Jul 1, 2023JAYWALKING as inspiration?You can find inspiration in ANYTHING. A word, an image, an overheard conservation. (I'm signed up for the Merriam Webster...
Jun 1, 2023What you may have missed...Go to the RESOURCES BLOG for cool stuff like: ADVICE from writer Kurt Vonnegut Georgia O'Keeffe "How to be an Artist" (or "How to...
May 1, 2023A connection to music and inspiration ?I noticed today that I was inspired to paint… when I have been at a loss for a while now. What caused the inspiration (just inspired TO...
Apr 1, 2023A "prompt" to consider (and a Hugo Simberg painting)"Danse Macabre" or "Dance of Death" by a Finnish artist is dated 1899 but speaks to the global issues of 2020/21. (Thank you to...
Mar 1, 2023"In an age where there is much talk about 'being yourself' I reserve the right to forget...about being myself…since there is very little chance of my being anybody else.” Thomas Merton writer, theologian, mystic I've always...
Feb 1, 2023Ravenous Butterfly...what?I follow some pretty interesting groups on facebook... And here's one I found yesterday! (I try to read my facebook messages on my laptop...
Jan 3, 2023yep, compliments...I was recently paid a compliment about a particular creative endeavor. Instead of laughing it off, or discounting it, I thanked her and...
Dec 1, 2022Are there BAD ideas?Yesterday, as I have on many Mondays since November of last year (has it been that long – seems shorter AND has it been that short –...
Nov 1, 2022Zoom "seen" in a new way...My friend Robert Shane, an art scholar and critic, responded to a Zoom meeting in an unusual way! By drawing "blind" (without looking at...
Sep 1, 2022I've been thinking about: CREATIVE BLOCKSAs in: I’m blocked, I have ______’s block; I’ve had ______’s block for a long time; I can’t make anything, I must be blocked… A common...