A New Leaf & Becoming
March 20th, 2021A New Leaf Today is the first day of Spring 2021. So much has happened since last spring. Our world is changing, “turning over new leaves”. New leadership bringing welcomed changes, new healings with vaccines, new light as spring begins. But there is still much darkness with 2.8 million Covid deaths, new Covid strains, inequality, […]
Creativity Journey #5 – Becoming One With Nature & Creative Flow
October 16th, 2020Creativity Journey #5 – Becoming One With Nature & Creative Flow This creativity journey – Becoming One With Nature & Creative Flow – explores ways to awaken to our oneness with nature and creative flow through writing, mandalas and expressive drawing. This Creativity Journey blog post (like the others) is organized into five […]
Creativity Journey #4 – Harvest Moon Mandalas
October 1st, 2020Creativity Journey – Harvest Moon Mandalas This journey shares mandalas inspired by today’s full moon, the harvest moon. It also shares mandalas that honor nature and our connections to the beauty and bounty of our Mother Earth. HARVEST MOON AND AUTUMN This time of the year is a time of beauty, abundance, celebration and gratitude. […]
Creativity Journey #3 – Dance Along the Edge – Contour Drawing
September 17th, 2020Creativity Journey #3 Dancing on the Edges – Contour Drawing This Creativity Journey is about seeing and forming a new language that speaks of the connection between the seer and the seen. This language is spoken and read in the marks made on paper. This language is drawing. Drawing in a way that reveals the […]
Creativity Journeys – Introduction
August 11th, 2020Creativity Journeys – Introduction Creativity Journeys are just that, a journey into an inward exploration to the depths and womb of creativity and an outward expression that gives birth to the flow of creation. Each journey is offered as an online blog post that can be accessed anytime and anywhere. Creative Journeys #1-5 cover getting […]
Missing Making Mandalas
June 14th, 2019It’s been too long since I shared a blog post and have had time to make mandalas. I have missed making mandalas and sharing. Here are photos of mandala flowers, mandalas created by friends and the puppy.
The Joy & Depth of Teaching – Art & Soul Retreat
December 9th, 2018Some of my most joyful and deepest creativity has been teaching at the Art & Soul Retreat*at Kanuga in North Carolina. It is a feeling of stepping into a stream so strong and deep that it takes me to a place where my soul feels at home, really at home.
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.
A Drawing, Design or Doodle a Day – Week 4
August 8th, 2018It was a week of inspiration in New Mexico. In Santa Fe I found this beautiful symbol on the statue of Mary in the grounds of the Santa Fe Cathedral Basilica.
A Drawing, Design or Doodle a Day – Week 3
July 30th, 2018The sharing and checking in brought up my bee hive in the nearby garden and a poem by Emily Dickinson titled To Make A Prairie.