Spark the Second Candle Tonight – We Welcome Fire’s Dancing Light
Tonight, join us as we light the 2nd candle on our Solstice Advent Wreath. Here are the meanings and some suggestions for this transformative rite.
Dream Whisperer
I offer my services as a dream whisperer for creative and magical people.
The First Candle on Our Solstice Advent Wreath
The Wheel of time has turned again, Advent now has come. We light the flame with hope and prayer, we gather now as one. It’s time for the 1st candle.
Wordless Wednesday: Never Forget We Are All a Wee Bit Fae
The human world is so full of noise and strife. Take a Wordless Wednesday break to awaken your own ancient Faery heart, that longs for sweeter joys.
Faith, Hope, and Charity – A New Monthly Feature
A new monthly feature, announced in this month’s WINGS, I am sharing information about people, organizations, and services I support. I hope you will too.
The Journey Ends. The Journey Begins.
A painting is never finished — it simply stops in interesting places. — Paul Gardner Today, we bid goodbye to the work begun at Imbolc, 2009, working our way through The Artist’s Way. I leave you with some final thoughts. First, as we have admitted by now that we are recovering artists, we are urged … Read more
Final Tasks for Chapter Twelve
We are now at the end of this journey together on The Artist’s Way. Which is to say, we are now just beginning our own Artist’s Way: living the life of Creator. Here are the last exercises that Julia recommends. I hope you’ll spend some quality time this weekend working through them. Tomorrow, 1. Write … Read more
Escape Velocity
One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. — Andre Gide As we come to the end of this journey, we may find ourselves facing a final exam or two. This is what Julia calls The Test. It is as if our most vulnerable … Read more
Do We Have Liftoff?
The race isn’t over until you cross the finish line. You’ll be surprised at how much can change in the last twenty strides. –Jackie Dugall (Women’s Cross Country champion and award-winning coach) Just as our Tarot card of the week has predicted, we are leaving behind the tenderly placed heart lessons found in the chapters … Read more
Extravagant Play
Very often the effort men put into activities that seem completely useless turns out to be extremely important in ways no one could foresee. Play has always been the mainspring of culture. — Italo Calvino (Journalist and writer, 1923-1985) The ego trip of pursuing ART, with a capital A is just another trap which is … Read more
Beware of Art
It is only necessary to behold the least fact or phenomenon, however familiar, from a point a hair’s breadth aside from our habitual path or routine, to be overcome, enchanted by its beauty and significance…. To perceive freshly, with fresh senses is to be inspired. — Thoreau (My thanks today to Waverly FitzGerald for this … Read more