” . . . it is perhaps my first sculpture where the space and the form are completely dependent in and inseparable from each other. I had reached the stage where I wanted my sculpture to be truly three-dimensional . . . Now the space and the form are so naturally fused that they are…
How do you define ‘laziness’ in your life? Is laziness a bad thing or a good thing? When are you being lazy? I want to offer you great inspiration and creative ideas, but I’m just lazy it seems. I’m lazy not to be more ambitious and give you, the faithful reader, a wider perspective…
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow…
When is a cup of coffee just a cup of coffee, or more appropriately in my case, when is a martini really a Pimm’s 19? This week on the search for inspiration in life, I took on the model of writing and connecting with people who give me energy. Emily Carr had the group of…
This week I followed in Emily Carr’s footsteps and wrote in a journal. And like Emily, I did not do it daily. I let it come in snippets or torrents. A day might pass or two, and when I picked up I wrote about what was unfolding and as she did, stepped out of myself…
“Sketching in the big woods is wonderful. You go, find a space wide enough to sit in and clear enough so that the undergrowth is not drowning you. Then, being elderly, you spread your camp stool and sit and look round. Don’t see much here.” “Wait.” Out comes a cigarette. The mosquitoes back away from…
A 365 Day Exploration of What Inspires The Premise One of my favorite books of recent memory is Stumbling on Happiness. Renowned Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert reveals the latest in scientific research in psychology, cognitive neuroscience and several other fields with large words, to help you and I understand why we aren’t happy and what…
So it was my birthday in mid December and my gift to me (because quite frankly at my age, who better knows what I want than I?) was a day built around creativity. At this point in December I know I’m not the only one who feels like their tank is running on fumes. The…
