Cell phonesHorsesParenting (coupled with a career)IB Profen (and anything stronger)Running as we ageMowing the lawnPress I haven't yet decided if art or religion make the list. The question is always this: what are we willing to trade in order to do something else?
The Pursuit of Perfection
I like to call myself a "recovering perfectionist." Years ago I realized it was one of the reasons I wasn't making art. My talent wasn't matching my aspirations. Creating felt like a burden, not a blessing. I combatted that by starting the practice of daily painting (or painting when
Creative Effort
Where does it come from? Why do we have it? "Robert Henri once said that art is not actually intended but is the result of a desire to express, and a need for appreciation. To these factors may be added the enjoyment of nature and an instinctive desire to excel. A desire to excel or attain
Goals
The Covid Crisis rages around. We are all trying to sort through what we want of the old life, or what we don't. I'm doing the same. I am being inspired by an "exhuberant Buddhist" I am reading about in THE ABUNDANCE OF LESS by Any Couturier, who dropped out of traditional Japanese school
Tag, You’re It
When you create, there will be lots of distractions. Ego will pop up and say it has to be great or you might as well not do it. It must be a best seller and please others. Resistance will pop up because you're tired or it's Friday or you are stuck. Go ahead...name anything. But if you pay
I Am an Artist
Mother. Wife. Interior designer. Equestrian. Trail runner. Woman. These are all titles that have been easy for me to claim. Some come with respect. Others are adventurous. But I always had a hard time telling people I was an artist. I spent