Creativity lives in paradox: serious art is born from serious play. – Julia Cameron, The Artist’s Way I love that so many of you have already made a commitment to creating a creative space where you can unleash your artist self freely. Our environment speaks to us constantly about where our priorities are, and is … Read more
Atlanta, 3/31/94 ©John RottetThe Days Betweenby Robert Hunter, Jerry Garcia There were daysAnd there were daysAnd there were days between.Summer flies and August diesAnd the world grows dark and mean.Comes the shimmer of the moonOn black infested trees,The singing man is at his songThe holy on their knees.The reckless are out wrecking,The timid plead their … Read more
We are awakening our creative, artistic spirits. By tending and spreading the flames of Creativity, we ourselves become creators and healers.
For improving your behavior, a supportive environment isn’t a luxury. It’s a necessity.— Michael Highstead, CEO of Habit Busters, Ltd. In her recent (free!) newsletter, Elizabeth Genco Purvis, the “Marketing Goddess” wrote, “One of my mentors said something recently that really shook me up. He said, ‘Your environment is stronger than habit.’ When you think … Read more
Cinderella – by Edmond DulacWhere there is no extravagance there is no love, and where there is no love there is no understanding.— Oscar Wilde How are you feeling about all this focus on luxury? In a world where there is enormous suffering, where so many have so little, and less every day, does it … Read more
When you’re a vessel from God, you don’t even need a boat! — SARK While this may seem (at first ) like a detour from our discussions, I feel that today’s astrological influence very much supports the work we’re doing. It is time for us to own up to how our creative urges and identities … Read more
All enjoying is your best gift to yourself. — SARK How was your weekend? How have your artist dates been going? You are having one every week, aren’t you? Did you do your homework? What luxuries did you bestow upon yourself? You did treat yourself, right? I hope so. What are the luxuries that you … Read more
Little Summer Poem Touching the Subject of Faithby Mary Oliver Every summerI listen and lookunder the sun’s brass and eveninto the moonlight, but I can’t hear anything, I can’t see anything —not the pale roots digging down, nor the green stalks muscling up,nor the leavesdeepening their damp pleats, nor the tassels making,nor the shucks, nor … Read more
Our hands will work for peace and justiceOur hands will work to heal the landGather ’round the harvest tableLet us feast and bless the land. Lughnassadh (often pronounced “LOO-nahs-ah”) or the Anglo-Saxon “Lammas,” is one of the Greater Sabbats and honors the First Harvest. In agricultural traditions throughout the Northern Hemisphere, this marks the start … Read more
What we really want to do is what we’re meant to do.— Julia Cameron, The Artist’s Way Beginning to cooperate with the abundance that surrounds you and wants to guide you is a critical step towards being in the creative flow. It is also one of the most toxic, fear-distorted areas in our culture, and … Read more