Articles to Inspire
Partners in Believing
Anyone who significantly transformed their life will tell you: “normal” behavior, social context, family patterns, powerful mass media and common sense are not helping andthe pull of old habits is tremendous.And risky for the results.No matter how far we leap forward, it will most likely take a certain amount of time to reflect in our
Expanding our palette
The Call for more If you are like me, you want to grow, expand and thrive in what you do. There is a call in you to become more… So, why do we find ourselves stuck sometimes, loosing momentum, and how can we get keep ourselves moving upward? How do we keep expanding our palette?
The Techniques for Mastery
As far as I am concerned there are two essential components in a painting: the idea, feeling or concept the artist wants to transmit and the technique applied to convey it. Since I am self-taught, technique came about by trying and practicing and reading “how to” books and observing a couple of painters doing their
Allowing the creative process is not procrastinating
In this time and age of light speed communication and hyper efficiency, it is easy to feel guilty about spending any period of time not producing any tangible results. Sure enough, leisure time, free time, is considered by most either a waste or a luxury. I consider time as my most precious asset in this
Morning Blessings
Every day, when I wake up, no matter when or where in the wild wide world, and for almost a decade now, I give myself a celebratory moment of stillness. A moment for blessings. I want to open every day like a lover’s carefully chosen gift, to hold it first unopened, precious and sweet and
Welcoming the unexpected
On Christmas eve I cracked my sternum bone while preparing a little feast for 3 people. Of course it was unexpected, and it was a circumstance I was not pleased about at first. I assessed the situation, aware that there was no need for emergency room and lots of added discomfort and anxiety, since the
Light keepers
There is a seed of light deep inside at the core a kernel of pure joy always ready to grow and glow… Unadulterated and never extinguished, it is our privilege, our gift, our true essence. It has been here before and perfect it remains. A speck, a spark, a particle unfathomable me, one with the
Thank Goodness…
November ! Shorter days and longer gatherings… Halloween is barely passed us with its sugar craze and playfulness; in Stinson Beach the whole town got together to create the most amazing Boardwalk event with fortune teller, fog machines, scary shaky boardwalk and much more spooky fun stuff! I am not much for heavy lifting but
Enjoying the view
A few days ago I woke up with the familiar urge to go see the world. I planned to take pictures, but really what mattered was to get on the road… Not getting something done, not going somewhere for business, not even be sure of how far I’d drive and how long it would take.