added what look like stamps, but are very tiny drawings of war scenes, and disasters, and bombings, which recall her memories of having grown up in Europe. Her family fled her native country, Latvia, in 1944, just as the Soviet troops were invading. They spent the next four years moving between refugee camps in Germany until they were resettled to Indianapolis, where Vija then grew up. She moved there at the age of 10, not speaking any English, and drawing was something that was incredibly important for her. So this drawing of the letter, I think is a reference back to the idea of being displaced. In moving to Los Angeles, she really didn't know anybody. She was alone. And I think, obviously, this letter from her mother had some special place in her life at the time.

Nancy Lim: During the mid and late 60s, she was especially interested in what she called ‘impossible images’. So for example: flames, explosions, clouds. Things that are impossible to fix and pin down. Vija Celmins: I actually had a friend who was doing houses in a very different kind of way. Tony Berlant: I remember when Vija made these little houses, which was sort of my trademark at the time. But Vija’s had this specific quality. The drama of her very personal intense imagery. Vija Celmins: They're World War Two images from clippings that I had started collecting. Looking for images that were maybe a little more connected with myself. Tony Berlant: I very much remember Vija telling me the experience of running through the streets with buildings on fire all around her during a bombing raid. Vija Celmins: Kind of a going back over my childhood, and I think this, especially the houses, look a little bit like toys, which is kind of nice. Nancy Lim: One opens up and the other does not. The fur, it's real fox fur. And so you might look at it and immediately think this is so soft. How nice would it feel if I put my arm in there, but who knows what's at the bottom…

Vija Celmins: I used to walk my dog on Venice Beach. And I was hunting for images, you know, like I hunt for the image, and then I put it in another context. That's pretty much what I do. Tony Berlant: I remember the first time I saw a whole bunch of photographs sitting just inside her front window and saying you know, what, what are these? And she said, oh, those are just some photographs I took from the end of the pier. Vija Celmins: I wanted to kind of get down to a more specific spatial thing. So I picked up the pencil. I started drawing and I thought of it like a documentation of one surface onto another one. Gary Garrels: She did not allow herself to erase at any point. This is all just building up the image through a series of different strokes and letting parts of the paper become more apparent. So the lighter sections are where there's more of the paper showing through. And if she made mistakes, then the drawing was destroyed. In looking at them, they're rather like small miracles that anyone could have this amount of focus and attention and the kind of magic of transforming a very ordinary photograph into this extraordinary object. Tony Berlant: For decades, I lived with one of these pictures and it feels like the dream not quite remembered. It's almost like these pieces have a scent or a taste to them. Not just what you see visually but a kind of feeling state that's subtle—they're very much outside of category. And what's left is Vija.

Introduction Vija Celmins: Maybe what I would like is the viewer to have an experience that is a sort of a waking up experience like drawing in a breath and saying, “Oh!” Nancy Lim: Welcome to the audio guide for Vija Celmins: To Fix the Image in Memory. I'm Nancy Lim, assistant curator of painting and sculpture here at SFMOMA. Gary Garrels: I'm Gary Garrels, the Elise S. Haas Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture at SFMOMA. This is an exhibition I've been thinking about and planning and working on for almost 10 years and I hope you will find it as engaging as I have. Nancy Lim: We'll also be hearing from Celmins' longtime friend and fellow artist Tony Berlant. Tony Berlant: I think I first met Vija around 1962. She was just so technically accomplished. Vija Celmins: Most of my work and the images I work with come from my own ordinary life activities. I’m not a symbolic painter or political painter, I don’t have any real big message in that way. It’s a looking experience.

Vija Celmins: I think I just came upon this photograph of a web and I was thinking, “My God, this guy, the spider, was, you know, doing my drawings, reflecting a beautiful two-dimensional plane.” Nancy Lim: She found this image in the early 1990s. One of the things that she liked about it was that it felt a little bit lonely and she's always liked that quality in her source images. Tony Berlant: They're very seductive in making you want to look at them. It's understated, but it is that Vija thing of drawing you in. Vija Celmins: I found myself sort of remembering about lines. I'm not a line person. You know, I'm a mass person. I kind of organize masses. Nancy Lim: She realized there was something too exciting about the spider web. You know, its connotations of despair and of breaking down and of age. There was something that seemed so sensational, she wanted to leave all of that behind. Vija Celmins: I wanted the images to stay more bland so you would focus more on really how they were made or how were they were not made. So I stopped. Because I'm always stopping and starting and thinking about what painting might be.

