The start of week 4 of social distancing and even for an introvert like me, this is getting old. After days of staying home, limiting how often I leave my house, being grateful for what I have, thoroughly cleaning my house, completing neglected projects, after telling myself “This is only temporary,” my optimism has run … Read more
Hello everyone. During the pandemic and people stuck at home, I wanted to do something that would brighten up other people’s day and their mailboxes. I decided to re-purpose many of my art and card design studies/seconds and create mixed media postcards to send to family and friends. I call this my Postcards From the … Read more
We are living in troubling times: the Corona virus pandemic, panic buying, sheltering in place, and the unknown economic fallout. All this chaos and uncertainty can be terrifying and unsettling. When we operate in fear mode, creativity goes out the window and we tend to not make the best decisions. Getting caught up in the … Read more
I received great news today. My book, Inspiration is Only the Spark, won the Best Non-Fiction award in Red City Review Book Awards! This is wonderful news during this stressful time. To see the announcement on the Red City Review website, click here and scroll to the very bottom or search for non-fiction.
Good news! I found out last week that my book, Inspiration is Only the Spark, will be included in the Creative Studies Collection at Buffalo State SUNY! https://creativity.buffalostate.edu/
When you are on vacation or a work trip, you do not always have your space, supplies or time to be creative. It can be frustrating to put your creativity on hold for the duration that you are away. Most of the time we have the expectation that in order to be creative we need … Read more
With the plethora of ideas that creative people can come up with, it can be a challenge to pick which one to work on next. Artists tend to have many more ideas for projects than they can complete. We have big imaginations and when our creativity is at its peak, the ideas overflow our creative … Read more
It’s that time of year when we look ahead with optimism and hope, and state our creative goals for the New Year. We have the entire year ahead of us and this is our opportunity to achieve great things. Goals can be a double-edged sword, however. On one hand, goals can help you achieve amazing … Read more
Fifteen years ago I started a practice that laid the ground work for doing something I never imaged I would do – publish a book. At the time writing a book wasn’t on my radar or a hint of an aspiration. I was just restless and had a lot of unprocessed emotions welling up in … Read more
This weekend instead of having four days to attend various social events and tackle a long list of to dos, I came down with a cold. I thought that I was going to have fun and get caught up with my creative projects as well as chore around the house. Well, life had other plans … Read more