Touching the Magic with art as our vehicle, we enter the inner journey. This is a time to honor, share, and transform our stories. Each of us is moved by the fires and storms of the land and sea, the consuming of homes, and the changing of lives happening around us. Personal Transformation happens when…… Continue Reading
Navigating the Sea of Life, I stand grounded on The Shore, gazing out across the Unknown. The surface movement is the result of deep energies, currents, and power, bringing ebb and flow into my life. In the distance, clouds rise, almost as a Cave of Light, an unending destination leading to more adventures over the…… Continue Reading
The Puzzle of Life is complicated. It’s as though ‘life before’ was a 3-D puzzle, full blown with gears and wheels turning continually. We certainly didn’t make it. But we were trained to live by its rules, fit in, and be a cog in the works. Then the pandemic hit. The puzzle has fallen to…… Continue Reading
Weekly classes rule the day because that’s absolutely the best way to practice art. You don’t have to sit for 3 hours a day, or even every day for that matter, to really master art skills & techniques. Repeated baby steps a few times a week assimilate art memories into your body. Your body remembers…… Continue Reading
Listening to your Art Makes Doing Easy Listening to your art only happens when you are engaged in doing it. It’s just like people, interaction with others, shared ideas, and supporting friends uplift and carry you forward. Encouragement, input, questions and dialogue go a long way to enriching any experience. Also, the longer we put…… Continue Reading
4 Art Play Tips to make strong art starts with sitting with the object, the scene, or the image for awhile. Making a cloud or water from ‘Thinking Mind’ is nothing compared to seeing it with ‘Artist’s Mind’. See as an artist sees. How does it move? If you can get your body moving in…… Continue Reading
The easiest way to play and bring balance into your body, mind, and soul, is to return to art. We were all artists as kids. With pencil or crayon, we colored and scribbled our way happily through life. We’d lose ourselves away from thinking and into doing. Plus we didn’t do it for anyone else…… Continue Reading
What is an artist? Someone asked me if I paint every day. No, I really don’t. But I create every day. As the doors open to the Art & Mentorship Program, I’ll say it offers art with this idea in mind. Art in small bites with inspiration and art stories in between is an easy…… Continue Reading
Make a decision & Make Art How to get unstuck, in any situation in these uncertain times, is a 2 step process: 1) make a decision, and 2) take action. Simply do it. Do the scary thing. Every creative person has been there. Strangely, the only way forward is to make more art. We are…… Continue Reading
Making Art From the Heart Strengthens Intuitive Intelligence Making Art from the heart is trusting your intuition. Doing art in this way builds confidence in your Self in every part of your life. So, no longer looking for answers out there, your inner knowing tells you how to live, what to create, and what actions…… Continue Reading
