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Category Archives: journal Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly…  Initiate powerful patterns in your life!….Have you recognized and then recreated patterns in your own life? When you recognize patterns in your life, are they constructive or destructive to thinking outside of the box? How do you provide fertile ground for being creative? show 5 comments 
Well let’s see if this time my comment works. Last one I typed did not fly. So patterns are essential to building ones life. Early morning is generally when I say my prayers setting up the focus of being of service to my self and other s for the day. My prayers open me up sprititually, mentally and creatively to go forward in the best way possible. Night time is when I try to reflect on what was successful and what was not. Then I try to reevaluate so that I can change what did not work. This applies to family friends and students and my own art work.
I too love the early morning. That is when I say my prayers. They are my key to unlocking my better side both spritiually and mentally. the creative of course comes right after that. Other wise I am not as patterned or organized as I would like to be. Each day though I am more practiced at striving to do it and I find that I have been much more productive this year than other years. I just finished two small paintings that I began last year. I am not any closer to getting my studio set up. This has been a harsh winter on many levels but I have not stopped the planning or the organizing for the studio. So patterns and habits are essential as long as we continue to assess their validity to our current life situations. 
Nina, it is amazing that this phenomena happens just like this on a daily basis, and it never gets old ! Any ideas about organizing your life , especially in a new environmwnt? Any discoveries, lately? 
YES! Thank you! I love the vigils from the dark to light! Thank you!
YES! Thank you! I love the vigils from the dark to light! Thank you!  Learning how to image or hold an image in my imagination is essential. When I allow myself to hold an image in my mind and to value its presence, I have an extraordinary fluid medium to work with ! show 1 comment
I RECOGNIZE THAT GARDEN! AND THAT BELIEVE!!! YOU HAVE CONVERTED ME. THANK YOU! “Look, I don’t want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you’re alive you’ve got to flap your arms and leg, you’ve got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at least think noisy and colorfully, or you’re not alive.” Mel Brooks (1926- ) American… show 3 comments 
Jumping around and flapping the arms sounds just right to me. Keeps the brain from going into overdrive. 
Yes, it is not often you see a quote from Mel Brooks that has to do with art; and the sketch of red bills in Florida just fit! 
I love this quote – and the drawing is fantastically appropriate.  If only I had enough time. Do you ever find yourself saying that to yourself? That is what I said when the three boys were little, and part of me didn’t want that time to end. I painted pictures with them in between making Halloween costumes and cookies, parties and putting bandaids on knees. We… |
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admin - Nina,
We did have fun that day! I love the Bruce Lee quote. You are right, I agree…To teach is to “draw out” the treasures that the student contains within him or herself!
beth
admin - Karen,
You have such a beautiful capability of taking even the smallest mundane moment and
as you excavate it, you show us how to discover its beauty and uniqueness.
beth
admin - Thank you, Trisha. The man was inspiring when you wsee that he kept going forward or around difficulties, transforming them relentlessly, even, it appears, to his acceptance of the finality of his life.
Jane Robinson - Met your blog through A-List Bloggers. Great work. What I need to live my inspired life is creating art. We are like minded creatives. Beautiful work!
Karen rennna - I was trying to respond to the newest blog with the sumptuous rendering of pines and trees in a summer wind. Somehow I ended up in the warm quiet evening scene which is not where my head is but I guess my heart took me there, maybe to quiet my inner voice. Anyway, my creativity too never ceases when I allow myself to see beyond the triflings of house and job. When I am truly beyo d the wear and tear of a moment I can even see the beauty and simplicity of the very thing that I detest doing… Like the dishes that are calling me…and the wet laundry…. And the lesson plans… But while I drive today to visit my mom, I will have my iPad and I will be drawing and thinking about the lushness of charcoal and India Ink and the sensuality of clay
Laura - PS I really like the colors in this picture Beth–would like to see the original!!
Laura - I read the link to Scott Belsky and read his thoughts. Then listened to the speech Steve Jobs gave at Standford. Both were helpful to me and filled with inspiration.
Clarity–maintaining focus when the challenges that arise say ‘this will never be possible’. Seeking clarity and being true to the vision that resonates within. This is what I want to strive for in every moment.
Nina - Martin Vinette!!!!! The color match. Did Allen have fun, too?
Color, Love, Hope, My Sons, My Dog (Tinkerbell), The Heavens, Transformation and Integration
“A good instructor
functions as a pointer of truths,
exposing the student’s vulnerability,
forcing the student to explore themselves
both internally and externally,
and finally
integrating themselves with their being.”
- Bruce Lee
esteemed martial arts instructor, actor
http://www.chironarts.com
trisha - that is an amazing quote – truly inspiring