I want my art to be healing, so I must focus on process – true. The focus on process however does not mean that you cannot also be concerned with asthetics. You can be interested in the product! Just not obsessively perfectionist, snobby or judgemental.   It’s not a devil’s choice. I know I am harping on this. But when […]

Spirituality for me is a little like being on a balcony on a tall building.  I have this irrational voice that starts pondering the likelihood that I will suddenly be picked up by a strong wind and sucked out into the sky. Or worse, that I will inexplicably crawl over the railing and jump. The thrilling vertigo is not caused […]

Evolution. Healing. When I began doing expressive arts, and when I started this blog, it never occurred to me that I would begin to take myself seriously as an actual artist. I call myself an artist, because I do make art. But there is this whole other world of art that I have not participated in. So I’ve never felt […]

There is that cliche, “dance like no one’s watching.” Have you ever actually tried it?   Have you ever created visual art, knowing you will show it to no one, maybe even destroy it?  Writing in a diary, dancing alone, making private art…this is dialogue with ourselves and our spiritual extension.  If you’ve tried it, then perhaps you have come […]