Sadness

  Do you think you know what sadness is?  What it really feels like?  I was a child, and when my mom left us to pursue her life, I thought I knew.  Sadness was what you felt when you put yourself to bed at night.  I used to tuck my hair neatly around my head and […]

Dare to Be Yourself

” “Nana’s Hat”      colored pencil   There are some amazing individuals who walk among us. If you can do something so unnoticed as train a dog sign language, or give someone a chance to start over without judgment, or make a broken spirit believe they can rise on their own, please stand up.  Or better yet, have […]

Fear

Who are you who has no fear?  I think artists and thinkers are the greatest beings plagued by fear.  There are different types of people.  There are those that numb their fear, those who are strangled by it, and those who are very lucky to overcome their fear, if momentarily, to create something meaningful.  It’s a scary […]

Time is on Your Side

          Are you ever blaming the lack of substantial progress in your creative pursuits on your lack of time?   You’re not alone!  Countless hours are spent doing tasks you think you need to finish before you “get down to work.”  Then, when the day is spent and your mind and/or body is depleted, you […]

Creative Souls on the Edge of Something Amazing!

This is an attempt to  leap into the unknown, unimaginable glory of self-expression. To live in the soul-embracing world of creativity is our innate obligation. The undeniable truth that lies within every one of us is that if we cannot spend our lives giving form to the ideas and visions that are fighting to break out from our minds and fingertips, we slowly […]