Hi Beautiful People, Happy June! I hope this finds you well and happy. I am plugging away on my book...what a process! I just read an old article in the New York Times written by an author of 14 books. He said 81% of people feel they have a book in them and he was...
Confucius said, “Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” Why then do some people see beauty in every person and in every situation and others don’t. “Seeing” beauty is not just a matter of using our eyes. It’s also a practice of living with our heart wide...
The challenge to create a fashion inspired mixed-media art piece celebrating the love of style motivated me to take action. I had recently taken a series of photographs of two stunningly beautiful friends in the art park I manage. The backdrop of industrial buildings,...
Simple pleasures are the millions of tiny miracles that take our breath away. Gazing at the fiery brilliance of the sun melting into the horizon, the smell of fresh cut hay, the sound of a light rain hitting a tin roof or the invigorating feeling of jumping into a...
I just received an email asking where Creativity-it's in our DNA-Part 2 was...and I just found a couple of the paragraphs below written over a year ago in a my blog drafts. I have no idea where I was going with this entry...but I'll pick up where I left off. Last...
The prompt to create art with spring as the inspiration spoke to me. After the stillness of winter, spring stirs with magic and promise. We say goodbye to winter’s early setting sun and inner solitude. We welcome the returning light, long shadows, children’s laughter...
This is published in the March/April 2015 Somerset Studio...my mom is the babe on the right. How hard can it be to keep up a blog. Apparently for me it's difficult!!! It's been forever since I've made an entry. The end of last year was certainly emotionally rough. ...
Many of us begin our creative journey with trepidation and uncertainty. We think other people are creative but harshly judge our abilities. Slowly we begin to get our sea legs although we know we haven’t quite found our unique artistic voice. Our creative exploration...
