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  • Power

    What do you believe about the power that you hold? “The Universe is prodigal in its support.  We are miserly in what we accept.” …. “Take a small step in the direction of a dream and watch the synchronous doors flying open.”  The Artist’s Way, page 66. Goethe: “Whatever you…

  • Five Lives

    One of the exercises in previously mentioned book ‘The Artist’s Way’ chapter 1, is to make a list of your ‘imaginary lives’. If you had 5 other lives to live and money or learning and training were not an obstacle, what would your list look like? Mine look like this:…

  • Negative Space

    You realize you are a person who pays attention to negative space when you are the only one in graphic design class to point out the arrow in between the letters ‘E’ and ‘X’ on the FedEx Logo.  Google it. I was surprised I was the only one that put…

  • Labels

    Do I refer to myself as an artist? In some ways, I feel like I am not worthy of the title ‘artist’.  I only went to art school, and I like to create. In comparison, it’s like someone who didn’t go to carpentry trade school or do much practical training,…

  • Influencers

      I have loved children’s books as far back as I can remember.  I have always loved reading and was quite the bookworm. Other than making my book in grade 6 (see how this came about here), with my goal of writing and illustrating children’s books – who were my…