Shine Your Lovely Light – Darkness & Healing
December 4th, 2024Shine Your Lovely Light – Darkness & Healing Shine Your Light The light is receding into darkness earlier now. Our monthly Mandala and Creativity gathering began and ended in the womb like darkness of fall. Our last gathering was on the third night of a clear sky full moon, the Beaver Moon, when beavers shelter […]
Shared Creativity, Hope, Lemonade from Lemons
November 1st, 2024Shared Creativity, Hope, Lemonade from Lemons We shared the joys of nature’s beauty, diverse creativity and unexpected expressions. It had been two months since the last get together of our Mandala & Creativity Circle. September’s Circle was cancelled when I fell the day before, dislocating my shoulder and breaking my arm. Fortunately, we all gathered […]
Before the “Break” October Blog
October 6th, 2024Before the “Break” This blog is about creativity before the “break”. The “break” was an actual fall I had two weeks ago in Chicago on the L train platform. My husband and I were on our way to the airport to come home. I fell, dislocated my left shoulder and broke my arm bone near […]
Super Moon, Mandalas & More
September 2nd, 2024Super Moon, Mandalas & More It was the first of three nights when the August super moon shone brightly in the sky. This blue moon of late summer was also the Sturgeon Moon, named for the abundance of sturgeon fish in the Great Lakes. This is a time of harvest, of gathering the bounties of […]
A Forever Friend – Creative Flow
August 5th, 2024Special & Sacred Space The special and sacred space where our monthly Mandala & Creativity Circle meets is like a forever friend. No matter how much time has passed since last getting together, there is an instant connection as if no time has passed. We hadn’t gathered together since April. May was cancelled due to […]
A Creative Retreat – Time Alone with Creativity
June 4th, 2024No Distractions A gift of time to be immersed in creativity came my way a week or so ago. A forced stay at home for almost 2 weeks with a no driving mandate, became a time of playing with colors, shapes, paints, paper and more. Minor surgery on one of my toes was how this […]
Getting Loose & New Shared Creativity
May 3rd, 2024Getting Loose & New Shared Creativity Taking time to make art within a circle of friends is one of the most profound ways of finding our deep centers of creativity. In that finding, new marks are made and images appear, often as if by magic. There is a union of artist, art materials and creative […]
Sharing – Handmade Origami Books, Real & Fantasy Flowers and Creativity
April 3rd, 2024Sharing Creativity – Handmade Books, Flower Art & More We shared creativity with handmade books, flower art from real and imagined flowers and more. All during our last Mandala and Creativity Circle. Linda M. and Christine T. were inspired by real lilies that were in my studio. They were there for a painting session a […]
Embroidery Gifts & Little Books
March 3rd, 2024Embroidery Gifts & Little Books We were all delighted and surprised at the last Mandala & Creativity Circle when Kathy F. gifted us beautiful embroidery on 4×4 inch fabric squares. Many of these lovely art pieces had simple mandala embroidered circle shapes. Both the front and the back are treasures. (More below) Kathy creates these […]
Be Love, Do Love – Hearts for February
February 1st, 2024Be Love, Do Love The four words “Be Love, Do Love” are an inspiration to live by the entire year, not just February. Hearts in February are a reminder to always practice these four words. Due to the deep cold our Mandala & Creativity Circle in December was cancelled. Due to a case of covid […]
