Body wisdom at early middle age
I know what it is, he says, but I’ll ask you all the questions, anyway – there’ll be a million and one of them … We race through them – yes, no, no, no, nothing, no, yes, no, nope, nope … He looks me...
View ArticleMake art and heal your art wounds
I’ve posted this video before, but was reminded to do so again by a conversation over on my Julie Gibbons Creative Facebook page. Two beautiful souls who are accompanying me on the Great Round of...
View ArticleNo time to rewind
For just over a week, I’ve been battling all the usual symptoms of a severe flu. It started out with a funny feeling and a persistent cough. The next two days were dominated by the worst headache I’ve...
View ArticleKnow Yourself : Get Fitter
All the introspection. All the seeking of answers. Is it all just egotistical, narcissistic nonsense? Is it all just a byproduct of first-world excess? Nope, I really don’t believe that. People have...
View ArticleStart Where You Are
Moving the site to a new server today caused a few hiccups (there are still some ongoing issues with images.) I didn’t let it get me down, though and still showed up, casting judgement aside. My...
View ArticleBeing your best self
Don’t forget, the world needs you in it being your best self. If you don’t feel shiny today, that’s okay, too – wrap yourself in a snuggle blanket and glow gently instead. –ooOOOoo— Have you...
View ArticleLearning the Art of Embodiment
So, yeah, I’m still not over this flu thing. In terms of energy, I am pretty much wiped. My week hasn’t so much peaked as barely managed to muddle along…. so let me tell you about something a wee bit...
View ArticleCelebrating my favourite people
There’s been a shift of things. A move away from traditional, hierarchical (patriarchal?) modes of learning. The internet (the world wide web, really) made it so. As long as I can remember folks have...
View ArticleDancing the mandala
I visited my physio, Mike, last Thursday and he dismissed me from his care, with glowing approval about how far I’ve come and how seriously I’ve taken my own responsibility for improving the symptoms...
View ArticleA creative practice for everyone, including ‘non-artists’
Word and image collage was one of my first practices during my creative renaissance. It’s also the one I’m drawn to practice most often – creating Found Inspirations. It’s especially satisfying to do...
View ArticleFacing the Goddess Within Art Video
Creative Practice Monday sees the first in an art video series exploring personal divinity. Why Paint Goddess Faces? The aim of this series is to demonstrate how we can bring the goddess within each...
View ArticleThe truths you needed to hear
Something a wee bit different for you today – I’m delighted to be the host for day three of the Virtual Blog Tour for Healing the Inner Child organized by Jackie Stewart at www.flowerspirit.co.uk....
View ArticleScheduling extreme playtime
I’m gearing up to take a break – yay! Because I don’t want to take any work with me, I’m currently wading through massive to-do lists. To be honest, I’m not sure I’ll have enough energy left for...
View ArticleA Springtime Goddess Art Video
She came to light on Easter Sunday, this springtime goddess, and turned out to be no bleating lamb – her energy was very present and rising! The Lady took a lot longer to arrive than the previous...
View ArticleThe Sensual One
April’s topic for us dreamers over at Creative Dream Journals is The Rhythms and Practices of a Creative Life. I forge each day fresh and new I think bravery is key to it. That and keeping an open...
View ArticleNo tough love here
I don’t believe tough love works. I do believe love can sometimes be tough. Two different things. –ooOOOoo— Have you downloaded your free guide to creating your own Found Inspirations practice? It’s...
View ArticleI’m a believer!
No art video this week – I’m on spring break – yay! Here instead is something from the archives, that explains a wee bit of why the project came into existence: The goddess that calls to me is in...
View ArticleThe magic of making art
Making art is a magic conduit to your personal truth. It’s a mysterious process that us humans have yet to figure out, but we already know that it works. The ancients knew it. It’s alchemical. I’m not...
View ArticleSpring break on the vine
Taking time out, somewhere different from our everyday – this is something I love to do and never seem to get enough of. Time out is so precious, it can be full of nothing and still full of treasure,...
View ArticleCreative gestations and our need to retreat
You know sometimes you need to take a break from being social? You become almost entirely inward looking and it’s a real effort to pull out of your zone and engage with other folk. Eating and bathing...
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