I love it when people surprise me with their wit and humor, curiosity and imagination. My friend Dawn-Marie Quinche does that quite often, as witnessed by her take on the ordinary rhubarb plant. Dawn-Marie has been painting her kitchen cupboards, and what better image to put over the door to her compost bucket than the [...]
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Not Your Ordinary Walk Through the Garden
Posted in Art, garden, Inspiration, poetry, Uncategorized on May 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Humming the World into Being
Posted in Art on January 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
At the end of my last post I talked about defining the word creative, and how the phrase “I want to be more creative” is used to cover many different yearnings. You probably already figured out that all of the expressions on the list are mine. Yup. It’s true. I confess. But the idea that most absorbs me [...]
Creativity Revisited
Posted in Art, Authenticity, Inspiration on December 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Remembering Last Sunday Dan and I hung my most recent collection of work at the Fireroast Mountain Cafe in Minneapolis, MN, which is about 35 miles north of where my retreat center is located. I loved hanging the show, and not just because of the great coffee that they gave us as we worked! I [...]
Back to the Source
Posted in Art, Inspiration, Voice, tagged Inspiration, Nature, Voice on March 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been on inspiration overload for a few weeks (or maybe a lifetime!). First I was at the Cabin Fever Clay Festival in Laurel, Maryland, then at the National Polymer Clay Guild Synergy Conference in Baltimore, then at the American Craft Council Show at the Baltimore Convention Center, then back at my own dear studio [...]
Who Am I, Anyway?
Posted in Art, Authenticity, Voice, tagged Art, Authenticity, Voice on January 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve decided to let go of this struggle I’ve been having about who I am. I’ve been muddling over this question, it seems to me, ever since I was a little kid. (I was a pretty serious kid!) I’ve always liked questions. To me, answers never seemed quite satisfying, and they were never set in [...]
