There are times when your life’s canvas gets wiped clean. You find yourself faced with a fresh start, a new beginning, a chance to do things differently. Maybe you’ve graduated from college, gotten married or divorced, lost your job, or changed jobs. Perhaps a loved one died, or an unexpected turn of events left you …
Decluttering for New Beginnings
Often the compulsion to clean out precedes new beginnings. Do you find yourself annoyed with your clutter? Disappointed with your decorations? Bored with your art form? The compulsion to clean out is a sign of personal growth to come. We must make room for the new; whether in our homes, garages, creative spaces, minds, hearts, …
A Self-Imposed Silence
The morning sun creeps up the wall of cloudy blue until it peeks through branches. I sit in my art room in silence. Eyes squint from the glare of new beginnings, a day fresh with possibilities. I could fill these moments with music or ramblings of what I want, but the silence seems raw and …
Some Fresh Inspiration
New Years are about new beginnings, so I set out to find fresh inspiration. Here are a few of my recent finds: READ THE ENTIRE POST...
New Beginnings
If hope is the thing with feathers, then new beginnings are the tiny eggs in our heart’s nest. Emily Dickinson’s poem about hope conjures up images of wings fluttering in the winds of change; wings attached to an invisible something felt in the soul, a something you hold onto when circumstances take a turn for the …