The day before closing on my house in NY, all kinds of issues came up. The buyers weren’t sure if the heat turned on fast enough and the creditor thought that there was a neighborhood association that placed restrictions on homeowners. Both are not true. My lawyer wasn’t sure if we were going to close… Read more »
Why was I up at 4 am moving furniture? Why did I wake up with such a pressing inspiration? At the time, it made total sense. As the morning unfolded, I didn’t feel that urgency anymore. But, I am glad that I did it. I got to see the full moon illuminate the sky and… Read more »
Gallery owner, Michelle Gaugy, introduced novel ideas in her lecture about the evolution of the artist; points that I have personally experienced. She said that a craftsman is invested in the finished product, the object, but an artist is not. The artist creates inspired, unexplained, purposeless art that has become “art for art’s sake”. This… Read more »
A Qigong master tells us that we have to step back before we can move forward. In martial arts a punch begins with a step backward. A pitcher winds up before he releases the ball. Momentum doesn’t come from standing still. Stepping back is part of forward movement, a cycle that is alive and creative…. Read more »
Tonight I went to a cultural celebration for peace in the middle east, called Salaam-Shalom. This event featured sixteen Palestinian and Israeli girls ranging from fifteen to seventeen-years-old who attend a three-week long camp in Santa Fe. The purpose of the camp is to recognize and empower women as future leaders. The girls learn how… Read more »
Every morning when I go outside I feel like I am on a camping trip in the mountains. The cool, fresh air is invigorating. Birds chatter from pinyon tree to tree. A baby bunny munches on weeds peeking out from the gravel in my yard. Grass is a luxury in this dry part of the… Read more »
Being in Santa Fe is not the only valuable part of this. For me it is the quality of experiences along the way. I don’t expect moving to erase what I need to work on. There is no delete tab there. Those things have to be addressed here and now. But, how I proceed from… Read more »
Creating seven zany, playful sculptures was the inspiration for me to write children’s books. It was a spontaneous course that emerged from my fingers immersed in clay with no direction except the desire to laugh. The seven sculptures became The Woochibies, a group of characters in stories that I was going to write about a… Read more »
I’m gonna be honest. I’m feeling scared about my move to Santa Fe. I seem to have let go of the words to describe why I’m going. I can’t even access the left brain rationale. I am on a course with no brakes or diversions. Somewhere in my soul I know why I am doing… Read more »
Last week on Super Soul Sunday, Oprah featured Louie Schwartzberg, a cinematographer who specializes in nature films. His time-lapsed pictures of the grandest and tiniest parts of our earth create spectacular films. I highly recommend looking him up on youtube. His camera zooms in on a meadow swarming with monarch butterflies and a nest of… Read more »
