Trust

Trust

Art and Creativity

I sat quietly and just let emotions flow through me. It was an interesting exercise. To look at it  in real life it has much , much more texture and depth. here though, it looks a little flat. Part of my process lately has been very much to be in the present and allow...
My nest.

My nest.

Art and Creativity

How do you describe the distance left by years of separation. The kind of distance that doesn’t grow, but rather, still feels like the pain of that first moment of separation.  That emptiness, that feeling of something, some part of your body being ripped off...
I’m building a nest

I’m building a nest

Art and Creativity

Yes, that’s right, a nest. A great big giant empty nest. It’s an installation piece that is placed out on the foreshore while the tide is at its lowest point and then removed when the tide is coming back in. When I heard about it, I started thinking about...
Imagination or Inspiration?

Imagination or Inspiration?

Art and Creativity

Which is better? I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately; which one is better to facilitate solid creative outcomes, the actual work. I flutter about, daydream and get distracted a lot. But 2015 is going to be the year of productivity! Are we better when we...
Connections with the earth

Connections with the earth

Ritual & Sacred Living

Sometimes we forget we have bodies. That is such a true statement for me. If I’m in the studio, or at the computer, anytime I am engrossed in what I am doing, I can forget to move, forget the connection I have with my body. I’m reading a book called ‘The Art of...