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ron winnegrad
Ron Winnegrad has been a Perfumer and teacher for 46 years. As a perfumer, Ron has been able to express the world he sees through a rainbow of olfactive and emotive visions. As a teacher, Ron has helped others to see fragrance through his own multi sensorial lens.
IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED that we have two eyes for two different reasons. The eye is there for the display of LOVE, EMPATHY, JOY and to show the excitement of LIFE. The eye cannot lie, it cannot fake the EMOTIONS of LOVE, EMPATHY, JOY and the excitement of LIFE. […]
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WHAT HAS…Winnegrad WHAT HAS the same beautiful sound as the birds singing in the morning, or the sound of a symphony orchestra playing your favorite piece, or the sound of the wind gently blowing slowly through the trees? To have that same beautiful sound would be the sound of someone […]
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COUNT THE NUMBER…Winnegrad COUNT THE NUMBER…Winnegrad So when you went to sleep last night did you COUNT THE NUMBER of people that you ASSISTED that day? How many strangers did you bring a smile to their faces by saying hello to them as you passed them on the street? When […]
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THE FIRE THAT MELTS THE BUTTER HARDENS THE EGG. It is how one handles themselves with STRESS that determines if one is BUTTER or an EGG. If you take a STRESSFUL experience as one of LIFE’S many lessons to learn from then you fall into the category of being EGG-LIKE. […]
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BEING DIFFERENT was posted 3 years ago, I absolutely feel it needs repeating in these times. It is DIFFICULT being thought to be DIFFERENT or to be seen as DIFFERENT. You may pay a price for BEING DIFFERENT, but it is important to not fear to be DIFFERENT. At home, […]
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The following quote from Georgia O’Keeffe altered my way of working with fragrance the third year of my 53 year career. Miss O’Keeffe said; “I found that I could say things with COLOR and SHAPES what I could not say in any other way, things that I had no words […]
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A TEDDY BEAR has many roles in other peoples lives. A TEDDY BEAR can be a; FRIEND, AN EDUCATOR, A MENTOR, A COACH, A GURU AND AN OVERALL FRIEND FOR COMFORT. The TEDDY BEAR asks for nothing in return just the knowledge that it was always available for the PERSON. […]
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HAVING FEAR changes one’s reality on life. FEAR comes from; panic, anxiety, cowardice, doubt. There are those that dedicate their life for more power, more authority, more show so that they can be more influential. They FEAR that they will not be appreciated otherwise. FEAR IS THE DECREASE OF CLARITY, […]
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As a TREE, we also have seasons where we flourish and seasons where we lose our leaves. Given time the leaves grow again. This is called WINTERING, when we lose our leaves. WINTERING is the season for tending to the inner garden of the SOUL, that is when we humans […]
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I will not be upset if anyone accuses me of having too much SPACE between my ears. Remember, Debussy said music is the SPACE between the notes. Cezanne said SPACE in a painting makes the observer’s imagination work. Lao Tzu said empty SPACE gives usefulness. SO….. THE BEAUTY IN LIFE […]
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