I’m reading The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield. He talks of Resistance (with a capital R) like it’s something to be reckoned with. You don’t have to be a creative artist to know what he’s talking about. Resistance somehow wheedles its way into everyone’s […]
Alabama Chanin Weekend
My husband gave me an Alabama Chanin Weekend Workshop for Christmas. If you’ve followed this blog long enough, you’ll know that I absolutely LOVE to create new things—whether it be with fabric, paper, wood, or letters—basically anything I have at my disposal. For a while now, I’ve been following Natalie Chanin’s work and blog. You […]
Hello Again
Oh, it’s so good to be back. I’ve missed you sorely. It really took me too long to fix this website and transfer it over to WordPress. I had to learn how to code html and what an ftp client was and how to tweak a logo. In the meantime, I’ve concocted a new Living the […]
Creative Dreams
The Squam Art Workshops are retreats for the imagination, set on what looks like an idyllic location–Squam Lake, NH. I’ve never been, but I’m hoping to attend one day. They were started by Elizabeth MacCrellish in 2008, as “an enterprise that is dedicated to infusing art with spirit, and life with all manner of creative […]
How To Be Alone
I’ve just finished The Evolution of God by Robert Wright, and my brain feels like a stuffed green pepper. One of these days I’ll share, in a succinct and clear way, what I learned. To compare, I’ve picked up Stephen Prothero’s God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World–and Why Their […]