(this is a stream of consciousness vs a traditional post) feeling empty, no inspiration, stuck, can’t create any art… My art teacher said: Just put a mark on the page Any mark Sometimes just one mark can get the process going So, I took out a blank page Splashed some water onto it Dropped watercolor… Read More Make A Mark
Thich Nhat Hanh said “No Mud No Lotus” to remind us that the path to enlightenment is strewn with suffering, the proverbial no pain no gain theory. But, is there more that we can learn from how a lotus grows? Yes. I say that because I did some reading about the growth cycle of the… Read More How Much Mud Is Actually Necessary?
I was 58 when I went to my first Highland Games, a celebration of all things Scottish… The caber toss, specifically, is a sporting event at the Highland Games, categorized under “heavy athletics”. Imagine kilt wearing athletes from differing clans, lifting and throwing a twenty foot, tapered, wooden pole weighing 100+ pounds, hoping to rotate… Read More I’m Not Scottish But I Love A Good Caber Toss
Something happens…that’s all it takes…just one thing…and game on…the ball is in motion…thoughts start formulating, jumping around in our heads like a pinball machine. Personally, I’m a great story teller. I can weave a story that takes me from 0 to 100 in mere seconds and create a million scenarios (usually worst case) from just… Read More Looking At The Stories We Tell Ourselves
Through My Mind's Eye 