Let your Light Shine Brightly
December 18th, 2021Let your Light Shine Brightly As light recedes and darkness fills the day’s hours, we in the Northern hemisphere are called to let our inner light shine brightly through the winter months. The solstice marks the darkest day of the year. December 21st is the first day of winter, when the light of day slowly […]
The Wonder of Mandala Workshops & Fall
November 13th, 2021WORKSHOP WONDERS It’s been over two years since my last in-person Mandalas, Meditation & Journaling workshop. Fortunately a small group of us were able to gather in-person in late October in my home studio. We shared the day creating mandalas, journaling and listening to guided meditations. Mandala by me created during workshop I am both […]
A Prairie Bouquet Inspires Mandalas & More
October 12th, 2021A Prairie Bouquet Inspires Mandalas & More A freshly picked bouquet of native prairie flowers picked by Christine was the inspiration for mandalas and other art created during a recent mandala circle. Prairie Bouquet from Christine’s Native Prairie Gardens The flowers were Golden aster (Heterotheca villosa), downy gentian (Gentiana puberulenta) obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana), wild […]
Mandala Sharing – Words, Color & Nature Inspirations
September 18th, 2021Mandala Sharing – Words, Color & Nature Inspirations A recent Mandala Circle started with a check-in of friends. The mandala gatherings were few and far between due to Covid. We gathered and spoke about our months apart. I then lead a guided meditation and we made art in the music filled quiet room with silent […]
Summer-Time of Mandalas & Flowers-Shared & Grown
August 19th, 2021Nature’s Mandala Season Flowers have the power to open hearts when they are looked at closely. Most flower shapes are mandalas created by nature. The circular forms, whether the petals form an enclosed circle or a circle surrounding more open petals, all speak to the complete infinite shape. Summer is the time of year when […]
Art Inspired by Sparkling
July 18th, 2021Inspired by Sparkling As I listened to a friend’s Podcast (Earthworms with Jean Ponzi) I was enchanted by Becky Brittain’s story of her “Art of Sparkling”, a way of opening heart and sending love out to all creatures and creation. Becky’s book titled “The Art of Sparkling – Share […]
Finding Footing – Re Entry into a Changed World
June 15th, 2021Re Entry into a Changed World How to navigate re-entry into a different world that heads towards a hopefully post Covid era? It feels like the unbalanced feeling after being spun around and around and around, feet shifting from one spot to another trying to find sure footing and balance as your head still spins. […]
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. […]
