We return from four days at the tree farm well rested, sleeping like stones, lulled by whip-o-will echoing calls from one side of the wooded creek bed to the other. I had not heard a whip-o-will calling til my first spring at the farm several years ago. Watching a trio of bats dip and spiral […]
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Moonlight Falls…
Welcome to the art/life trail ride! The August Moon connects us to the keyword Trust. Our 30 day challenge for the moon/month includes Trusting that it’s safe to be safe. That’s a creative concept in and of itself! Once safe it is also safe to let your freak flag fly! Coloring outside the lines is just […]
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At the Cross Road
The Great Escape, Drozda, Acrylic/canvas, 48 x 36 inches, private collection Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training. Anna Freud Welcome to the art/life trail ride! We are closing the Growth moon/month and the 30 day challenge of exploring emotional balance. How did it go for you? A hefty part […]
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On the Beautiful Trail
Welcome to this week on the art/life trail ride…in our third week of the 30 day emotional heath and well being challenge let’s be bold as we celebrate curiosity and possibility. Last fall while writing the 2016 Lifecycle Forecast I realized that the word Koyaanisqatsi, which roughly translates to: life out of balance or chaotic life, would be […]
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Whatayathinkin’?
Welcome to this week on the trail! It’s the Growth moon cycle and time to push into the area of your art/life where you sense expansion happening. How does your Creative Garden Grow? Wren House Garden, Drozda, 2016 The wind, too, scattered seeds. As the water reappeared, so there reappeared willows, rushes, meadows, gardens, […]
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Grow UP^
Welcome to July on the art/life trail ride! The South Gate on the Natural Calendar and the pathway of Growth, Trust and Love are now open for business! The ninety days of summer place a focus upon Others. Research and action will hopefully be embraced! Our keyword for this moon/month is Growth. Last week we were […]
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Out Beyond…
Happy First Week of Summer on the art/life trail ride! Summer Solstice, June 20 marked the first quarter turn on our Natural Calendar. We are now inside the South Gate of the circle. We might call the ninety days of the Summer Quadrant the Va Va Voom days! Think burgeoning! Think organic growth! Think ACTION! Here at the […]
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Summertime and Living is a…Gift
Just back from a 5 day tree farm retreat. We are off the grid. Lighting is managed by plugging a low wattage lamp into an alternator that is connected to a deep cell marine battery. There is a deep cell battery in my small works studio and another in the cabin. From this same set-up we […]
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Go for the Gold!
Welcome to our first post in June! We’re on the art/life trail ride and the keyword each June is Illumination. Our challenge this moon/month is to be bright and radiant! Are you ready to shine? Here is a reminder of one gift we received in this year’s Lifecycle Forecast: “In 2016, dispose of the old. […]
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Kindled, Grounded and Spacious
Goddess in the Making, Drozda, Acrylic/canvas, 36 by 36 inches, 1996, available for purchase We are all such exquisite and ruthless combinations of wisdom and woundedness. Jan Crawford Welcome to the art/life trail ride! It’s the last week in our 30 day Wisdom challenge…what does it mean to be wise? As you’ve moved through the […]
