“For me, a picture should be like sparks. It must dazzle like the beauty of a woman or a poem. It must have radiance; it must be like those stones which Pyrenean shepherds use to light their pipes.” ~joan miro Joan Miro inspires my new creative work! Here is a sketch for a pendant to […]
BLOG 2 (PERSONAL)
Art Opening Invitation
Come 6-9pm – art opening event – Friday Jan 30 – My paintings will be on display @ Coffee and Crepes 315 Crossroads Blvd, Cary, NC 27518. The show will run Jan 27-Feb 24! Opening is part of CARY ART LOOP’S Last Friday. See you there – it will be delicious! ~ These works are dedicated to a breeze that came […]
Believing is Seeing
“But truer stars did govern Proteus’ birthHis words are bonds, his oaths are oracles,His love sincere, his thoughts immaculate,His tears pure messengers sent from his heart,His heart as far from fraud as heaven from earth.”~william shakespeareWhen I live from my past I am unable to see the future of things. Certainly I can hope for […]
Trust
“THE EDGE, there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.”~hunter s. thompson ‘Soft Verges’ is a sign I saw posted whilst driving in the English countryside last year. Verges are the edges of the road. They are also, “She […]
Good Fortune Awaits
“Dreaming without action is never going to get me what I desire” I love this wonderful photo I captured today? I feel so lucky to have recognized the wonder of this moment. I am so glad to be alive and kicking. Seems this new year is begun with electricity, instead of blood, in my veins. […]
Happy New Year!
“Contentment is life living through you. Joy is life living through you. Satisfaction and strength are life living through you. Peace is life living through you. …Look, feel, let life take you by the hand. Let life live through you.” ~Hokusai Wishing that you […]
A Teaching Creme Brûlée
“I tired of the routine of eight years in one afternoon.”― Charlotte Brontë I am no innocent bystander. Everything I do, say, think and believe affects my life. I had a teaching creme brûlée last nite. I knew it was OK to order it, but I did not pay enough attention to the description on the menu. […]
Don’t Postpone Joy
Today I am here… “Picture in your inner eye, your inner sight, four avocado seeds on the window sill. Three are suspended in a glass of water and have sprouted. One is still dry and papery and brown. Each of the sprouting seeds has its own character. One has two long roots, like two rubbery […]
Finding your G-spot
“If you can sit quietly after difficult news (even if in financial downturns you remain perfectly calm)… If you can see your neighbors travel to fantastic places without a twinge of jealously… If you can happily eat whatever is on your plate, or fall asleep after a day of running around without a drink or a pill… If you […]
No Need for Struggle
“Don’t keep pushing against closed doors. Look around for the open ones.” ~ sanyana roman Every now and then I get caught up in wanting a thing that may not be mine. I feel owed it. Or I need it. Or I just would like to have it because I briefly enjoyed it…so it must be […]
Lessons from the Farm
“…before a dream is realized, the Soul of the World tests everything that was learned along the way. It does this not because it is evil, but so that we can, in addition to realizing our dreams, master the lessons we’ve learned as we’ve moved toward that dream.” ~from The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Perhaps […]
Advocating for Meditation
“Through the sacred art of pausing, we develop the capacity to stop hiding, to stop running away from our experience. We begin to trust in our natural intelligence, in our naturally wise heart, in our capacity to open to whatever arises. Like awakening from a dream, in the moment of pausing our trance recedes and […]
