Continuing with this weeks theme of 'trying something new' and 'firsts'... In a post from April 21, 2009 titled "Another Idea..." I wrote about my desire to "ship gifts and packages all over the world, artfully wrapped in my self-designed paper, including a personal note written on a card from my own line and shipped ...
Category Archives: Exploring Creativity
A New Experience-Watercolors
Sunday morning I did something I've never really done before, well not since kindergarten. I painted, well I attempted to anyway. It took me over a week to work up the courage to actually play with my new watercolors. This past Sunday for over two hours I played with the colors, tried to paint some pictures, ...
I am in Love
Lately I have been very distracted - I am in love. But, not in any person. I am in love with several new interests. These new loves invade my thoughts and wrap themselves in and around every idea I have. I see them everywhere and imagine what it would be like for them to come ...
A Call to Paint
I first had the call to paint last Fall. I indulged my desire and bought a beginner set of bright acrylic paints and a plain wooden box. I sat outside all day, enjoying the coolness of the shade and primed and painted for hours. I painted on paper, on pieces of plywood and, of ...
Creative Journey Maps
There are many paths to self discovery and we need to explore them all to feel complete; to feel whole. Here are two pictorial explorations of my many creative journeys to self-discovery. A Creative Journey to Self-Discovery Mind Map [caption id="attachment_2473" align="alignleft" width="1023" caption="Self-Discovery - Mind Map"]
The Creative Journey…
The Creative Journey to Self-Discovery... A story told with words and pictures The Beginning: [caption id="attachment_2355" align="aligncenter" width="213" caption="The Beginning"][/caption] For years you have felt unsettled, like there is something you needed to do. You feel called to do something but are ...
An Entrepreneurial Mind Map
Ever feel like your head will explode with ideas? I have been playing with a lot of ideas lately. To visually see them all in one place, and to see the connections, I created this entrepreneurial mind map. Try it yourself, it's fun and interesting!!
The Five Phases of Being a Writer
My recent attendance at the incredibly amazing and inspiring The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battlesinspired this post. The Five Phases of Being a Writer, or ...
The Creative Journey to Self-Discovery…
I recently bought some oil pastels. Holding them, smelling them, drawing with them, took me back to elementary school art class. I had forgotten these magnificent little crayons even existed. You see, I am not a 'real' artist. I didn't even know I was a 'secret' artist until I wrote my
