I’ve become too fond of the regular and the familiar lately, I think. I find myself hoping for fun surprises throughout the day, but the real question is, am I willing to allow spontaneity into my life?
I’ve always been open to change; it’s the reason why the rooms in my house change labels frequently. My [...]
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Opening to Spontaneity
Stillness, Friendship, and more Stillness
It’s only 1 in the afternoon but my day has already been so incredible. Lately I’ve started practicing stillness, and I find I’m doing it mainly because I enjoy the feeling so much – it takes me a while, maybe five minutes or so, but then it comes, that sense of expansion that takes me [...]
Showing Up
What perfect timing. My friend Beth sent me a link to this wonderful Youtube video featuring Elizabeth Gilbert, the author of Eat, Pray, Love, in which she gives her take on creativity. The idea of this conversation between me and this something wondrous outside of myself, that sense of connection, is absolutely wonderful.
And what I [...]
My Little Red Book Winners!
Here are the winners for of the My Little Red Book giveaway! I went to Random.org and drew five numbers. The winners are the five people whose comment numbers matches these five random numbers:
Mindy (Comment #5)
Morna Crites-Moore (Comment #41)
Dolly (Comment #29)
nfmgirl (Comment #86)
Chelsea (Comment #77)
I have emailed all the winners, and once I get everyone’s [...]
Today’s Inspiration: Zendalas, ZenTangles and Mandalas
I have this thing about mandalas, and I’ve always been fascinated by ZenTangles, so it was a real delight to come across this video today:
Perfect inspiration. And I noticed she uses two types of pens – fine line and thick line.
I definitely want to give this a try.
Found via Semicolon.
Stepping into Prewriting with Collage
I took that step today, finally! After thinking about it and thinking about it, I finally just went and gathered together a pile of older magazines and sat down with them at the kitchen table. Dylan kept me company – he cut shapes from paper to glue into a collage, while I went through a [...]
Taking Risks
One of the things that really resonated with me as I’ve been visiting various Next Chapter book club posts is this: risk-taking, from the heart.
In 12 Secrets of Highly-Creative Women, much of the risk-taking that’s talked about is based on the calculated risk. The one that you plan out with your head – hopefully [...]
Encouragement, One Brave Step, and Inspiration
This week’s Next Chapter topic comes from Chapter 3 of the 12 Secrets of Highly-Creative Women: Following your Fascinations. Jamie asks us to share what helps us find the courage to take the risks necessary to make our dreams come true, and then challenges us to take one brave step towards our dreams.
Encouragement
I believe [...]
My Little Red Book Giveaway!
Update: The giveaway has now ended and comments on this post are now closed. Winners of this giveaway have been announced here. Thank you everyone for participating!
Yesterday I was surfing around, and I came across One World – One Heart 2009, a wonderful site whose aim is to foster connections among bloggers in the art [...]
What Are Your Beliefs About Time?
I’m in the middle of an experiment with time – an experiment with my time.
You see, two days ago, I literally looked up (at my monitor, that is, which was displaying my Basecamp calendar, where I keep track of my deadlines) and realized I was going to be knee deep in work for the next [...]
