This is your invitation to come back to your center, to find the water at the bottom of the well, to become your own divining rod for your creativity. Join me. Together, we will find a way through. In March … Continue reading →
Traditional Chinese dance, instrumentation, costumes, and storytelling all fascinate me. This attraction is one of my earliest memories. As a very small child I actually snuck into my mother’s bedroom and borrowed her Mandarin collared satin pajama top. Too short … Continue reading →
Now that National Novel Writing Month has begun, I’m really finding my stride. No, I’m not a horse. ~rolls eyes~ But I am writing. My word count is in a range I haven’t produced since last November. Quite frankly, NaNo … Continue reading →
Today, I had some ridiculous fun. Hopefully, as “Artist’s Way” author Julian Cameron suggests, the activity will refill my artistic well. My adventure started with a visit to my favorite art framer. All-around gifted, this photographer is working with me … Continue reading →
In her multiple books and workshops, Julia Cameron repeatedly affirms that artists must let themselves play. Her logic? Our creative selves are much like children. Her various interpretations make a great deal of sense to me, especially considering how modern … Continue reading →
These days I’m enjoying a friend’s gift, a creative writing book called “Rip the Page”. Geared for the young and young-at-heart, exercises range from the lighthearted (zany word associations) to those darker (like writing about a huge hurt in our … Continue reading →
Entering week four of the Julia Cameron “Artist’s Way” workshop, my friends and I face a difficult challenge. For this seven day period we are not supposed to read – at all. Already I have fallen back into my word … Continue reading →
A lucky accident today led me to a documentary about English writer Alan Moore. I’d been trying to find an airing of a movie called “Mindscape” when “The Mindscape of Alan Moore” popped up in my search. Intrigued, I began … Continue reading →
Having been introduced to Julia Cameron’s “Artist’s Way” creative workshops a few years ago, I continue appreciating the maxim advising students “keep the drama on the page”. Or the stage, or canvas, or whatever your favorite artistic medium. Of course … Continue reading →
I just finished reading an interview featuring a very gifted artist. Amongst his other comments, he underlined the importance of mental and physical balance. One colleague, upon seeing the man’s most private project, asked how he could possibly be sane … Continue reading →