Quotes have been a regular feature of this blog and I am feeling the desire to find and mull on wisdom regularly – to use it as an anchor and guidepost. So here is a new blog series of once a week ‘art and soul quotes. Feel free to add your own in the comments. […] Read more...
On autumn resolutions…
“It seems to me that January resolutions are about will; September resolutions are about authentic wants…. The beauty of autumnal resolutions is that no one else knows we’re making them. Autumnal resolutions don’t require horns, confetti and champagne. September resolutions ask only that we open to positive change.” Sarah Ban Breathnach Read more...
Some very sound advice…
Get Slow Leave your watch on the bedside table. Check email only twice a day. Take the scenic route. Light candles before you start to cook dinner. Make up rituals. Say a silent word of thanks and make eye contact with everyone at the table before you start eating. Let the phone ring several […] Read more...
The greatest thing you will ever learn…
…is how to love and be loved in return. (still learning) Read more...
Follow your path…
Creative souls… we are on a journey. To create art and beauty. To become ourselves. To help bring about a better world. It is a joy and a struggle because it is an ‘inside job’ to quote the lovely Marisa from Creative Thursday. One of the issues that we all have to grapple with (in […] Read more...
How to be an entrepreneur
This poster has followed me around all my workplaces for the last 10 years and is now on the door of my studio. I bought it in Haight Ashbury, the most wonderfully hippy district of San Francisco, from the Red Victorian Peace Centre where they produce a range of inspirational arts posters (you can order […] Read more...
Meaningful life…and presents!
My beloved and I try out different ways of doing Christmas presents to each other and about 5 years ago we bought a years worth of experiences for each other to fit categories we’d chosen: “funny”, “creative”, “inspiring” etc… I wrote about it in one of my early blog posts here and thoroughly recommend it […] Read more...
Motivation
I am currently part of an online creativity course called “In the Fishbowl” and in two weeks, I have been prompted to think (more than usual!) about what I do. Why do I create? Why do I love what I do? What does it say about me? What is success? I have curled up with […] Read more...
What a great saying
“It’s ok to remove a fly from a friend’s forehead, but don’t use a hatchet”. Chinese proverb, source unknown. Love it. Read more...
Wage Peace
Wage Peace Judyth Hill Wage peace with your breath. Breathe in firemen and rubble, breathe out whole buildings and flocks of redwing blackbirds. Breathe in terrorists and breathe out sleeping children and freshly mown fields. Breathe in confusion and breathe out maple trees. Breathe in the fallen and breathe out lifelong friendships intact. Wage peace […] Read more...