Happy Halloween, Happy Samhain

Samhain, pronounced “sow-in,” is Irish Gaelic for “the summer’s end” and represents the death of the summer sun god Lugh.  Samhain is the beginning of the Celtic and Wiccan New Year.  It marks the end of the harvest.
Samhain is considered a time to eliminate weaknesses.  It is now customary to write one’s weaknesses on a [...]

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Time

If I could save time in a bottle, the first thing that I’d like to do…
-Jim Croce
Time continues to creep into my mind.  How we perceive time.  How we use time.  How we abuse time.  How we fear time.
It started earlier this year when I took a collage class.  Assigned to create an accordian fold book an [...]

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Positive People Day

Today is Positive People Day here in Massachusetts.  Positive People Day was started 10 years ago by Nancy Purbeck.  A unfortunate experience with a rude cab driver inspired her to create Positive People Day.  Positive People Day promotes the simple act of doing something positive for other people, whether that be sharing a smile, giving a [...]

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Friday Folly

Notre Dame Cathedral
Paris, France (2005)
Ever have one of those weeks?

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Harvest Your Wealth

 
Autumn is a time for drawing inward.  A time to reflect on the past (summer) and a time to prepare for the future (winter; the new year.)  It is a time to reap the harvest and celebrate our wealth.
John O’Donohue wrote in Anam Cara
when it is autumn in your life, the things that happened in the past, [...]

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Sculpture in Santa Fe

The art in Santa Fe is simply amazing and inspiring.  And the sculptures are, for the most part, very large.  Even the small indoor sculptures are at least 12″ tall.  I kept hearing Bruce Baker’s voice in my head as he encouraged artists to make their art larger for those art collectors decorating their large [...]

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Friday Folly

I’ve walked the maze, taken a few wrong turns, and finally reached the white pole.  “Oh Guru,” I wanted to ask “Now that I’ve arrived, how do I continue to find my way?”

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Thank You

Though I’ve replied to comments posted about my new bottle stoppers, I wanted to thank everyone for helping refill the creative well with your thoughts and ideas.
The face BS were a step out of the box for me with the bright colors and the limited use of polymer clay.  I’ve been so wedded to using clay [...]

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New BS

Bottle stoppers (BS) that is.
Wine bottle stoppers are among my best selling wholesale products.  However, I’ve become a little bored with the standard designs I’ve offered for the last 1 1/2 years.  Now that I’m sculpting I wanted to try and combine faces/heads with the stoppers.
At first I thought of creating a stopper made entirely from [...]

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Truth

Act in Accordance with the Truth
If we get in the habit of listening to the truth inside ourselves everyday, then we can begin to live in accordance with it. 
We can speak the truth as we feel it.
We can act on the truth as we feel it.
We can live our own truth.
Today, act according to [...]

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