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i am forever gathering articles and references like this and realized i could begin collecting them through my blog. this way i have not only a place where i can go for my own bits, but i can share them and reference them easily for others. here goes! from THE …
Learning to live life the way I make art Nearly all of us have been divorced from the full strength of our creative flow since the freewheeling freedom of childhood. And honestly, I know many of us didn’t have the kinds of childhoods that encompass a whole lotta freewheeling. So …
So much media I see about manifestation focuses on the physical plane. I’ve never really related to that. I like to have my rent paid, don’t get me wrong. But when push comes to shove, what I’ve really needed to take into any and all situations is inner peace. I’ve …
An invitation to Mira Reisberg’s Hero’s Art Journey with Maya Gonzalez Part of what makes life awesome, are those things you just HAVE to do. Those things that keep you up late, working in the garage or in your studio or at your kitchen table or wherever it is you’ve …
“Creativity is seeing what everyone else has seen, and thinking what no one else has thought.” – Einstein Reclaiming and exercising our creative mind is essential to our survival as humans and is key to creating long lasting change in our lives and in our world. We are born creative …
Frida Kahlo was born Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón. The name Frieda comes from the German word Friede, which means peace. She dropped the e from her name around 1935, and subsequently became known as Frida. Of her 143 paintings, 55 are self-portraits and 88 are not She underwent …
Perhaps you are like many women who experience dissatisfaction with their belly and have a hard time acknowledging this area of the body. You may feel disconnected or even disgust. And yet, the belly is the center of your body, the core of your being. It is the bowl of …
it’s easter. it has me thinking of the ghosts of easter pasts. when i was seven i had a minibike accident over what used to be called easter vacation. i was in a coma for 3 days. a year later my great grandmother who i lived next door to …
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Living the creative life Body beauty full 8 week online course for women, March 22nd-May 16th registration open now>> I began writing about the body beauty full course and the concepts behind living the creative life. I wrote about what you get out of the course and why it’s important …
