Creative Juices Arts Blog

  I have a confession to make. In a lot of my writing  I talk about my relationship to the creative process as something that’s kind of abstract. Or simply the workings of my own mind. Which isn’t exactly the truth. I’ve been avoiding telling the truth because...

If you’ve been paying attention to the astrological weather you may have been hearing that the upcoming new moon/eclipse is incredibly powerful. Partly that’s the case because it’s happening at the same time as the vernal equinox. But it’s also held in the context of...

It was so wonderful and moving to read through all the responses to my question of how intuition is important in your life from the folks who threw their hat in the ring in hopes of winning a spot in my online class, Painting With Fire. And I must say that left to my...

I just recently launched my very first online intuitve painting class. And I began that project in August of 2012. Which means that it took me about two and a half years to complete the process and get this thing alive and out the door. Another part of that journey...

  I am so ridiculously excited about the many amazing creative folks who have already signed up for my Painting With Fire journey that begins at the end of March. And I would like to make available two FREE spots in the class for a couple of lucky creative souls....

The big, BIG news in my world right now is that my online intuitive painting class Painting With Fire is FINALLY open for registration. I know that a lot of you have been waiting for this and I want to thank you ahead of time for your incredible patience. One of my...

  Every time I hold space for one of my intuitive painting workshops I am awestruck and made mute by the power and beauty that I get to witness and participate in each and every time women and men gather to create in this profoundly sacred way. It’s what I call...

One of my students loves to make art. She has always loved to make art. But her mother is a psychologist and had a dream of  getting a Phd in psychology. So my student ( who is also interested in personal growth and healing) felt guilty because she DIDN’T want to get...

There is a vulnerability to being an artist.       And that vulnerability comes from associating being loved for our work as being loved for ourselves.     When you create from your heart you ARE creating from love. And there are lots of old...

  Congratulations... we made it through the wild and wooly transformational roller coaster ride that was 2014 and have landed on the threshold of a whole new year. Astrologically this was a time of MASSIVE change and upheaval. Beginning in 2012 we have been...

  I have a student who, when she first started painting intuitively, asked me if I thought it was a good idea for her to take a more technique oriented art class.     She was feeling critical of how images were showing up in her paintings. She judged...

I recently spent a week feeling pretty bad. I was extremely depressed. And had zero energy.   In trying to make sense about where this onslaught of misery was coming from, there were a number of things I could point to. It's been a crazy intense year. Lots of...

One of the things that I love about the online community that I am part of is that it is filled with amazing artists from all over the world who are doing truly revolutionary healing work in the world through their art. And goddess knows, one of the areas that needs...

    The main reason that I am so devoted to the creative process has very little to do with art per se.     Now don’t get me wrong. I love art in all of it’s many manifestations. Every wall in my house is dripping with color. My home is filled with...

In all my explorations of the creative process I've discovered that creativity happens on two different levels.   There's the creation itself. Which requires a lot of time and energy spent diving into the internal world. At this phase of the process there’s a...

  Marney Makridakis is one of my favorite creative revolutionaries...always pushing the boundaries in the most delightful way around what it means to have a wildly delicious creative life. She just came out with a new book that is chock FULL of prompts and...

  I just came back from a trip to the mountains where I facilitated two week long intuitive painting retreats.   Now, this in and of itself is not particularly newsworthy, since I facilitate intuitve painting retreats between 12 and 15 times in any given...

  I had over 200 folks enter the contest for the free spot in the upcoming yearlong Life Book art journaling process.   And it was difficult to choose a winner. So I closed my eyes and scrolled through the comments until my intuition told me to STOP!   And I...

  As I try and articulate more deeply what I’m here to teach , I keep coming back to the same thing over and over again. Which is that this work of opening to the creative process is an ongoing exercise in trust.   It’s trusting in yourself as a being who is...

You are a prayer Your presence a blessing Your body a thing of beauty The very fact that you even exist A miracle beyond measure   Take a moment Right here Right now To remember that you know how You have ALWAYS known how   To breathe in the light To exhale the stars...

    I've been in the process of trying to get an online intuitive painting class created, completed and out into the world.     And I've been thinking about doing it for a very long time. By now it's probably been four years.      Initially, I thought that I COULDN'T...

  I wanted to talk about an upcoming astrological transit that has some folks feeling rather skittish because of its rarity and intensity.     It's no news to anyone that we are going through times of great upheaval and radical change. The transformation meter is...