Ireland… This is the moment I succumb….the soft wind caressing my face, playing in my hair, and kissing my bare skin as I lie in emerald green fields and glades, completely charmed by the depth of oceanic blue eyes and magic of many smiling shores. I don’t want to leave the embrace of this place…thisContinue reading “Ireland and the Crow…”
Category Archives: Art and Creativity
You have to be it to see it…
“So far, I have failed. What a miserable and devastating feeling. The worst.” These were my first words in a journal entry dated March 28, 2018. Perhaps you can relate. Perhaps you, too, have experienced the feeling of complete and utter failure in something you’ve attempted….whether in your life, your career, or your personal relationships. Continue reading “You have to be it to see it…”
The one who bought my chairs…
On the sometimes rare occasion, one has the ever so fortunate experience of being transformed by another person. Like a comet passing by a dark world on its way somewhere else or perhaps a meteorite penetrating a lone planet’s atmosphere in a fantastic display of streaking light before leaving its permanent and indelible mark onContinue reading “The one who bought my chairs…”
Two weeks in glorious hell and back…
Two weeks ago, I was spending my last days in a cheap smelly Michigan motel room looking forward to the conclusion of one of the most growth-inducing experiences of my life. A little over a week before that, I was sitting alone in the same room wondering what happened. I had left my friends’ houseContinue reading “Two weeks in glorious hell and back…”
10 Practices for the New Year…
If you’ve ever wanted to change your life or a specific element of your life, whether it be your relationship, job, health, or finances, then you know that real change is almost never easy. So, what do you do? What factors are holding you back and how do you overcome them to make the shift? Continue reading “10 Practices for the New Year…”
I dreamt of feathers… (a poem)
I dreamt of feathers dark and warm wrapping around my naked form And eyes so sharp they pierced my soul and fed me all I ached to know For in the grasp of claws as strong and unrelenting as love long gone I knew no struggle no fear nor fight upon the rapture of theContinue reading “I dreamt of feathers… (a poem)”
Monica Mason: Painting the fire inside…
A little over two months ago, I interviewed a former university professor, philanthropist, and working artist about her ongoing work, “The Community Portrait Project.” The full day of exchange and comradery that resulted between Monica Mason and me led to the writing and publishing of my favorite story, to date, on a local artist. AfterContinue reading “Monica Mason: Painting the fire inside…”
Jeanie Unbottled 