Over her 18 year career in hospitality and business management, Anna-Vija McClain has become an expert in small business efficiency and growth. Starting in restaurants at the age of 16, she worked her way up in the Private Club industry, before leaving to start her own marketing company for small businesses, Piccolo Marketing. Working with small business and entrepreneurs, she and her team provide an “outsourced Marketing Director” model, coaching “on-demand” and executing strategic marketing campaigns to build a successful brand at an affordable budget. Anna-Vija is passionate about helping small business owners create scalable businesses with amazing company culture! She is dedicated to helping the small business community through her coaching services and online learning platform, Build Your Damn Business. In addition, she is the youngest mentor at SCORE Nashville, a non-profit offering volunteer coaching to entrepreneurs. She has helped hundreds of business owners grow their personal and professional brands! Anna-Vija is active in the Nashville community through numerous charities, Boards, and volunteer efforts. She has served as as the President of the Nashville chapter of Women in Digital, and serves on the Board of Directors for Mental Health America of the Mid-South. Anna-Vija frequently speaks at events such as HubSpot’s INBOUND conference, and colleges, including the Vanderbilt Owen Business School, Middle Tennessee State University Jones College of Business, Belmont University, and Volunteer State Community College.________________________________________________________________________________________________________-Shoutout to the sponsor of the podcast:DDP Yoga www.DDPYoga.comAll music on this episode is from the amazing JAKE OVER. Find him on Facebook.This podcast is all about this statement ~ "Be The Teacher You Needed." It's a simple statement, with a huge mindset shift. 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Saatekülaline on Põlvast pärit lauljanna Kadi Vija, kes on viimased 13 aastat elanud Soomes.

Pisateljica in prevajalka Jedrt Lapuh Maležič je v svojem tretjem pripovednem delu oziroma v svojem drugem romanu z naslovom Vija vaja ven upodobila junakinjo oziroma antijunakinjo, ki išče duhovno spoznanje, vendar se na tem duhovnem potovanju srečuje z vrsto ovir, najvišja med njimi je - njen jaz. Več o berljivem romanu, ki je izšel v knjižni zbirki Piramida pri založbi Litera, je avtorica povedala v pogovoru z Markom Goljo za oddajo Izšlo je, prebrala pa je tudi odlomka iz romana. Vabljeni k poslušanju tukaj in zdaj. Foto: Marko Golja

2019 is the year for engagement.   It’s so much more than just posting online or pushing out content. Honestly, every business can do that. What makes someone unique or makes a business different is how they engage with their audience and the community of people around you.   There are a million ways you can take your brand to the next level and how you can be more engaged as a brand. I had the pleasure of speaking to Speaker, Coach and Marketing Strategist,  Anna-Vija McClain right before the start of 2019 and I can not be more excited to share it with you today! TRIBE OF UNSTOPPABLES: www.kellyroachcoaching.com/community INSTAGRAM www.instagram.com/kellyroachoffical SHOWNOTES www.kellyroachcoaching.com/annavijamcclain

Raidījums Latvijas stāsti Latvijas simtgadei šoreiz dodas uz Salas novada Salas pagastu pie Biržu tautas nama vadītājas Vijas Pazuhas. Viņa 30 gadus nostrādājusi skolā, bet jau sešus gadus vada tautas namu. Šai laikā Biržos izveidoti 11 pašdarbības kolektīvi, kopā ar vīru Vija tautas nama apkārtnē izveidojusi vairākus vides objektus. Par godu Latvijas simtgadei, Biržos tiek adīta 100 metrus gara šalle un top peoniju dobe. Vijas Pazuhas trīs dēli ar ģimenēm un seši mazbērni visi dzīvo un strādā Latvijā.

