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 […]
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 […]
Creativity Bridge into Winter’s Light
January 5th, 2024Creativity Bridge into Winter’s Light Although it’s the New Year of 2024, last year’s creativity is one side of the bridge from dark night into the awakening of light. My Solstice Winter Flower – Seeds of Light We gathered in mid-December, a few days before the solstice. The energy of the womb of darkness when […]
2023 – Creativity Away from Home, Alabama & NYC
December 28th, 20232023 – Creativity Away from Home, Alabama & NYC Looking back on 2023 I’m thrilled the year was filled with creativity. My monthly Creativity Circle and other creative pursuits at home fill me in so many ways. Fortunately, I got to explore creativity away from home also. In April with Alabama’s Gee’s Bend quilters in […]
A Time of Inner Light – Mandalas & More
December 5th, 2023A Time of Inner Light – Mandalas & More A Different Time of A New Year The circle of time really has no ending or beginning, but the rhythm of light and dark brings a sense of beginnings and endings to each year. These beginnings and endings differ in various traditions. One tradition has the […]
Fantasy Flowers Workshop, Mandalas & Creativity
August 7th, 2023Creative Play Time We had creative play time from 10 am to 8 pm during the Fantasy Flower workshop recently. Four of us shared a sweet sacred time of bringing our own fantasy flowers into being. A week later more flowers, mandalas and creative marks were made during the 3+ hours of our monthly Mandala […]
