2020 – Spring to Summer – Beauty, Pain & Changes
July 5th, 20202020 – Spring to Summer – Beauty, Pain & Changes With all that has, and is, happening in 2020 there are two quotes that dig deep and wide into my being. They fill me with hope and fire. And during this July 4th weekend celebration of the birth of U.S. independence, they speak loudest. “What […]
Full Moon Mandalas & Mandala Blossoms
September 16th, 2018It’s been three weeks of settling into “normal” life after five days of deep creativity. Mandalas helped me settle back into home and garden life.
Homesick for Creativity – Mandalas & Words
June 11th, 2018Homesick for Mark Making Creativity – Mandalas & Words. I have a longing for the experience of infinity through creating mandalas.
Can We Speak in English Flowers – Old (1760s) and New (2017)
October 9th, 2017Can We Speak in English Flowers – Old (1760s) and New (2017)
London to Missouri and Back. Coloring Book and Garden Visits
To Be or Not To Be – A Garden
July 27th, 2017I am working on a new practice, like the practice of yoga, meditation or prayer. It is the practice of becoming bilingual in the language of animacy.
Garden Planting & Mandalas
June 12th, 2017Today I finished planting my garden. It’s the last on the list of the many gardens I work in. Before digging in the dirt I took some mandala photos of the garden and flowers that touch my heart and share my time.
Flower Freeze
March 14th, 2017Flower Freeze. Tonight winter comes back with 20 degrees F. Spring was here all winter and the flowers grew.
A Garden for Lovers
February 9th, 2017“My love is like a red, red rose” Robert Burns A red rose is the symbol of eternal love. We give red roses on February’s Valentine’s Day to honor the lover that cupid’s arrow have chosen for us. The red rose and cupid are not the symbols of St. Valentine. They are the symbols […]
Creating Sacred Space – Planting Prayers – Teacher Inspirations
October 18th, 2016The joy of leading and teaching spiritual art workshops is mainly seeing the opening up and blossoming of each participant’s creative expression. This was especially true in August at Kanuga during the Faith, Art & Creative Expression Conference workshop.
Persimmon Moon Mandalas
September 26th, 2016Although it’s a few days past, I want to rename the Harvest Moon, the Persimmon moon. On Sept. 23rd, the day of the full Harvest Moon, I created a persimmon mandala to honor the time of year and the time of sweet harvest.
