The Quiet Power of Setting an Intention After I returned from teaching my art retreat in France, I wrote about something I was still trying to understand: how an experience could be absolutely wonderful and completely exhausting at the same time. Read it here: BOTH THINGS CAN BE TRUE The response to that article surprised … Keep reading…
Knowing Your Priorities Is the Easy Part. Living Them Is Different. Recently, I shared the four priorities that matter most to me at this point in my life. I’ve been thinking about them recently, mostly because I’ve discovered that naming your priorities is the easy part. Living them is where things get interesting. When I wrote … Keep reading…
My Top 4 Priorities in Life (And Why Art Isn’t #1 Anymore) A few years ago, someone asked me what my top priorities were, and without giving it much thought, I immediately said, “Making art.” At the time, that answer felt completely true. Art had become such an important part of my life, and so … Keep reading…
From the very first collage I created in my thirties, I dreamed of doing art for a living. But life has a way of asking us to set our dreams aside for a while. There were mortgages to pay, a corporate career to build, and responsibilities that demanded my attention. The dream never disappeared, though. … Keep reading…
Last Sunday I drove 12 hours to one of my favorite places on earth – the Omega Institute in upstate NY – where I attended a 5-day art workshop with Flora Bowley, the artist that taught me to paint many years ago. And even though I’ve been back home for a couple days, my head is still buzzing with … Keep reading…
My artwork continually wakes me up long after I sell it. And truthfully it’s the title of each collage that ends up being the teacher. Let me explain. I choose artwork to post to Instagram each day based on how it looks in my grid of top 9 posts. THEN I notice the title and am often … Keep reading…
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…
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…
Now on my 12th and final chapter following The Artist’s Way, I have ANOTHER confession. It’s taken me many more than 12 weeks to get to this point. My process got stalled around week 8 when life sent me on a wild roller coaster ride with almost every minute of every day scheduled. However, in … Keep reading…