Rubrikos „Melomanas klauso” svečias - sociologas Karolis Žibas. Jis - didis melomanas ir neeilinė asmenybė. Taip apie Karolį sako jo bičiulė ir kolegė Vija, rekomendavusi Karolį pakviesti į radijo laidą. Kalbino Inga Ramoškaitė.

Rubrikos „Melomanas klauso” svečias - sociologas Karolis Žibas. Jis - didis melomanas ir neeilinė asmenybė. Taip apie Karolį sako jo bičiulė ir kolegė Vija, rekomendavusi Karolį pakviesti į radijo laidą. Kalbino Inga Ramoškaitė.

Vija Williams SUCCESS CALL ***Note: If you can not see the audio player above, REFRESH your browser and try again. . . . . To listen on iTunes, click HERE. To listen on Google Play, click HERE. To download, right click the “Download” link below and “save as” to your computer. Download FULL Running Time: […]

In this episode, Vija and I cover everything from her passions for real estate, baths, carbs, and exercise… to her fearless, fabulous perspective on FAILURE! Put your seatbelt on – this is going to be a wild ride!     Prefer to listen on Stitcher ?... The post CHAT: Fearlessly Fail Forward w/ Vija Williams appeared first on Debra Trappen.

What are the responsibilities of a real estate professional? These days, the answer isn't so simple. From designing websites and logos, to blogging and social media, to managing all kinds of software, today's real estate pros have a wider range of tasks than ever before. Sometimes, with all that extra work, agents lose sight of their most important priority: to grow their business. But Vija Williams has her eye on the prize. For Vija, the devil isn't in the details: it's in the big picture, with every transaction, every interaction, measured against a clear, long-term vision of success. As a real estate coach and leader to an award-winning team, Vija has helped dozens of agents build a more methodical, more thoughtful business. In this far-reaching interview, Vija Williams offers her tips for building a clear, confident real estate brand, and explains why long-term planning is the best way to achieve short-term success.

Former Digg CEO, Andreessen Horowitz entrepreneur in residence, and long-time Amazon employee Matt Williams put together an ex-Amazon dream-team to take the pain out of home projects. Matt joins us live in the studio to talk about Pro.com and it's recent partnership with the National Asssociation of Realtors, and how it can help homeowners with home maintenance and preparation for listing.Join real estate influencer and leader Vija Williams for Real estate radio via Vija. This is a weekly show where we talk about what's buzzing in the Puget Sound real estate market and across the nation. Vija Williams is a well known real estate agent in the Seattle area and her husband co-host is also a Realtor in Seattle. Vija and Ben discuss consumer and industry related topics in a fast-paced, witty and entertaining way every Monday 9-9:30am PST on BlogTalkRadio/ViaVija.

Former Digg CEO, Andreessen Horowitz entrepreneur in residence, and long-time Amazon employee Matt Williams put together an ex-Amazon dream-team to take the pain out of home projects. Matt joins us live in the studio to talk about Pro.com and it's recent partnership with the National Asssociation of Realtors, and how it can help homeowners with home maintenance and preparation for listing.Join real estate influencer and leader Vija Williams for Real estate radio via Vija. This is a weekly show where we talk about what's buzzing in the Puget Sound real estate market and across the nation. Vija Williams is a well known real estate agent in the Seattle area and her husband co-host is also a Realtor in Seattle. Vija and Ben discuss consumer and industry related topics in a fast-paced, witty and entertaining way every Monday 9-9:30am PST on BlogTalkRadio/ViaVija.

