Marking Down, Making Room
The clutter, I’m learning that it can smother an artist. It’s in my studio these days—piles of substrates, scattered half-used paint, scraps of paper, recently finished pieces, yet-to-be-completed...
View ArticleChasing Daylight (on morning routines)
My morning routine is fast becoming the most important element of my creative process. I get my head in gear, my soul in check, and my body in go. It’s a slow process, yes. But it is, by nature, the...
View ArticleWords to Paint By
“The notion that I do my work here, now, like this, even when I do not feel like it, and especially when I do not feel like it, is very important. Because lots and lots of people are creative when...
View ArticleLeaping into the Unknown
I try to remember that the job — as well as the plight, and the unexpected joy — of the artist is to embrace uncertainty, to be sharpened and honed by it. To be birthed by it. Each time we come to the...
View ArticleEven Jack London kept a journal…
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View ArticleA Being-Present Present, for you.
Do you pack your mind full of everything but what is happening right now? Me too. No wonder we’re so overwhelmed. We’re trying to think about today, tomorrow, and yesterday all at the same time. But,...
View ArticleFalling into routine, and rising within it.
The start of school is behind us. Fall is here and I am settling back into the rhythm and flow of full-time artistry. My creative days are dependent on their start, so I am diligent to give myself the...
View ArticleThe Pace Book: a mini-book from me to you
The summer is behind us! We are returning to our regularly-scheduled routines. (And all the creative work-at-home parents say “Woooo!!”) ‘Tis the season for regaining control of our days and weeks. No...
View ArticleHow you can force creative inspiration…
Y’all are going to think I’m crazy. Force inspiration? But I *know by experience* that it can be done. The pursuit of my creative dreams depend on this. And so does yours. You can force inspiration by...
View ArticleLifeBook: My Productivity & Dream Chasing Planner
Claire Burge, an international productivity expert, has picked up on my LifeBook Process and now my Facebook crowd is asking for a course on this. (WHAT!!) In short, my LifeBook is a beautiful way for...
View ArticleDiving Into the Deep
I can’t fight off the thought that I must dive deep into myself in order to pull up and out the kind of art that I’m hoping my fingers will make this year. I also can’t fight off the thought that...
View ArticleWant to achieve your dreams?
Well friends, things would not be as they are without my LifeBook system. It’s my own custom-made way to get it done while chasing all of my artistic dreams. And ’tis the season for organizing and...
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