To choose art means to turn one’s back on the world, or at least on certain of its distractions. ~Melvin Maddocks I have spent more time than usual these last few weeks in the cave. The Cave, otherwise known as my art studio/office is where I hang the DO NOT DISTURB sign so I can do the genius work—and concentrate… Read More
Leaping and Jumping and Flying High
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” –Mark Twain Last year on February 29, Leap Day, I woke up to my journal… Read More
Balancing Balloons
It isn’t easy balancing all the different areas of our lives. Sometimes it feels as if we are hanging on to a giant bunch of colorful balloons and if we aren’t holding on tightly to every single string then …POOF! There goes all of our balloons up in the air drifting away, heading for the clouds or trees, getting caught… Read More