Melanie Wright, interior designer and Principle of M Studios Inc, joins Vija and Ben to discuss, "Ten Ways to Dramatically Improve Your Curb Value"  If you are listing your home, the first goal is to get the buyer into the house.  It they pull up and your house looks dreary or blah, the buyer won’t be nearly as excited as they will be if you add some fresh pops of color, fresh landscaping and maybe pavers for a walk or a white picket fence.  Melanie, discusses how to get the most "bang for your buck" and where to focus your attention to make the exterior of your home shine above the rest.  Mleanie has practiced interior design in and around the Seattle area for more than 17 years.  She works with builders and private clients to achieve fantastic design with exception functionality.  She is an amazing colorist with a keen eye to great style and design.  Melanie has worked with the Vija team on a variety of projects for the past 10 years.Via Vija Real Estate Radio  is a weekly show where we talk about what's buzzing in the Puget Sound real estate market and across the nation. Vija Williams is a well known real estate agent in the Seattle area and her husband co-host is also a Realtor in Seattle. Vija and Ben discuss consumer and industry related topics in a fast-paced, witty and entertaining way every Monday 9-9:30am PST on BlogTalkRadio/ViaVija.

Melanie Wright, interior designer and Principle of M Studios Inc, joins Vija and Ben to discuss, "Ten Ways to Dramatically Improve Your Curb Value"  If you are listing your home, the first goal is to get the buyer into the house.  It they pull up and your house looks dreary or blah, the buyer won’t be nearly as excited as they will be if you add some fresh pops of color, fresh landscaping and maybe pavers for a walk or a white picket fence.  Melanie, discusses how to get the most "bang for your buck" and where to focus your attention to make the exterior of your home shine above the rest.  Mleanie has practiced interior design in and around the Seattle area for more than 17 years.  She works with builders and private clients to achieve fantastic design with exception functionality.  She is an amazing colorist with a keen eye to great style and design.  Melanie has worked with the Vija team on a variety of projects for the past 10 years.Via Vija Real Estate Radio  is a weekly show where we talk about what's buzzing in the Puget Sound real estate market and across the nation. Vija Williams is a well known real estate agent in the Seattle area and her husband co-host is also a Realtor in Seattle. Vija and Ben discuss consumer and industry related topics in a fast-paced, witty and entertaining way every Monday 9-9:30am PST on BlogTalkRadio/ViaVija.

Join real estate influencer and leader Vija Williams and her husband cop-host Ben Williams for Real Estate radio via Vija. This week they talk to China trade expert Peter Hurme about the Chinese influence in the Puget Sound marketplace. Did you know that Chinese investors are by far the largest foreign home purchasers in Washington? And that Washington state is #2 to California for highest percentage of Chinese purchasers? Learn how this affects you as a home owner and purchaser in the Seattle area.This is a weekly show where we talk about what's buzzing in the Puget Sound real estate market and across the nation. Vija Williams is a well known real estate agent in the Seattle area and her husband co-host is also a Realtor in Seattle. Vija and Ben discuss consumer and industry related topics in a fast-paced, witty and entertaining way every Monday 9-9:30am PSTon BlogTalkRadio/ViaVija.

Join real estate influencer and leader Vija Williams and her husband cop-host Ben Williams for Real Estate radio via Vija. This week they talk to China trade expert Peter Hurme about the Chinese influence in the Puget Sound marketplace. Did you know that Chinese investors are by far the largest foreign home purchasers in Washington? And that Washington state is #2 to California for highest percentage of Chinese purchasers? Learn how this affects you as a home owner and purchaser in the Seattle area.This is a weekly show where we talk about what's buzzing in the Puget Sound real estate market and across the nation. Vija Williams is a well known real estate agent in the Seattle area and her husband co-host is also a Realtor in Seattle. Vija and Ben discuss consumer and industry related topics in a fast-paced, witty and entertaining way every Monday 9-9:30am PSTon BlogTalkRadio/ViaVija.

Join real estate influencer and leader Vija Williams and her husband co-host Ben Williams for Real Estate radio via Vija. This week they talk to Cody Touchette, of Caliber Home Loans, about the new TILA RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule, which went into effect August 1, 2015.  Cody will talk about the important changes, their impact on future transacations and what you need to know to be sure your closings happen on time and glitch free.This is a weekly show where we talk about what's buzzing in the Puget Sound real estate market and across the nation. Vija Williams is a well known real estate agent in the Seattle area and her husband co-host is also a Realtor in Seattle. Vija and Ben discuss consumer and industry related topics in a fast-paced, witty and entertaining way.

