Lessons From the Shifting Seasons“The year will move on no matter what, but by paying attention to it, feeling its beat, and noticing the moments of transition—perhaps even taking time to think about what we want from the next phase in the year—we can get the measure of it.” – Katherine May, WinteringHere in the beautiful Finger Lakes region of …
A New Beginning, A New Enchantment
A New Beginning, A New EnchantmentThere are a hundred shades of green outside the studio window, wildflowers and forests all around, love and laughter every evening with family, delicious local butter, crisp New York apples, handmade lamb sausage, thunderstorms! Life has turned a rich technicolor hue since we landed in Upstate NY’s Finger Lakes region where we now call home. …
Goodbye California
We are MOVING! We are leaving behind the ethereal salt marshes and magical oak forests of the majestic California Central Coast for the enchanted waterfalls, lush woods and verdant hills of quaint, Upstate New York! I can hardly believe it now that it’s finally happening, we never thought we’d leave California. I had planned on growing roots here, my art bound to the land my heart beats to.
On Fall Cocooning & Rejuvenation…
On Fall Cocooning & Rejuvenation”Close both eyes to see with the other eye.” -Rumi ***** How do we know when its time to retreat? For me it begins with a restless yearning for stillness. The kind of replenishing stillness that quietly slips away from my every day the more I fill it up with digital noise and to-do lists. I …
Learning To See Again : Creative Lessons from Meditation
Creative Lessons from Meditation“When we do not trouble ourselves about whether or not something is a work of art, if we just act in each moment with composure and mindfulness, each minute of our life is a work of art.” ― Thich Nhat Hanh ***** I’ve realized in recent years that painting is like meditating. The harder one grasps, the more …
32 Wonder Walks Into the New Year
32 Wonder Walks Into the New Year“A walk is only a step away from a story, and every path tells.” ― -Robert MacFarlane, ‘The Old Ways, A Journey on Foot’ Dear Wonder-Seekers, Short days, cold evenings, holiday gatherings and cozy blankets by the fire make December some of the toughest months for Wonder-Walking. And yet, with the whirlwind of the …
Repercussions of A Creative Adventure
Repurcussions of A Creative Adventure“The life that I could still live, I should live, and the thoughts that I could still think, I should think.” —C. G. Jung, The Red Book I had talked of a yearning for creative solitude in a recent Travelogue entry, but not even then, fresh from Summer’s creative adventure, could I have ever foresaw what would change in …
Tools for Creative Solitude
Tools for Creative Solitude“There is no art without contemplation.” ― Robert Henri I’ve been feeling a hunger for solitude these days. not the kind in the studio where I’m still plugged into a hundred different ways to say hello, but the kind that allows shy thoughts and ideas buried deep in the unconscious, to bubble to the surface. Do you …
Secret World Of the Artist: When It’s Not About the Magic
I used to think that the evocative work of my favorite artists was possible only because there was a little bit of magic involved-like the stars being aligned when they were born or they had access to a secret world of inspiration that I didn’t. It wasn’t that I doubted my artistic or creative skills, but clearly there was a …
My Year of Brave
This year took all my long-held beliefs of myself and exploded it into millions of tiny brilliant pieces of blossoming possibility. I am changed. THE BRAVE PROMISES KEPT 1. Childhood. My best friends and I made a childhood dream trip come true. Prince Edward Island was all that was quaint and old-fashioned and magical. For a week, I was Anne Shirley, charmed …