Welcome to my blog page! I love writing about the healing power of the creative process. Here you will find a collection of all of my writing from all the way back to 2005! Enjoy!
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...
I am so very honored to be part of a this very special creative journey with the wildly popular LifeBook that is beginning in 2015. For those of you that don't know about LifeBook, it was created by Tamara LaPorte, who is an incredible artist and a...
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...
Recently I began a food regimen that is designed to wean me off of my addiction to sugar. And this means that I can eat certain foods and not others if I want to achieve this goal of no longer being a sugar slave. The number of tasty nuggets NOT...
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...
Folks who know me in my public persona as a teacher and workshop leader are often VERY surprised to find out that I feel fear. I’ve even had people try to talk me out of it, saying things like “ Who you?? You couldn’t possibly be afraid? How could you...
In just a few days on March 1st, 2014 Spectrum opens the door to a Visual Journaling Experience plus SO MUCH MORE that celebrates Art-Body-Nature. Spectrum is a collective of 30+ holistic-minded artists, healers and visionaries that have come together to offer a 10...
Live from the California Redwoods! In this episode I talk about devotion, allegiance the futility of trying to make deals with your muse and why you shouldn't feel bad if it takes you awhile to believe you can "trust the process".
Introducing my new weekly video series where I reveal what a goofball I REALLY am, share inspirational stories from the Creative Juices Arts intuitive painting studio, make up acronyms and try not to swear.... but obviously not hard enough.
When I told my husband that I had gotten this invitation from my dear friend Susannah Conway to write an...
I'm in the middle of facilitating one of my week long Painting From The Wild Heart workshops. And I have a developed structure for all my retreats that's based on transmitting the principals of the intuitve painting process to the folks who show up for the...
Each January I choose a word that embodies an energy that I want to call in, dance with and learn from in the coming year. Last year it was EASE. Learning about EASE was no picnic and so much more demanding than I could ever have...
I am a person who has spent her life trying to heal the hurting places in women. Starting with myself. I want women to feel powerful. To have agency in their lives.To be full of their own light and shining goodness. To bring that goodness...
Learning to listen to our intuition is one thing. But truly being willing to obey it is another thing altogether. Especially when what our intuition is asking us to do goes counter to what the ego wants or thinks makes sense. Just recently I was...
For the past few months I have been on a pretty intensive healing journey, led of course by my greatest teacher, my body. It's not that I don't take care of myself. I am a Virgo after all and experimenting with different types of herbs and diets and tinctures...
Many of the outer planets are swimming around in water signs and will be there for quite awhile. And more are joining the party. So I wanted to share with you all a few astro tips to help you navigate these sometimes murky waters as we continue to...