memories

Nurturing your creative self

Nurturing your Creative Self Amidst Life’s Chaos: A Guide for Busy Souls In the hustle and bustle of our daily lives, finding the time and energy to tap into our creative selves can be a daunting task. Balancing work, family responsibilities, and the chaos of preparing for the holiday season, creativity often takes a backseat. However, in…
Memory as a tool for creativity

Memory as a tool for Inspiration Memory is a powerful source of inspiration for artists. Memories can be triggered by emotions, smells, sounds, or visuals, and can be a source of inspiration for creating new art. When an artist creates art that reflects their memories, it allows them to connect with their audience on a…
Growth Mindset defines your World

The power of mindset. The question is how do you maintain and insure that you have a growth mindset and not a fixed one? How do you insure that the negative does not affect you? The difference between growth and fixed is one of looking at the future. To have a growth mindset means that…
Dreams can create Change

Dreams can create change. The defining of the “desire” to be someplace else, be someone else or to increase your pleasure in life comes from the ability to dream. As we look out into the world at this time, we see many having to change their lives and deal with intense amount of change put…
Brighten Someone’s Day

Think Beyond Yourself How do we brighten someone’s day as we progress through The Great Pause? During this time we are reminded of the essentials of life. Family, friends, safety, kindness and freedom. We are reminded that we must have the ability to step outside of our own plans and be in the moment. To…
Life is Simple when it’s Normal

How do we survive the chaos? There was life before. Then there is life after. Life is simple. Simple when it can be normal. That is not our reality today. As we deal with chaos around us we try to find a place of normalcy. A place where we can talk, touch and be with…
Postcards of Paradise

Special Messages of Love What is in a postcard? Really the question should be asked; when is the last time you received a postcard? A short message, with a great picture and a sensation that someone, somewhere took the time to think of you. They took the time to write a note, put your address…
Friendship creates memories.

Friends makes us Happy Having a group of women friends creates happiness and memories. Friendship brings out the lighter side of life and makes us realize that life is to be enjoyed. To not be taken too seriously and remind you to laugh a little at the absurdity of daily life. For many women, working,…
Power of Original Art

The power of original art is everywhere. We are surrounded by an enormous amount of imagery everyday. Images through social media, tv, streaming, news all seem to blend into our minds. So what stands out? What makes an impression upon us? The power of original art is to make you stop, look and think. When…
Is Art Dead?

Is the power of art dead? Does art still have power that it used to have? Is art dead? Do we care about the handmade or the one of a kind? Does it have the same power that art had in the 17th and 18th centuries? Although it does not have the same power as…
Is your Children’s Art enough?

Children’s art in your home does not help your children. Can your home just have your children’s art? Is it enough to hang the naive, lovely, personal pieces of art that your kids make in your home? A few weeks ago I was invited to a beautiful home in Seattle. The people who lived here…
Know your history to know yourself.

Know your History Learning about ourselves, to know your history, gives us deeper understanding of who we are. Knowing ourselves with the knowledge of our past, with the understanding of where we come from, can enable our lives to grow. Looking back at our ancestors, the people in our lives who made us, give us…
Memory and Forgetting

We are all a String of Memories. We create our identity by experiencing moments. Every moment is a memory as soon as it passes. I often think of a moment in the past and put myself back at that time. Like trying to remember my daughter at the age of two walking for the first…
Memory; Reality or Lie?

Memories as a Reality Memories as a reality? Are our memories truth or a lie? If it is a lie- can we rely on these memories to truly define us? Confusing questions, to be sure. But I am interested in how this relates to Art. My art. Memories are my inspiration, but I interpret the…
Enjoy the Everyday Sounds of Life

Sounds of everyday life can be taken for granted. When my daughter was young, she would wake up everyday with a song. Singing in her childlike voice I would listen as I wake up and revel in this moment of happiness. Just to stop and listen. The other day I asked my 14 year old…
Commission a Painting and Preserve a Memory

Commissioning a painting creates a family heirloom. Commissioning a painting from me preserves a special memory. The client often realizes the importance of their family, and the experiences they had as they were growing up. The question becomes how do they represent these past moments? Of course, a wall of photos or a mantel piece…
How to preserve memories?

How to preserve memories? Memories that happen in a glimpse of time that we experience and take for granted at that moment? There are many moments that we try to recreate through a photograph, a short film, but the actual sensation can never be recaptured. As the holidays descend upon us, many are recreating traditions…