I have memories of my kids sitting in the room with me while I painted and of the countless conversations I had with them. I hold dear to me those moments when I talked with my newly-acquired Zoom friends during the pandemic. It was all in this room.
Read MoreRemember, things don’t always show up in the way we expect them to. Don’t miss out on opportunities because they look different than what you envisioned. A huge part of being a creative is knowing beauty when you see it.
Read MoreHooray for white space, for the artist (that’s you too!) has full creative control over how she will color her life.
Read MoreOld habits die hard, and with my extra couple of hours in the day, I didn’t know what to do. I was so used to running on a schedule full of deadlines, shoulds, and have-tos, I didn’t know how to exist without it. I spent a few days (or longer) just sitting around feeling directionless and, to be honest, a little worthless. If I’m not doing something for someone, then what was I to do?
Read MoreRight now I’m in this ugly phase where I know I want things to change, yet I’m stuck in autopilot doing the same things as before.
Read MoreBut seriously though, life is NOT a small purse. It’s huge! And it’s so easy to just keep throwing things into it. It gets heavier and heavier without us even noticing, until we ask someone to hold it for us.
Read MoreAs my first phase of the creativity-infused sabbatical, I’m learning to enjoy simple pleasures and beauty. During “The White-Space Project,” I’m paying close attention to how things make me feel. I’ve been freed up enough to observe the unusual, the atypical, the out-of-norm.
Read MoreNow that I’ve scheduled my creative sabbatical, I want it to start NOW! I’m trying to be left-brained for just a bit, but my right-brained self is throwing an epic temper tantrum.
Read MoreThis morning, I spent two hours allowing the words to flow out onto this page. The words came out effortlessly about how I so desperately needed white space in my creative life.
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