Reflections on Creativity and Life

Monthly Archives: August 2010

Culture Shock

Visiting a small town can give you culture shock. Visiting a small house can do the same. I adore looking at tiny houses on the internet. I would also adore seeing them in person and sitting in the the tiny

Opinionated

I love it when people are opinionated. I love it when they say they are opinionated. What else is there to choose from, non opinionated?  What you have no ideas in your head at all and are like a black

When I Was Looking For Nothing

So I was sitting in a hot tub on Vashon Island Washington. The sky was dark and the moon still not out. The big water was staring at me. Everyone was gone. It was just me and the sea. I

Clutter

I was reading how clutter can totally ruin your life. It is almost like a disease. The clutter becomes more important than people and it takes on a life of its own. I like the 100 idea, only keep 100

A big vase of flowers

My grandmother always had a big bouquet of flowers in the house somewhere. She always had gobs of jewelry on and always wore a dress. She had a sense of what made everyone feel good around her. My mother had

And now for something completely different

A friend of mine asked me if I was resting on my laurels. Yikes, I have to answer yes. I feel validated and that is where the trap is. A little success goes a long way is wrecking you. It

Enter

In my studio we have tape on the floor for walls. Everybody respects that tape as though there was a real wall there. I might wander into someone else’s space to see what is new, but I feel like I

Baby Steps

When you just start out any creative thing and you have never done it before — don’t say ” I am not very good at this or that.” Give yourself room to be really not good at something and just

strong opinions

Some people say I have strong opinions. My question is how many other kinds of opinions are there? Do you have weak opinions?? You kinda think this or that. No !I contend you should have strong opinions or forget it