I start with big, expansive thinking and then, iteration by iteration, distill and refine my ideas into form. That’s my creative process for physical objects like the painting above and when I create less tangible things like a workshop. The video below is a great example. My original idea was to create a video about…
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. ~Andy Warhol That quote is perfect for this time of year. The fresh possibilities of 2020 will be here in a blink of an eye. But… It’s not simply the flow of time into a new year that brings changes. You…
Last week, I broke open my fortune cookie and found this: Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. The next day, this unusual SoulCollage® card put itself together. As the man in the card explained… “Something propelled me to this place. I’m going to be somewhere else later. And for now I’m…
I have fallen in love with imagination. And if you fall in love with imagination, you understand that it is a free spirit. It will go anywhere, and it can do anything. ~Alice Walker If your Fairy Godmother waved her magic wand and created the perfect place for you and your imagination to fall in…
Three weeks ago some friends and I were talking about not having time to do art just for us. We had the normal excuse of “too much to do.” In the spirit of solidarity, we each chose a way to add art making into our week. Even though we purposely chose something doable, there was…
Twenty years ago I was good friends with three other mothers of young children. One of the beautiful things about that friendship was that we didn’t tell each other what to do. We listened and encouraged each other to hear our own inner voices and find our own answers. What we do at the Creative…
Two weeks ago I woke up with ideas for a retreat popping into my head – a retreat exploring change and making choices. Lots of possibilities were bubbling up including using: Eve, Oprah, maps, Alice in Wonderland, balls of yarn, Indiana Jones, SoulCollage®, David Whyte, Jan Richardson, dragons, and labyrinths. And yes, amazingly they do all…