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Posts Tagged with ‘Creative Expression’

  • Silence

    04 Sep 2015

    (This post is republished from 9/1/15 – still pertinent. I hope you enjoy. As always, your comments and thoughts are welcome. We learn through sharing.  ~m ) Silence is priceless. It’s a precious space where the feet of our souls, not the soles of our feet, find solid ground. In silence we can contemplate, innovate, […]

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  • Studio Space – A Place to Call Your Own

    21 Aug 2015

    How important is studio space to creating the art you love? What impact does it have on your work? To some of us, the surroundings are vital to success…to others, the impact is minimal. I know people who’ve made art in basements, in garages and at kitchen tables. I once made a mosaic bench on […]

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  • Noticing the Difference

    27 Feb 2015

    If there are keys for getting from where you are now, to where you want to be, one of them surely is ‘noticing the difference.’ (click to Tweet) Noticing the difference is like peeling an onion. Differences, nuances of shades, exist on so many levels. Sometimes, for me, the awareness is fleeting. I get a glimpse […]

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  • Bone Tired

    25 Dec 2014

    This is a re-post from May. I’m not “Bone Tired,” but this time of the year, I reckon some of you are. I hope you enjoy and take a deep breath ~m I’m bone tired. It’s been a crazy couple months doing the thing I love most…and I am still bone tired. It feels like […]

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  • Illuminate Your Fear

    10 Oct 2014

    Donald Neale Walsch said, “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” Several years ago, I began a quest with a pledge of “fearlessness.”  When I segued from the corporate world to work full time as a writer and artist, I made a pledge to do my work courageously and without care for what […]

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  • 12 Steps and a Trip

    25 Jul 2014

    Put me in a 12-Step program. I’ve been through one before, but that was eons ago. 12-Step programs offer fantastic structure with “rules for accountability and living.” Back in the day, it was clear whose shit was whose right from the start, and yes, ahem… I did make a small, negative contribution to the “problem.” […]

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  • Don’t Touch the Money!

    11 Apr 2014

      “Don’t touch the money!” There’s a saying I’ve heard from golfers, especially when things are looking particularly promising. “Don’t touch the money” is the warning. I’m an artist and my husband is a golfer. There are many parallels between the two endeavors. Sometimes, at our dinner table, we banter about golf and art…truth. Consider […]

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  • Lessons from a One-Year Old

    28 Mar 2014

    Today is the First Birthday of “The Art of a Well Lived Life.” Time for a party! Bring in the clowns, the ponies and let us consume copious amounts of CAKE (preferably chocolate)! Setting out to simply share some thoughts and be a solid resource for creatives by using my corporate chops, a year ago […]

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  • 20/20 is Hindsight

    14 Mar 2014

    I remember, years ago, asking my mother the benefit of getting older. I was sure there must be a big payoff for relinquishing one’s dewy youthfulness, a prize like a parade or Clearing House Sweepstakes. After all, the exchange for creaky knees and wrinkles does seem somewhat inequitable. Nada. That’s what she told me. I […]

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  • Series-ous Directions

    06 Mar 2014

    Having the vehicle and directions to get where you want to go is priceless. But, what happens when we’re in unfamiliar territory? Recently, I came to a crossroad and didn’t have a map. No stinkin’ Garmin…no road signs. Nada. Sometimes, as we’re traveling the path of our natural, creative evolution, we get lost. It may […]

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  • Walking the Tightrope

    14 Feb 2014

      When you work on your own, it’s easy to get into an unproductive rut. The demands of everyday life can pull you off track. Soon, you find, you’re taxiing kids, doing the laundry or waiting for repair people. Did you get into the studio? Nope. Take care of that upcoming marketing piece for your […]

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  • Priming the Pump

    23 Jan 2014

    It can take a while to prime the pump. Inspiration flows, but not as reliably as the city water district. We can’t count on it to make our artistic endeavors more palatable. Other times creativity flows as if a dam burst. We don’t have a big enough bucket to capture it all and some of […]

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  • Old Friends

    17 Jan 2014

    Last weekend my public studio space was open for our local city art event. Lots of interesting people pass through…all great admirers of art…or at least admirers of the cheese, crackers and, let’s face it, probably the wine. A quiet, young woman came through with her significant other. She silently viewed the studio. She saw […]

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  • This Free Spirit

    13 Dec 2013

    This free spirit sings aloud, filled with mirth.  This free spirit sometimes partakes of dessert before dinner.  This free spirit dances with dogs, many of them, all at once. This free spirit feasts eyes upon bold and lively colour palettes.  This free spirit sports costumes which please her…sometimes to the amusement of others.  This free […]

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  • It’s Not Always a Masterpiece

    09 Aug 2013

    I paint. My husband plays golf. It’s not always a masterpiece and his round is not always par. As a matter of fact, he’s yet to shoot a sub-par round. And me…that masterpiece….well, never you mind. I’d written another post for this week. I said, “This really sucks. I won’t publish it.” Then it occurred […]

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  • Hearing Voices

    02 Aug 2013

    I think of myself as fearless. But. I’m. Not. About 8 years ago I publically declared my intention to become a crazy old lady in my later years. That statement liberated me. It made it possible to be creatively fearless and do stuff that would make the faint of heart run and hide. I put […]

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