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Creative process emphasizes the evolving nature of the artist.
“It is surprising to me to see how many good people separate the objective from the abstract. Objective painting is not good painting unless it is good in the abstract sense. A hill or a tree cannot make a good painting just because it is a hill or a tree. It is lines and colors […]
Many people ask me why I write publicly about my personal life, my experiences, my feelings and the lessons I have learned on my ever evolving path. Some people are really interested and caring and want to share their thoughts; others believe it is in “bad taste” to reveal one’s inner reality. A good face […]
After some time, when I realized that I had gone as far as I could in my present position, I decided to look for a new opportunity. I became the official Assistant to the President of a diversified merchandising company. Over the following three years, I cultivated a greater confidence in myself, refined my skills, extended my abilities […]
Seven years later – during which time I tried very hard to be the best wife and mother, cook and bottle washer, floor polisher and window washer this side of the North Pole – I found myself at the edge of a cliff. With little education, no work experience and nothing but a need to provide, […]
I remember spending Saturdays with my Dad …as father-and-son. We would go to the movies and eat popcorn together. It was in the darkened theater (the neighborhood Nortown was decorated like a wonderful villa by the sea, with stars twinkling high above in the dark night-sky ceiling) that I tapped into my alternate source of knowledge […]
I closed the door, physically and psychically on the bill collector and on my history of living my life to please others. For years, I had depended on my family, my friends, my husband and my community to provide me with a framework within which to live my life – and it hadn’t worked. Instead, the […]
I sit quietly in front of my computer feeling a calmness and a sense of purpose. It is January 1, 2014 and my intention is to write my first blog of the New Year. The title comes to me immediately: “Transitioning to Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow …or the day after.” I can almost feel the movement in […]
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters, compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Several months ago, I prepared a brief talk, acting as Sunday morning service leader for the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Door County. Today, as I read over my former notes in an effort […]
Today, is also the first day in the month of October… In our family, we have a tradition (I don’t know how or why it began) of greeting each other on the first day of the month by saying, “Tibbar, Tibbar.” For whatever it means, it is a reminder to be awake and in the moment. Today […]
If you were one of the many people who attended my recent “Introduction to Memoir Writing” workshop, I’d like to thank you. It was a pleasure to meet each of you and to share the basics of memoir writing with you. I hope you found the time we spent together to be as fulfilling and […]
