It is good to feel lost… because it proves you have a navigational sense of where “Home” is. You know that a place that feels like being found exists. And maybe your current location isn’t that place but, Hallelujah, that unsettled, uneasy feeling of lost-ness just brought you closer to it. ~Erika Harris
Work and inspiration
“Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.” ~ Pablo Picasso Isn’t that the truth? Last week, when I feeling especially uninspired, I decided to spend some time in my studio in hopes for Inspiration to find me. I closed the door behind me, to shut out all distraction. I futzed around, cleaned my
Authenticity and art
I’m a part of an artist’s group on facebook and one of us shared a quote that really speaks to authenticity: “If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don’t write, because our culture has no use for it.” -Anais Nin So… BREATHE
Actualize, my word for 2012
I have signed up for an inspiring online class called Ali Edwards’ One Little Word 2012 class and picked my word. It’s a word to focus on for the whole year – I’m a little ADD so finding one word to focus on for a whole year was challenging! I really like Andy Warhol’s quote
Healing and the Peace Paper Project
I found this paper art making event on Facebook that I want to share with my readers: http://www.facebook.com/#!/events/210256935724304/ It is so cool! They continue the practice of hand papermaking and use fibers that hold significance. For example, a war veteran could bring some papers and clothing fibers that are meaningful to them, and they transform
Believing you can and doing it
I have mentioned that I took Kelly Rae Roberts’ class to learn ways to develop and grow my creative business. It helped me a lot to envision what I would like to do and to act on some things. It certainly has piqued my creativity! Right now I’m working on cementing a 6 foot sculpture,
Dreaming and peace
I was really moved by the article about the guy who helped the kid who mugged him (previous post). It got me thinking about my dream that inspired the question “if you were writing a recipe to create world peace, what would you include?”. (Note to self: write dream down in my dream journal first
Compassion and peace
I came across a story that touched my heart. It is the best example of how we can create positive in our lives through compassion and seeing the human being in each of us. This guy was mugged by a kid and was able to see and touch his humaness and actually help him. The
Blogging and growing
I love Lisa Call’s art and I look for her artwork and blog from time to time. Today I discovered her article called “8 Big Benefits of Blogging for Your Art Career”. It’s really good – I hope you read it – and it got me thinking. She talks about the value of writing from the heart,
It’s up to us!
I have this posted in my clay studio that’s in the Poudre Studio Artists and Galleries part of the Poudre River Arts Center and my home studio as well. I read this before I begin working in my studio…it’s a wonderful reminder that what I think, what I say, and what I create is all up to me,