Have you read Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert? I’m re-reading it now. It’s a guide for overcoming fear and living a creative life. Gilbert tackles the obstacles and misconceptions around what it means to be an artist. Yes, it’s a self-help book but written in such a personal voice that, after reading it the first […]
There’s something “secret” I do when I create and it’s really something just for me but somehow seems appropriate to share with you at this moment. I start all my work with a heart, every motif is built with some sort of heart element included. Sometimes it’s implied in the negative spaces or more overt. […]
I’ve been self-soothing, avoiding my newsfeeds, ignoring the dirty dishes, and neglecting my tangled up curly mop (permanent bedhead, I’m afraid). The World feels heavy. Breathe in. If we could all just stop and think and see that we’re all the same and somehow, at the same time, accept that we’re all different; that different […]
1 MIN. READ The price of apathy is the soul becoming inextricably tethered to the suffering of others; which is to mean we are complicit. Never abdicate power to the darkness or let it replace your strength with fear. Remain human; remain in the light. Continue to give hope to the voiceless so they will […]
I’ve posted previously about this being a difficult year for so many of us and, honestly, I believe it’s probably going to continue that way. I had an interesting conversation with a friend yesterday about the lenses through which we view the world…lenses that are affected by our good and bad experiences – our weaknesses […]
May is Mental Health Awareness Month “A mental illness is a condition that affects a person’s thinking, feeling or mood. Such conditions may affect someone’s ability to relate to others and function each day. Each person will have different experiences, even people with the same diagnosis.” Did you know? Approximately 1 in 5 adults in the […]
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