Art for Licensing
As we enter into the busy holiday season, I have to remind myself to take the time to pause and be thankful for my blessings. I started keeping a ‘gratitude journal’ a few years ago to remind me of how blessed I really am. I try to write down five things that I’m grateful for each day. [...]
Why does the word ‘discipline’ seem so negative to me? It connotes punishment or drudgery. The word routine seems more positive, almost comforting. My morning household routine consists of making coffee, throwing in a load of laundry, maybe sweeping the kitchen floor or unloading the dishwasher. Easy stuff, but it keeps our household neat and [...]
I found a new blog through Cynthia Morris’ Original Impulse Blog …which I also enjoy very much! Art Everyday Month by Leah Piken Kolidas has inspired me to post my artwork on a daily basis. I NEED to do this in so many ways….mostly I need the deliberate, focused discipline to create each day. I also find that the [...]
First of all, let me make this CRYSTAL clear. I’m not complaining. I love my family and my life. That said, I was waiting for my kids to get a little older so that I could ‘FOCUS ON MY ART’. You know – long, leisurely days spent painting without interruption; kids in school, nothing else [...]
Max Lucado, in his book Cure for the Common Life quotes Mark 6:31. ”Come aside by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while. Lucado tells us: Jesus practiced crowd control more than once. People brought Jesus more than sick bodies and seeking souls. They brought him agendas. Itineraries. Unsolicitated advice. The herd of [...]
Some of us know what we are meant to do for a living. My 15 year-old knows he wants to be an architect. My artist friends know they NEED to create. But some of us kind of got lost along the way. Me, for example. I have a business degree. AND an MBA. What was [...]
Live creatively friends…make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you have been given and sink yourself into that. Don’t compare yourself to others. Each of you must take responsibility for doing the creative best you can with your own life. Galations 6:1, 4-5 The Message I found this verse in Debbie [...]
