If you followed my Mayo Clinic adventure on Instagram, you already know I was there being treated for a rare lung disease (chronicled in 5 IG posts, starting here). Although not life threatening, I just discovered that it will take about 18 months to heal, which includes 2+ hours every day of self-care/breathing exercises. Yikes. … Keep reading…
For over 12 years I traveled the US for my corporate job, dreaming of the day when I could become a full time artist a second time (full story here). I repeatedly asked the Universe (all 12 years) to make it “damn obvious” when would be the highest good time to quit. In 2018, I … Keep reading…
Since quitting my day gig to pursue art full time in 2018, I had been in a never-ending experimentation phase, searching for my artistic voice, not knowing when and if I was ever going to find “it”. As a result, before 2021 I had never launched more than one original art collection in a single … Keep reading…
After creating over 100 collages during March, and launching 33 of them as the PURE JOY collection in April, I jumped back into creating one-collage-a-day in May. HOWEVER, I got off to a bit of a rough start. As odd as it sounds, I suddenly couldn’t remember HOW to start a collage. So instead of … Keep reading…
Every January I read about people choosing a word that will define or be the focus of their year ahead. They choose powerful words like TRUST, OPEN, REST. And although I truly love this concept as I’m all about having a spiritual focus, I just realized why I have never chosen a word for the … Keep reading…
On January 1, 2020, I challenged myself to… Create one hour of art a day for 30 consecutive days. Why? I hadn’t been in the studio for over a month, and the longer I stalled, the more excuses I invented to block me from starting. It turned out that this simple goal was just what … Keep reading…
People often tell me that I look organized. The truth is that I’ve spent much of my life quite scattered, sporadically focused on what mattered most . That is until I stumbled on the motivation hacks I’m about to share with you, which usually shift me into a natural and joyful flow. Hack Number One … Keep reading…
I can’t tell you how many times I have rewritten this post. I’ve been hesitant to share out of fear that I’d say the “wrong” thing, unintentionally offending my Black brothers and sisters out of ignorance about systemic racism and my role as a White woman in sustaining it. So even though I’m still learning, … Keep reading…
Before I start creating art each day, I follow a very specific ritual to both ground me in the present moment, and to connect spiritually both to the art and my higher power. Although this daily ritual has been tweaked many times over the years, it has contained most of the following steps, but not … Keep reading…