Birth Your Creative Dreams

Thank you for sharing with your friends in southern Oregon and northern California. Look for details about a juicy retreat that I’ll be co-facilitating in September very soon!  Meanwhile, mark your calendars for September 26th-29th and plan to join us.  You...

Are Your Creative Projects Stuck In The Womb?

What is it that you want to create?  A book?  A garden?  A quilt?  A play?  An art show?  An album?  An installation?  A website?  A business?  A movie?  Something else? How long has this idea been alive and growing in the womb of your mind?  How many friends know...

The Virtue of Change & Stability For Your Creativity

Since I’ve spent the past month and a half in a mad dash to move across country and help my fiancé open a spice and tea store, I’ve been thinking a lot about change, stability and how they relate to our creative lives.  If you are in the midst of upheaval...

5 Ways To Recharge Your Creativity

Whether your creative work is “just” for fun or whether it is your livelihood, you know that making things, whether that is writing, painting, ceramics, jewelry, theater, cooking, or any other creative act is something that RENEWS your energy, REFRESHES...

Snoopy On Overcoming Creative Blocks

So, we’ve nearly come to February.  The shine of New Year’s Resolutions is wearing thin and the primal grizzly bear urge to hide on the couch under a blanket until Spring is going strong. I’ve been feeling it, too, and not for the first time! What do...