At the start of 2020, I chose generosity as my word of the year, not knowing consciously what we were in for globally that year. Or rather, the word chose me. I started this essay back then, exploring how generosity can enlarge me as an artist and human being, and I return to it now […] Continue Reading
Creative Sparks
Real tools and firelight for artists and dreamers to create inspired lives
Make Your Art in Ten Minutes a Day
In January, I decided to take on the challenge of writing every day for ten minutes for a month. My creative schedule for years has been four days a week for two or more hours at a time. I keep this schedule religiously, and it works well for me. So, why did I take on […] Continue Reading
Just Say No to Distractions to Create a Life You Love
I have been on a roll lately, getting things done that are important to me. Taking on my big dreams and big projects, the ones that have been languishing, being avoided, or moving so slowly. To move forward in a concerted way toward what matters most to me, toward co-creating what I long for in […] Continue Reading
2022 My Year in Review
What a year 2022 was, hard and strange, and way too fast. And yet, many beautiful blessings happened too. Significant movement toward long-held dreams. The only reason I can make progress toward my dreams in such a crazy world is because, every year, I engage in a beautiful process of vision-mapping my year. Big Dreams […] Continue Reading
Planting Dream Seeds for the New Year
Last night my women’s group did a ritual for the new year, one in which we uncovered our dream seeds. We each released an old pattern that we are ready to let go, something that has been hindering us. We danced and shrieked, yelped and shook to let it go. And we were helped by […] Continue Reading
Six Things to Inspire Your Heart and Feed Your Soul
For my beloved patrons on Patreon, I regularly share posts about What’s Inspiring Me Now. These are wide-ranging and are meant to offer patrons new sources of juicy inspiration they might want to tap into. Today, I thought I’d share this on my own blog for all to enjoy. Making a living as an artist […] Continue Reading
On the Truth of Thanksgiving and the Practice of Gratitude
Tomorrow in the United States is Thanksgiving Day, a holiday that brings mixed feelings. For most of my life, Thanksgiving was my favorite holiday. I was born on Thanksgiving Day, so that’s part of it. But I loved this holiday because it was about gathering with loved ones and sharing food and being grateful. No […] Continue Reading
How to Find Inner Peace and Freedom
A Simple Somatic Practice to Uncover Your Innate Wisdom One of the things I love about the work I do is I get to hold space for others and listen deeply to them. And in that space, I witness, again and again, the miracle of people finding their inner peace and freedom. I get to […] Continue Reading
How to Regain Your Balance in Challenging Times
I’ve been thinking about balance and imbalance. We just passed the equinox when the day and night are of almost equal length all over the planet. And we entered the sign of Libra, symbolized by the scales. At the same time, the world is so topsy-turvy right now, so out of balance in many ways. […] Continue Reading
Making the Most of Your Life
My friend Curt died a couple of weeks ago. I learned about it on Facebook and was stunned. Curt was a heart-centered, caring soul and helped me in many ways over the years. He was a person I could trust to be honest, authentic, and to listen deeply. He could also be quite funny. A […] Continue Reading
