How has your week been? I was touched by all the on and off blog encouragement I received this week from many of you. Sincerely, thank you. Those of you who tried the Capture List idea last week…how did it go? Mine is working – hurray! I sit with it at the start of the […] Read more...
Things that make you go ahhhhhh….!
Thank you to Amelia for prompting me to think of a list of things that make me happy. Inspired by reading Amelia’s list, hubby and I took turns to make our own, whilst sitting in the garden one warm summer evening last week. What a great shot of contentment it generated – must remember to […] Read more...
Step on the creative path
Welcome (back!) to this little series dedicating to celebrating the steps we have taken on this journey of creativity. It is a way of helping us keep a balance between all that we want to do and what we have already done. You can read more about the story behind the ‘Celebrating’ series here If […] Read more...
Celebrating steps on the creative path
Welcome to a new blog series called Steps on the Creative Path. This is the first post that explains the story behind the series. So many of us are coming alive to creative dreams, paying attention to the whispers in our heart which urge us to an authentic, creative life. Some of us have been on that path […] Read more...
One life, six images & a question…
One life. My client asked me to mosaic 6 images that represent the life of her husband, father to their two little boys. Six images of his life – love, skills, social life, true friendship. Ask yourself…what will be the images of your life? A large mosaic…1m 60 cm long, 65 cm wide… 3 […] Read more...
Easter happenings…
Since my post several weeks ago about how many bugs and viruses we have been battling with, I have struggled and struggled to kick off this sickness. I had to pull out of my 10K sponsored run on 14th March and the one that I booked in its stead on 27th March (the real one […] Read more...
For the Artist at the Start of Day
This piece of writing is from “Benedictus: a book of blessings”, by John O’Donohue (see Amazon widget on the right). John is a most beautiful Irish poet and philisopher who died a couple of years ago at the young age of 49. I often listen to recordings of John’s talks while I am making […] Read more...
The rough and the smooth
It’s bug city round here. Our home must have been put on the bug hotel map cos them little viruses just keep on coming. I have tried not to whinge on here about the amount of bugs we are getting but seeing as, right now, I am in bed instead of in my studio, I […] Read more...
How to nurture creativity in children
I love lists. It is a matter of much amusement to those who know me well. I love them a lot, too much maybe. I would be lost without them. I have enjoyed reading my fellow local aritst, Amelia’s lists on her blog recently (see here and here) and I feel its time to indulge […] Read more...
The Vandalism of Beauty
I met with mosaic artist, Gary Drostle yesterday to talk about helping out on this amazing, 50 foot mosaic project he is doing for the University of Iowa and as we were chatting I mentioned one of his public mosaics – one that, in my mind, is iconic. I say this because whenever I am […] Read more...