Noticing life out loud since 2011
Noticing life out loud since 2011
Show up anyway.
I’ve been doing some experimenting lately – sort of letting myself go “out on a limb.” which isn’t something I’m necessarily prone to do. I’d have to say, I think I may start going out on the proverbial limb a…
It’s interesting to think about some advice I received about drawing. “It’s better to draw from real life, not from a photograph, and not from memory.” I’m not sure I agree. From my perspective, my drawings are more free and…
How lucky for me that Kathy had so much extra pulp she organized another papermaking open studio! I was hooked after the first five minutes of the Wednesday session and was thrilled when I got the email about another opportunity.…
Although there were some who predicted that personal computers, email and the internet would make the use of paper obsolete – that hasn’t been the case; at least not in my life. True, I get less and less paper mail…
My life has been a whirlwind lately and outside of taking gorgeous pictures at the lake, I haven’t had much time for the artsy side of me. My friend Kim must have somehow known that I needed both a respite…
The backdrop continued… This is my story and it’s one of self-discovery and of the second first three years of my life. It’s the story of my dream. In its unedited and original form: I have a dream, and my…
I’ve heard that the process being born is the first traumatic but necessary event we experience in life. It’s easy for me to believe that it’s a distressing experience to be pushed from comfort of familiar surroundings through a space…
It’s hard to believe that it’s been a year since I took a deep breath, clicked on the publish button, and whala! I published my very first post ‘Wow! That was ‘Eye Popping 3d’! I actually started blogging six years…
A few weeks ago I wrote about my experience in drawing a pine cone and how difficult it was to make the shape transform from the outline of a soft rose into the hard but delicate shells that protect the…
I’m not usually one to do this, but I’m going to write a bit about my very ordinary but extraordinary afternoon. After finishing the things in my life that ‘needed’ to be done I decided to take the afternoon off…