Women, Art, Life

A Little Pronoia Goes a Long Way (8 Questions on that path)

I’m reading a book entitled Pronoia is the Antidote for Paranoia by Rob Brezsny. First, the simple concept that the Universe is conspiring for you is genius – 1. why hasn’t someone written this before?! 2. How would your life change if you believed that when that shoe you’ve been waiting to fall does indeed fall, it [...]

Saunter + Sassy = Sashay

The Universe sent out (as always) an interesting note for the day this past week: Expect miracles, Tammy. Don’t attach to unimportant details. Don’t insist “how” your dreams will come true. Prepare to be amazed. Feel the joy when you daydream. Take baby steps in the dark. Every single day physically do something about your [...]

The In-a-funk, Mercury (5 planets all together!) retrograde blues

You know you’ve hit on something when you throw up an update on FaceBook and immediately hear back from folks you literally haven’t heard from in almost a year! (Hi Lizzie!). At first I thought it was re-entry blues – you know: awesome vacation, eat out a lot (and nothing but great food out West, folks. [...]

8+ Paths to Wylde

Clarissa Pinkola-Estes, in Women Who Run with the Wolves, says: In order to coverse with the wild feminine, a woman must temporarily leave the world and inhabit a state of aloneness in the oldest sense of the word. Long ago the word alone was treates as two words, all one…That is precisely the goal of solitude [...]

Get Lost!

There are places on this earth that will make you think you have stepped into another dimension. This is not a bad thing. Getting lost at your own discretion can, in fact, be a very very good thing. Make sure, while you’re at it, that you find someplace where phones, blackberries, computers and other modern day miracles simply [...]

Tell Me a Story

Tell me about yourself. Do you feel alive? Can you name your passion? Do you take at least one step every day toward living a “Hell, Yes!” life? Do you have a process for getting unstuck? Do you look at obstacles and realize: there is no door, there is no key. Do you know how to find your elephants? and [...]

How Many “AHAs” does it take to make a life?

That title? That would be a trick question. “AHAs” are unlimited. I can’t even begin to imagine trying to count them all. Worse – I can’t imagine a life where I could count them all! It’s sort of like: how many blackbirds backed into a pie? One of those unaswerable thingys that make life interesting when you feel like [...]

3 Ways to Get Unstuck without coming unglued

1. Recognize you aren’t alone or the only one. Tama Kieves offers us a look you may recognize – and since you recognize it, you know that at least she, if no one else (do you really believe it’s just you and her?) understands the crazy cycle of creativity called life. Tama’s Diary of a Creative Mind: Week [...]

3 Good Things x 3 – and a Freebie!

Summertime – and the living is easy! I finally made it back into the clay studio this week, thanks to girlfriend who wanted to play in the mud and several commissions. Included in the commissions was 2 Ugly Fish to trade for glass beads with glass artists Sue Page. Most happy to oblige! So I posted that on FaceBook and [...]

Shame on you! Why aren’t you….

What do you think of when you think of shame? It usually starts off with: “You aren’t…,” You don’t….,” You can’t….” (that voice in your head). Which also comes out as “Why can’t I…,” “Why didn’t I…,” or “Why aren’t I….” Or: “What will the neighbors think?” I’m sure you can fill in the blanks. I’ve been thinking a lot [...]