Creative Momentum
I’m feeling really inspired after our mountain bike trip to Mount Saint Anne, near Quebec City, where the UCI Mountain-bike World-Cup races were held. Even though the rest of my family are much stronger cross-country mountain bikers, and are into downhill mountain bike riding (unlike myself who will take a climb over a downhill anytime) I really appreciated taking my […]
The Inner Wilderness of Creativity
Canoe camping in the backcountry is always an adventure. We had been away from it for a few years as our kids no longer fit with us in the canoe and it meant taking a second canoe and portaging it- with two kids who at that point were starting to say they were not interested. […]
Inner Wise Self or Inner Critic?
From time to time my inner critic states her opinion on the task at hand. In the past I have given in, giving up on what I was doing as a result. Then I became pretty good about listening to her without judgement for the most part and letting it slide. Still these critical voices would come […]
Getting Past Creative Road Blocks
These past weeks my family and I have been doing a lot of cycling together. While not unusual for me to cycle a lot – I began cycling again as an adult in my late twenties I tend to stick to my comfort zone in the way that I ride. For example, my kids […]
Dialogue with Art
Today I thought I would share with you an entry that I made in my art journal a while back. I was flipping through and reviewing my journal and came across this dialogue I had with one of my journal paintings. To be clear, I don’t always write about my art. Often […]
Showing Up
Recently when I put the question out there “what gets in your way of creating?” One of the responses was “life”. This isn’t the first time I have heard of life getting in the way. To feel so overwhelmed by all that is going on in life that to take the time to […]
Circle of Art
Today and every Friday, I invite you to join me in creating a response to the quotes I post, using the arts: visual arts, photography, music or song, dance (video please!) prose or poetry, it’s your choice. I will be sharing a quote here weekly and inviting a response from others to the […]
Never Ending
Every time there is change; change of season, taking on something new, or things turning out differently than expected, I am reminded to appreciate what I have, have done, have received, have invited into my life. I don’t always feel it right away, often I feel trepidation when change approaches. The change in seasons really […]