Author Archive
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Moving Along – Dealing with Uncertainty and Change
18 Nov 2016It feels like a boxing match, a cage-fight – though I’ve never been to either. Maybe it’s worse than that. After a year and a half of sustained attack, brutal defamation, taking up camps – the U.S. Election is over. It always amazes me that people are so uncomfortable with ambiguity. We all know, we […]
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See(a) Life
04 Nov 2016Sometimes, I ‘m a sucker. Like an sucker mouth catfish, I suck up the energy of the stuff around me. Maybe it’s part of being an artist, or maybe it’s part of being a human…but, I don’t particularly like it. Especially when it’s not good stuff…it…well, sucks. Let’s assume, for the sake of conversation, we’re […]
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Mired in the Quicksand
28 Oct 2016This is a repost from a previous post – which is pretty much what a repost is. Finding this one was helpful to me today – maybe it’ll be helpful to you, too. Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.” […]
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This Unholy Mess
21 Oct 2016Ever notice how when you get all caught up in the world you’re in tangles and dreadful and unhappy? I think I speak for a lot of us in the U.S. when I say this election has taken a toll on our personal relationships, our faith in our country and any semblance of inner peace […]
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Sacred Spaces
14 Oct 2016Creative spaces are sacred. Each time I enter a fellow artist’s creative space, I feel honored for the privilege of being there. Studios seem to hold concentrated energy – the very vibrations the artist, the ones he or she uses to create their work. As I wrote poetry at the river this week, I realized […]
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Remembering What I Don’t Know
07 Oct 2016Sometimes, you have to remember what you don’t know. Sometimes, you have to sprinkle a little trust dust on the world and go with the flow til it all shakes out. We’re dog people. We have dogs because we have big, fur-lovin’ hearts and weak minds that thrive on endless, extra work. Dog people. “Some […]
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My Life of Utter Excess
30 Sep 2016I live a life of complete and utter excess. If I were smarter, that would be all I would say…but no… because I’m excessive. This doesn’t mean I live a lavish life-style, travel the world, over-eat and drink or spend until I’m over my head. I might have a few too many bites of pizza, […]
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Life is Two-Faced
23 Sep 2016There are two ways to view the world, I think. The first world-view comes from what others tell us. This includes what we read in newspapers, magazines, on the web, see on TV and hear on the radio. It’s a life scripted by the media. The second view comes from observation in day-to-day living. This […]
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Stillness
16 Sep 2016Stillness. Some are made uncomfortable by it. Stillness is avoided, filled, ruffled and, on the integer scale, falls squarely into the “negative” category. Stillness is often an undervalued commodity in our lives. We have no need for it until we don’t have it. Then, when we get a taste of it, we’re instantly grateful, take […]
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Do You Haiku?
02 Sep 2016Recently, I’ve been writing haiku and using the word in my artwork. Today, I’ll share a few of the poems. They focus on our interrelatedness in the world, our actions and intentions and how our small daily acts can impact humanity as a whole. These haikus are on long, skinny paintings I call “Totems.” Because […]
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Mind Your Manures
26 Aug 2016My mind is fertile. Even in childhood, I was the one with my head in the clouds, dreaming, scheming, generating ideas and questioning the world. Fertile minds can work for us or against us. It depends upon the fertilizer, really (click to Tweet). A mind full of dung generates steaming, fetid, heaping piles of shit. […]
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It’s Been a Busy Summer
12 Aug 2016It’s been a busy summer. There’s been traveling, art shows, and curating and installing other artist’s exhibits. I’ll be back soon. Summer vacation is about to end. I hope you’re enjoying the close of summer. Maybe when it’s over, we can all get some rest. 🙂 Savor the magic of summer, Michelle Andres is […]
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Gardening Tools – Tending Healthy Friendships
01 Jul 2016Tend your healthy Friendships – like flowers – and enjoy their blooms. Earlier this week, I read someone’s thoughts about how we sometimes defend other people, claiming, “Deep down they’re a nice person.” We all have or have had these people in our lives, who we felt needed our protection. I’ve previously referred to them […]
