There’s a famous quote by L. Ron Hubbard: “If you can dream it, you can do it.” I will add that, “if you express it, it becomes possible.” Whether it’s through writing or drawing, singing or dancing, cooking or gardening, expressing and embodying our dreams make them visible. And if they are visible they are tangible....
Read MoreSeeing With New Eyes
So many of us live a life of routine. We drive the same way to work everyday, sit in the same chair with our morning coffee, listen to our favorite, familiar music. If creativity is how you express what you see, what you feel, how you interpret the world around you, then, if you see something new, you might think about it in a new way and often, that will...
Read MoreWhen Words are Food
I remember last week, reading some damn good blogs and thinking, I want to write like that again. I whispered it. It was supposed to be a secret. Not a proclamation. But the universe is always listening. And so it was no surprise to me that all this week, big spaces of time have opened up for me. At first, I filled the space with panic—where were all of my...
Read MoreThe End Is Just Another Beginning
I can’t believe it’s the last Monday in 2010. It’s been quite a year for me! Really high highs and incredibly low lows. And everything in between. So often, if we’ve had a loss in our life ( a loved one, a job, a relationship, etc) we say it’s been a bad year. Yes, definitely, it’s been hard, but every moment...
Read MoreAn Exercise in Free Writing
Yesterday was the 4th of July here, a time, once again, to celebrate our freedom as Americans. I could go on about what freedom means, but we all have our own thoughts about it. So, instead, I’d like to invite you to play with some Free Writing. Writing is a wonderful way to access what is in your heart. Your hands are, in fact, an extension of your...
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