Join real estate influencer and leader Vija Williams and her husband co-host Ben Williams for Real Estate radio via Vija. This week they talk to Cody Touchette, of Caliber Home Loans, about the new TILA RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule, which went into effect August 1, 2015.  Cody will talk about the important changes, their impact on future transacations and what you need to know to be sure your closings happen on time and glitch free.This is a weekly show where we talk about what's buzzing in the Puget Sound real estate market and across the nation. Vija Williams is a well known real estate agent in the Seattle area and her husband co-host is also a Realtor in Seattle. Vija and Ben discuss consumer and industry related topics in a fast-paced, witty and entertaining way.

This week Vija and Ben have the opportunity to talk LIVE with real estate professional and entrepreneur, Ben Kinney. Earlier this summer Ben announced that he acquired ActiveRain, a real estate blogging platform and social netowrk for real estate professionals.   In addition to fielding questions from Ben and Vija, Ben will answer questions posed by Dianna Kokoszka, CEO of KW MAPS. After only 10 years in the real estate business, Ben now owns and operates one of the top 25 producing real estate teams in the nation from all brands.  He owns and operates multiple Keller Williams Realty Franchises that includes over 800 agents cross seven locations, servicing over six counties.  This episode, featuring true real estate power houses is NOT to be missed.This is a weekly show where we talk about what's buzzing in the Puget Sound real estate market and across the nation. Vija Williams is a well known real estate agent in the Seattle area and her husband co-host is also a Realtor in Seattle. Vija and Ben discuss consumer and industry related topics in a fast-paced, witty and entertaining way.

This week Vija and Ben have the opportunity to talk LIVE with real estate professional and entrepreneur, Ben Kinney. Earlier this summer Ben announced that he acquired ActiveRain, a real estate blogging platform and social netowrk for real estate professionals.   In addition to fielding questions from Ben and Vija, Ben will answer questions posed by Dianna Kokoszka, CEO of KW MAPS. After only 10 years in the real estate business, Ben now owns and operates one of the top 25 producing real estate teams in the nation from all brands.  He owns and operates multiple Keller Williams Realty Franchises that includes over 800 agents cross seven locations, servicing over six counties.  This episode, featuring true real estate power houses is NOT to be missed.This is a weekly show where we talk about what's buzzing in the Puget Sound real estate market and across the nation. Vija Williams is a well known real estate agent in the Seattle area and her husband co-host is also a Realtor in Seattle. Vija and Ben discuss consumer and industry related topics in a fast-paced, witty and entertaining way.

The San Jose Museum of Art is pleased to offer this audio tour to compliment your visit to the exhibition De-Natured: Works from the Anderson Art Collection. In it you will hear commentary by curator Heather Green, interviews with several of the artists in the exhibition, and insight into the collection provided by Harry W. Anderson himself. You can download it to your iPod or other audio device for your next visit to the museum! In this episode Vija Celmins speaks about her two drawings in the exhibition De-Natured: Works from the Anderson Collection; on view at the San Jose Museum of Art October 13, 2007 - January 6, 2008. Broadly defined, to denature is to change the character or condition of something. In the milieu of contemporary painting, sculpture, and work on paper seen in this exhibition, it is the connection between artist and nature that has changed. Gone are the romantic vistas and picturesque scenes of traditional landscape painting. Instead we find images of pollution and alienation that mirror the post-war urban-industrial landscape, depictions in which artistic media have been pressed into embodiments of natural elements (and vice versa), and abstractions that highlight a distance between the world perceived and the world represented. Featuring works by artists such as Wayne Thiebaud, Roy DeForest, David Hockney, Vija Celmins, Ed Ruscha, Frank Stella, Louise Nevelson, and Richard Diebenkorn, the art of De-Natured presents a sampling of the many ways that artists have engaged with their changing environs. At a time when we are increasingly “growing up denatured,” as one New York Times writer recently described the divide between urban and pastoral life, these artistic collisions with nature (or its absence) have much to tell us about our own relationships with the environment, both natural and urban. This exhibition was curated by Heather Pamela Green, a doctoral candidate in Art History at Stanford University, and features work drawn from the Collection of Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson, as well as the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco's Anderson Graphic Arts Collection.