The Creative World balances out the Logical One… People need creativity! By ‘Creativity’ I mean the jumping in with both feet, getting your hands dirty, non-planning, just making something out of nothing, and trying techniques you’ve never done before, FUN Experience. It’s as necessary as Breathing for the life spark of imagination to grow, expand,…… Continue Reading
Moons connect you to the Cycles of Life I see so many ‘groups’ evaluating 2014, and setting feelings for 2015. It doesn’t excite me. It seems more like ‘work’, doesn’t come easy, and certainly isn’t in the flow of ‘play’. I don’t know what I feel for next July, but I do know what I…… Continue Reading
So I decided to Play Again! I brought out the polymer and shaped horses, then made molds of them. I drew out horses and patterns, turned them into transparencies, and made solar plates. I wrote my own language, made another transparency and another solar plate. Then I started shaping, rolling, pressing, forming the magical PMC…… Continue Reading
Words to Unite Us, Words to Shatter Us. In my 22yr career of high school teaching, I often taught Art and English. English was my minor at U of I. I’d focus in on the Power of words and how they affected us. We’d find examples of “propaganda” words as they were called back then.…… Continue Reading
Be aware of New Ideas Flowing In! As you comb your hair, brew your coffee, make your breakfast, have a notebook handy to write down any inspired thoughts that flow in from the ‘Other Side’. Just creating this attitude of Expecting inspiration, gets it flowing. You see, the mundane things we do, take showers, wash…… Continue Reading
It’s Strange the things that can affect you deeply! For the last 2 days, the wind has been howling like a train engine tearing past the house. Trees crack in the forest, deck chairs relocate, our wooden hanging goose on the porch keeps knocking on the door! I woke up feeling so ill at ease.…… Continue Reading
Make Time for Something New. The New Year is in full swing! Ignite the Fire Within. Do something new and creative that you’ve been wanting to do. Try something you’ve never done before, or do something in a new way. Take an online or in studio class, cook a new dish. Go somewhere different that…… Continue Reading
“The Power of Now”….Eckhart Tolle What excites me? What ignites my passion? Not listing what worked and what didn’t over 2014. Not fitting into someone else’s dream & squeezing my thoughts in between their framework. No lists, schedules, or yearly plan. I’ve done that before. This has to be something else. I’m ready for ‘Something…… Continue Reading
We Each have our own Reality! I continue to think about stopping the hurt, saying the right magical thing to ease the wound, comforting and ‘fixing’ things to make it better. Well….do what you can if you must, but be aware that the only true way to move on in this world is to accept…… Continue Reading
Moving On in 2015! This is a time for a fresh start, a deep breath of fresh air, as you begin to view the Choices for the New Year. 2015 is nearly here. We’ve all had good times and sad times, but what you bring into 2015 is totally up to you. Not up to…… Continue Reading
