“Wealth is the ability to experience life.” ~henry david thoreau 1817-1862 Would you say, “No thank you.” if someone came to your house and handed you a million dollars? It is fair to say this is a dream scenario most people would love to experience. This dream scenario contains nothing but good stuff. Within it […]
Co-Creating
Discipline?
“A true discipline is never a restriction, only an affirmation… not oppression, but a joyous concentration of energies!”~david spangler Well – this is news to me! I am an artist with a creative spirit which cannot be rangled or contained. Yup – this is how I have always classified myself. I am a seeker of […]
Magic Words
“Sometimes I need to go where you can hear a screen door shut.” ~ anonymous Immediately these words conjure up calm, innocence and wonder. They take me to a place of watchful mothers calling out to children lost in the sky. I am laying down in warm sundrenched dandelion fields, all but two knee tops invisible to […]
The Secret to Life
“Sheldon’s Laughter” 16 x 20 watercolor and ink “I don’t have any problems, I have desires!” I feel different. The days are going by less painfully, work and church, my friends, dog and home are less challenging than they have ever been. And I am grateful the greatest struggle of my life, how to absorb […]
Jubilation
“eli” 22×28 watercolor ‘in progress’ but could not resist using for this posting! “You know you are in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” ~dr. seuss You do not have to dig me out of a hole, my new love. I am on the surface – floating […]
Other Voices: Thich Nhat Hanh
~from Earth Prayers, Thich Nhat Hanh “Do not say that I’ll depart tomorrowbecause even today I still arrive. Look at me: I arrive in every secondto be a bud on a spring branch,to be a tiny bird whose wings are still fragile,learning to sing in my new nest,to be a caterpillar in the heart of a […]
We are all Storymakers
“…our endless capacity for storymaking winds us through our lives…” In Blue Yes, it is true. Whatever we say it is it is… Creating as I go along my own tale unfolds with caring parents who knew not what they did. And a hateful sister who grew to be my best friend on this earth. And […]
Letting Go Requires Knowing
Here is the kernal of my sadness which, lately, I have been feeling – yet not really knowing…“One of the difficulties of leaving a relationship is not so much, at the end, leaving the person themselves – because, by that time, you’re ready to go; what’s difficult is leaving the dreams that you shared together. […]
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 […]
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 […]
At Your Service
The Attendant I am full of gratitude for this awareness. I am full of joy. My heart confirms this truth. My attendant attends to the needs of my spirit, of my soul. My attendant is my body. It is my mind. It is not me. Like my grief was NOT ME, the physical manifestation of […]
