A Mindful Life

“Rabbit Dreams” / 7 x 10″ journal paper with watercolor and pigment ink I had splashed watercolor on this page when I got the journal, so when I opened to it, I had a little challenge as to what to do with it. This drawing resulted.

“The Tyranny of Femininity” / 5 x 11″ Bristol vellum with collage and acrylic paint I’ve got a basket of random images and clippings. As I looked through them, one slip caught my eye. It was a quote from a woman in middle age (the article was about women and aging). As I got older [...]

My computer is back and healthy at last. What joy! I can easily log onto sites because my passwords are automatically stored. I can send email because the address is in my Entourage address book. I can edit the files for my website. I can update my resume. And at some point, I can make [...]

Be as positive and outgoing and productive as possible. And consider the expansion of your creativity to be a creative effort in and of itself. Be creative in how you make art, in who[m] you show it to, in how you support yourself emotionally as you head in this new direction. If you approach it [...]

“Reincarnation” / 8 x 10 Bristol vellum with collage and acrylic paint I’ve hardly been reading or commenting online, and I’ve been sporadic with email, because I still don’t have my computer. The loaner I’m using drops the wireless signal for unknown reasons and great lengths of time, so I’ve focused mostly on uploading art [...]

Last year at Christmas my father gave me a lot of miscellaneous wood pieces with a sweet note encouraging me to experiment. This one looked like an ornament to me, so that’s what I made. This is about 3 x 4 inches.

There is something very wonky about my layout in Safari (I typically don’t use it) today. It’s entirely green, and the right hand side displays after the posts. I can’t fix it, though, as I still don’t have access to my computer. All my files are on it, and I’m consigned to using a back-up [...]

I painted this 5 x 5 x 3 inch box a week ago and let it dry. Then I spent all day browsing images, cutting and collaging. I call it my Answer Box. It’s covered with symbols I associate with questions, answers, and searching. This is my Illustration Friday contribution as well; the topic is [...]

“Iris” / 7.5 x 7.5″ dry pastel on textured drawing paper

These envelopes are painted with watercolor, and they’ll be donated to a non-profit that will use them for donation request letters. I wasn’t feeling very inspired, but I fulfilled my commitment to make art. Good ’nuff for me. I was inducted into the meaning of “join, being careful not to twist sts” this morning. In [...]