Category Archives: observing

Create your life as if it were a work of art

I imagine life as a journey through time, that each moment is a gift. People, places and circumstances change around us.  We make choices that will help to create the life we experience. When I create my art, I try to make each stroke as close to my heart as possible. Every choice I make…

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How to find the fine art in your life.

Observe!  Yes, you heard me, look around and find the little moments around corners and in the most obscure times and places! Stop as you turn the corner in the grocery store  and take in the patterns of bright red, orange and yellow colors of beets and deep green leaves in the produce section. Take…

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Making s cookies, I remember

Thank you so much to the reader, Valerie, who wrote to ask me about the s cookies that my Grandma used to make! I remembered that I had mentioned those light and delicious cookies in my last post about observation and  memory. My grandma Marianna used to make them  with us , allowing us to…

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admin - Jane,I love that you connect so to the creative throughout your life. I enjoyed the vivacious look of your blog and will keep up with it to see what new ways of creative living that you come up with., including recipes.! And Iust love Leo and Mary and the wonderful group of people at A-list Blogging!

Jane Robinson - I too write about art, life and…cooking. All creative pursuits. I am definitely going to make these cookies. They look and sound delicious. Thanks

Nina - Smells and tastes wonderful just reading this. Thank you, Beth! :)

Can art change the world? You decide!

This is an incredible modeling of how life and art intersect to make something greater…transformation! It is worth every minute of watching and listening. Now that you’ve watched it, how can your work change the world?

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Nina - Whew. Energy. Creativity. Love. — one and the same–

Why artists are essential to America…

My breath was taken away by the words of Arlene Goldbard! She clearly identifies the power of the arts to develop awareness, imagination and empathy.

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Nina - Well. More fuel for the fire. Now we have to ALL in our own everyday ways take this preaching to the choir and spread the Word to those outside the choir. Mindful that is our own Artistic Motions and beliefs that “spread the Word”. Thanks, Beth.