The Seeding of Artistic Desires

"The heart seeds desires long before we whisper prayers!" Have you ever noticed that a longing for something more precedes change? A restlessness and indescribable pull takes you in a direction before you understand what is happening. I have noted this reoccurring pattern in my creative life; a notion for a new art form plants inside my mind and begins …

48 Contrast

We live life more fully by embracing contrast: spring, winter, life, death, creativity, career. Flowers radiate glory one day and wilt the next. Their exquisite beauty contrasts with their shriveled forms. This brevity makes me ponder my own worth.     If God would create such magnificent specimens whose lifespan is so short, would He not design my life with a …

46 Spring is peeking around the corner and I’m having a bad hair day!

So what does hints of spring coming have to do with my new haircut? Well, in late winter, I trim back my garden's dead foliage and get the hankering to have my hair shorn.          My husband and I pruned our rose bushes and then got this idea to transplant them. They look pretty pathetic stripped down …