Is the Law of Attraction Crap?

Okay, maybe that is a bit terse, but after so many months of sharing thoughts on trying to live in the present moment, being positive, getting clear, and all that “woo-woo” stuff, I feel like kicking it all in the pants. And admit it; haven’t you wondered or wanted to do the same thing?
To [...]

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Two Glasses of Wine Theory

When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 glasses of wine theory…
A professor stood before his philosophy class with some items on his desk in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up [...]

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Quotable Monday

Choose an object that inspires you and allow it to assist you in restoring balance of mind and emotions.
Engage the focus on an inspiring object.
-Nischala Joy Devi

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Happy First Anniversary!

It seems like only a short time ago I wrote my first post on this blog and here it is, 7/1/08, and I’m celebrating my first blog anniversary!
When I started my blog, the intent was to share my thoughts on inspiration and creativity, to share what inspires me, and to share images of new work. [...]

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Gardening: A Practice in Acceptance

Within 72 hours or so of posting about gardening as a spiritual practice, I learned that gardening is also a practice in acceptance when Eric commented “Someone has been eating our hostas.”
Sure enough, a young female deer had foraged through the garden bed closest to the house and did serious damage to the once large [...]

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Mac Attack

Resistance is futile
-The Borg
Star Trek
First Contact (1996)

In late May, assimilation occurred in my house. I switched from a PC to a Mac laptop. Eric has used a Mac in his studio for a while and more recently as his primary computer in his office. I’ve been having some “issues” with my desktop [...]

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Post Show Hangover

The days after a show are like having a hangover; a post show hangover without the bed spins or dry mouth.  The excitement and nervousness that builds prior to a show has dissipated.  Whatever inventory remains has been repacked and not necessarily in the order it went to the show.  The table coverings aren’t folded [...]

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Stress Manifests in Dreams

How often have you laid in bed at night comtemplating all the things that you need to get done by a certain date and then had that stress manifest itself in your dreams?
Last night I realized I was starting to get a little nervous about the little things that need to be accomplished before heading to Northampton [...]

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Discovering Inner Space: A New Earth Webcast Chapter 8

Our minds are full of internal thoughts
and our external lives are filled with things to do.
There is no space in our lives.
And so began the discussion on discovering our inner space.  And how true it is.  We get up in the morning and we start thinking about what to make for dinner.  We run from [...]

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The Artist Slump

My local artist guild, The Bolton Artisans Guild, started its own blog this week.  Below is an expanded version of an entry I posted on the new BAG blog.
Alyson Stanfield discusses artist slumps her newletter this week.  I can certainly relate as I’ve been in an on-again/off-again slump for the past few months.  I’ve noticed this happens [...]

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