Overcoming Disappointment – Lesson from the Oscars – Motivational Moment

Dr. Mitzi, from the Red Rock Canyon area in Summerlin, Nevada, speaks about  overcoming disappointments.  She discusses how Avatar was beat out by The Hurt Locker at The Oscars  to get best picture and best director.  Kathryn Bigelow made history being the first woman ever, in the 82 year history of the Oscars, to receive an Oscar for Best Director. Only three women have been nominated before her: Lina Wertmuller for Seven Beauties, Jane Campion for The Piano and Sofia Coppola for Lost in Translation. Barbara Streisand who presented the award was clearly delighted saying as she opened the envelope: "Well, the time has come."

The Hurt Locker, one of the smallest budget movies to be nominated for several decades, defeated the enormous budget, highest grossing movie of all time, Avatar.   In all Hurt Locker won a total of six Oscars; picture, director, original screenplay, sound editing, sound mixing and film editing, to Avatar’s three Oscars for cinematography, visual effects and art direction.

Interestingly, Kathryn Bigelow and James Cameron were married to each other from 1989 -1991.  In an interview  with James Cameron before the Oscars on National Public Radio’s (NPR’s) Fresh Air, Terry Gross asked him how he felt about being up against his former wife at the Oscars.  He had only kind words to say, both about her work and talent.  He stated that her accolades were way overdue and that he was always the first to cheer when she had success.  He asserted how he had steadfastly promoted and supported her career and that while they had been married for two years twenty years ago they had been colleages, collaborators and close friends since then, with him producing two of her movies, one after they had divorced.

In another interview before the Oscars James Cameron confided to Charlie Rose, that his fantasy outcome would be for Avatar to win Best Picture and for Best Director to go to Kathryn Bigelow. When Charlie Rose asked him if he truly would be happier with that than if he took both awards himself, Cameron said : "Honestly, yes." 

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Interview with Dr. Will Tuttle, Author of the World Peace Diet – Peace for All Species

Dr. Will Tuttle, author of The World Peace Diet and recipient of The Peace Abbey’s distinguished Courage of Conscience Award, has  taught over 20 different college courses, in topics such as mythology, philosophy, comparative religion, and creativity. His Ph.D. in education from the University of California, Berkeley, focused on educating intuition in adults,  was nominated for the Best Dissertation Award. A Dharma Master in the Zen tradition, he has done intensive training in Korea, and has practiced meditation for over 35 years, studying contemplative Christianity, and a variety of non-Western spiritual traditions.

Dr. Will is devoted to planetary awakening through spiritual education and to spreading uplifting original music through concerts and his critically-acclaimed albums, the latest being The Call, OceanPrayer, SkyHigh, AnimalSongs, Islands of Light, and Ascension.

Rev. Tuttle travels with his wife, Madeleine, a Swiss visionary artist, providing seminars, concerts, lectures, TV & radio presentations, meditation retreats, exhibits, and individualized music and art portraits.

In this video Dr. Will discusses his book, The World Peace Diet . He shares startling statistics regarding the numbers of animals killed for food each day in the United States and discusses the benefits to our planet of moving toward a plant-based diet.  

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Ice Skating Gold Medalists Dick Button and Peggy Fleming

Skating sure has come a long way!   Enjoy these videos of by-gone days.  

The wonderful Peggy Fleming

The Golden Age of American Figure Skating

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