One year ago today, I set up my new art studio. The next day, on January 5, 2015 at 5 a.m., I got up to watch the sun rise from my studio window, pulled out an unfinished collage, and started playing. In those simple moments, my heart exploded with joy, tears welled in my eyes, and all I could say was “I’m … Keep reading…
Happy day after Christmas! Nice to have all that busyness behind me, although all the festivities were oh so fun. Especially opening gifts with my love and cooking our traditional Christmas breakfast together. Our day was so quiet and peaceful, at times boring, and that was healing too. After so much travel and Christmas prep … Keep reading…
I LOVE watching the sunrise rise from my studio window. Pictures don’t do this justice, but in the far background, you can see the lake – its a little slice of blue in the bottom center of the picture. I don’t live ON the lake, but at least I have this sweet lake view in the … Keep reading…
I’ve made it to day 30 of my challenge to do art everyday, and get up at 5am to do it! Yahooooooo!!!!! Now what? This worked so well, I don’t want to stop. But before I start another challenge, and perhaps extend this one, I want to consider what worked and didn’t work with the … Keep reading…
Yes, I’m finally home in my studio! I’m walking around this heavenly space in awe of its beauty, as if I’ve never seen it before. Still committed to my 30 days, I just realized that for the past two mornings I got up without an alarm. Wow. Love that this is 5am thing is not only … Keep reading…
Before I started my 30 day commitment, I would give lip service to making art my priority, but many things would distract me. Now my feet are being held to the fire by this 30 day commitment, and documenting my journey along the way. This is working so well, that I envision this turning into a 60 day … Keep reading…
My daily ritual has now begun in earnest. No more saying that I get up at 5am, but in reality its more like 6:30 or 7:00 am. I’m testing out a new theory – set my alarm for 4:50am, providing the luxury of hitting the snooze button once. For some reason, that simple extra 10 minutes made getting … Keep reading…
A peak at my home studio Let’s be real – finding time to create can be a challenge, but it can be done. Many others before me have done it, like JK Rowling from Harry Potter fame and Joseph Cornell the collage artist, who both had full time jobs as they created their art. To give … Keep reading…