Our keyword for December is Strength May resilience be radiant within all living beings. That even in the darkest of times, a light shines forth from the heart.” Winter Again, Drozda, Acrylic/pastel/Arches paper, 5×7″ As the North Gate opens at Winter Solstice, on December 21, we enter the twelve weeks of our deepest yearly journey […]
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The FREE 8-Day Emotional Maturity Challenge … begins October 16
I invite us to consider the tools we have in place when the unexpected happens. We know that out of nowhere, in the twinkling of an eye, everything can change. Let’s consider creative ways to address inevitable change with Emotional Maturity. Honing this quality of an expansive approach can feel alchemical. It’s possible to transmute […]
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Time to Grow UP^ Looking Fear Demons in the Eye
We need to grow. Stretching and being curious allow life to expand rather than contract. If we become formulaic, or worse if we become stuck and stagnant, where are we? The choice is present in every situation. In the Dream, Drozda, Acrylic/board, 18×24″ Each year in July the moon/month is dedicated to sensing new ways […]
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Welcome to Spring & the New Circadian Circle/Wisdom Wheel
The same stream of life that runs through the world runs through my veins night and day and dances in the rhythmic measure. It is the same life that shoots in joy through the dust of the earth into each blade of grass and breaks into tumultuous waves of flowers. Rabindranath Tagore As we enter […]
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Cross Quarter You
It’s amazing what you can do by just telling and owning your own story. I shared stories in the first two posts of this still-new year. Post one. Post two. I’ve been demonstrating, in my own imperfect fashion, story-telling power. I couldn’t share either of those stories immediately. I had to give myself time and […]
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I Hold My Breath
Journal page, Drozda As the outside world grows less dependable, I keep buttressing my inside world, where people go on meaning well and surprising other people with little touches of grace. Anne Tyler I’ve been holding my breath. It’s a shocking truth and it’s still hard to wrap my head around. Off and […]
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Falling Leaves Art Retreat, You’re Invited!
Welcome to this Special Edition of the blog celebrating September and the keyword of LOVE. LOVE is the glue. LOVE is the magnetic field that holds everything together. To celebrate I invite you to wrap a gift of LOVE about yourself and sign-up for the OBX Falling Leaves Art Retreat the weekend of October 7-9. […]
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Great Inner Strength
Each December you and I are offered the opportunity to check-in and acknowledge the truth of our great Inner Strength. Interestingly our culture cranks up our distraction quotient to such a degree that in actuality many of us seem to lose ourselves in this swirl of doing and going and buying and consuming. Let’s […]
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Trust the Process
It’s September and the new keyword is LOVE. This is a word that has so much baggage attached to it and yet when you narrow it all down it’s the power that drives every aspect of your creative connection. Ya better love it or there is no way to move forward! More on this topic […]
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Your Story – My Story – The Mystery
The title of this blog post refers to You, to ME*, and to The Mystery. 2021 is the Natural Year to set the intent to be a Change-Maker. Your story makes you who you are. Overarching each individual ME story is The Mystery. As an artist, I revel in the beauty. I also appreciate the […]
