Feelings are a Gateway to Soul Our world mixes feelings with emotions all the time. Yet I truly believe they are very different entities. Feelings are full of the senses, and more than just the basic 5 of touch, taste, smell, sight, and hearing. Many say there are at least 9, with scientists thinking there…… Continue Reading
Mom made the BEST Angel Food Cake! I had raptured on so much about the absolutely light, heavenly, melt in your mouth Angel Food Cake that my Mother used to make at Easter and for Birthdays, that my husband order one for Easter. Just the thought of the cake from my childhood brought visions of…… Continue Reading
Macroscopically, all Matter constantly Moves in Rhythmic Patterns. We are waves, we are particles. Restless, flowing, unceasing movement vibrates continually within every stone, piece of metal, leafy growth, and body. Waves are everywhere to be seen. Ever see the video of the flocks of starlings over Rome as they whirl, stream, in ebb and flow…… Continue Reading
I immerse myself in Art & leave the world behind. Many years ago, I was divorced when my daughter was just a year old. Week-ends when she visited her father, left me rambling around finding something, anything, to stop the chatter of my monkey mind. I found myself at the Chicago Art Institute many times.…… Continue Reading
Do it Right or Not at All!! My new foam roller, advised by my chiropractor and talked about as the new cure-all for aches and pains, came without CD or booklet. So investigating all over the internet revealed some interesting facts. First of all, on YouTube, you’ll find everything from really directed rolling for certain…… Continue Reading
Society is in mass hypnosis about Counting Years. Nothing holds more negative baggage than Birthday numbers! Whole industries are based on it. Everything from ‘over the hill’ greeting cards, to TV programming schedules, try to keep pulling us back into some fabricated age label. One of my past students, even posted a FB ‘game’ to…… Continue Reading
Standing is the Way There’s an interesting movie from the UK on HBO lately, “About Time”, where the leading man, a lawyer, is in court when the Judge enters. The Bailiff calls “The Court is Up Standing”, and everyone rises! Great line, but truly, standing has been shown to be the best way for your…… Continue Reading
My husband says I’m tenacious, in a good way. Once I decide to do something, I see it through to the end. I think I had to be, growing up in Cicero, going to a big ten University, long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away. At that time, the boys were always…… Continue Reading
Learning to paint by copying the Masters Since Renaissance Times, this is how painting was taught. You attempt to get the pose, the look, the brushstrokes, the negative shapes, size, proportions, and energy of the Old European Masters. In fact, at one time, classes were held in museums where students had easels and media to…… Continue Reading
Doing Art takes us to the Immense fertility of the Dream World Doing this latest assignment for my online painting class, is like a seeing a Journey to the Other Side. The layers of reality we actually live in, but don’t usually pay attention to, are brought together in a real hands on way. Echoes…… Continue Reading
