This is one of my favourite pictures. I took it at the Lavender Fields in Banstead last year. The lavender is now in full glory so we are off there again this Saturday. Looking at this picture makes me want to take a deep, belly breath as if I could smell the lavender from the […] Read more...
Steps on the creative path
I am noticing a sustained change in my feelings of being calm and in control of the monster ‘to do’ list since using the “capture list” idea for my work and home life. The other big change we are trying to make is in our eating habits. We are avoiding meat – especially red – […] Read more...
What blogging means to me…
In November 2004, I read an article in a Sunday supplement about the new world of blogging. Being a keen writer and thinker on life & the universe, I jumped straight onto blogger and wrote my first post – not with any great purpose in mind – but just because I could. For a few […] Read more...
Steps on the creative path
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...
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...
Art biz musings & fruits of a mosaic workshop…
We are in Wales this week enjoying beaches, coves, caves, castles and LOTS of ice cream. I cannot tell you how much I enjoy beach combing for treasures. The stones on the local beaches are just beautiful, one type in particular is jet black and formed into geometric shapes by nature and very flat – perfect for […] Read more...
Taking ourselves seriously as artists
Please excuse my silence this week. I have a back that has gone into spasm…very ouchy and not quite recovered yet. As with all these things, you have to choose your attitude. I have been tempted to feel very sorry for myself as its been quite debilitating (not being able to put your own socks […] Read more...
Enjoying….Artists Way, Artist Dates and Morning Pages!
I am doing the Artist’s Way at the moment…slowly. Morning Pages (3 pages stream of consciousness) are being written most mornings for nearly two months now. ‘Artists Dates’ are a bit more sparse. I am working through the exercises and prompts in the book at my pace, without getting on a guilt trip about not […] Read more...
Handprints revisited
Recording the hand prints of our wee ones is such an impulse, don’t you find? I guess most of us have done the almost obligatory hand (and feet!) in the paint splodge paintings with our children at various sizes. Or plaster of Paris…or even casting them in that gooey putty that sets in minutes and […] Read more...