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Is a picture worth a mere thousand words ?
Back home from Marrakech with love, this article shares with you some of the sensory feast, in far less than a thousand words.
Is a picture worth a mere thousand words ?
Our relentless desire to explain everything that happens may well distinguish us from fruit flies, but it can also kill our buzz.
When I first [...]
Breaking the rules.
“What are you drawing ?†asked the teacher.
“A picture of God,†said the girl.
“But nobody knows what God looks like.â€
“They will in a minute.â€
A woman confesses: “Now art - that really is dangerous. Everyone laughs at you when you get it wrong, and then you have to live out your natural life under a rock.”
How [...]
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How can you trust if an inspiration is whim or wisdom ?
I felt scared and incompetent, yet attracted at the same time. I heard about a workshop in Marrakech, and it grabbed my attention on a deep level. At the same time, doubts and fears surfaced. How could I even consider this trip ? How can I be responsible and leave my ailing [...]
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It isn’t easy to be simple enough to just be.
At this time of year, New Year’s resolutions go the way of all great intentions. Many have told me they don’t make resolutions any more because they never last. So is it hopeless to expect your wants and needs will ever be met ? Or, do you berate yourself for not sticking to them ?
I [...]
The wisdom in catering to yourself.
A reader of Fresh Horses wrote that she can make animal portraits which please her buyers but they don’t really connect with her heart. If economic need or pleasing other people drives you, where do your own needs get met ?
To many would-be and beginning artists, the notion of working on commission seems like [...]
Do you resist learning second-hand techniques ?
 If learning someone else’s method of making art turns you off, you may have thought you just didn’t have what it takes. You may want to reconsider and value your instinct in this article: Do you resist learning second-hand techniques ?
I was always the kid who longed for a pony every Christmas. Of course I [...]
Opening to overwhelm as a healing experience.
At this time of year, all nature sinks down to sleep, and we face dark days ahead. All the seasonal expectation to be jolly only seems to make it worse, designed to cover up our despondency. I found a divine spark through taking a dose of my own medicine in:
Opening to overwhelm as a healing [...]
When the method overwhelms the goal.
 Once you have started to express inspirations from your heart, how do you learn techniques to make them into works of art ? If your mind overwhelms you groping for techniques, keep exploring with your open heart, while you learn from those who went before, in this article:
“When the method overwhelms the goalâ€.
In 1492, Columbus [...]
When you can’t see beneath the surface.
Have you ever been looking for something and were staring right at it without seeing it ? Some clients can’t see what their new work is revealing because they can’t see beyond their expectations. When we have too fixed an expectation, the reality often doesn’t match our mental picture and so we don’t even see [...]
What is heart ?
What is heart ?
Everybody knows what “heart” means, right ? You hear it all the time. You probably use it too. But what the heck does it mean - a vague, sugary generality, or what ?
There’s - take heart / have a heart / with all my heart / you’ve gotta have heart / [...]