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During the creative process – your beautiful space.
In Other News: It’s great feeling to know when someone’s got your back. And I know a whole bunch of you have got mine, as evidenced to the response of my random/mistake piece of email that went out to some of you on Wednesday (just wanted to make sure you are reading everything I…
We “grow up”. We become fearful, stilted, stymied, and sadly— we are confirmed in our doubtful thinking. Given a nod by the world around us that this indeed is how it works. Life is hard. Few make it. Dreams are for fools. Don’t expect much. Sometimes it feels as if the collective way of thinking…
Just askin’ I think you know the answer. So… What do you plan to do about it? Where your talents and the needs of the world cross lies our calling” ~Aristotle Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because the world needs people who have come…
Like the negative space in a still life set up define the objects within (we don’t often think about it, but without those, how would we know the shape of a tulip? Or the size of a sunflower?) my siblings have helped define me. I am the baby of the family which can mean many…
What are we practicing? Hmmm. There have been many books written on the how to’s of making art. Specifics on mathematically precise ways to achieve a desired result—the nuts and bolts of creating something. I have no argument with this. I have in fact delved, consumed and put into practice a fair number of the…
Be the first to love what you do. When we are willing to make what wants to be made rather than make what we want, we become open to new directions” ~ Julia Cameron Be the first to love what you do. “Creativity is the mind at play with the materials that it loves.” …
You work at life so hard Take a moment, look at your reflection You show up, tired or not, feeling loved or not, to do the work you were sent to do You are one amazing light. Reflect and remember Be kind to yourself Be gentle with yourself Be kind and gentle to yourself this…
Everything that is ours, that has come to us, is part of our life’s work, our reason for being–part of the mosaic that is us To treat each piece, each segment, each portion with love with awe with wonder….. is to realize the gift of life and of the present The present which is alive…
This got a giggle out of me because it is so simple and yet so true. The only gift, the very best gift we ever have to share with anyone is ourselves. Our true selves. The more we can be and live to that higher self, the real us, the more everyone around us benefits. Years back, I had a friend who…
It first comes as a shadow, a glimmer, a thought so tiny that if we are too busy, to caught up in the rush, to noisy in our thoughts, we will only catch it on our peripheral radar–and too late, when we are ready to turn our head and focus–the blip on the radar will…
