365 Days

I've been pondering the significance of SPACIOUSNESS. In art, it would seem to be about giving the subject room to exist without distraction. It might also be about allowing the…

Don't you love that creative moment when you step back to look at what you have created and feel a glow of satisfaction grow in your body? You feel that…

I had taken a photograph of a Great Egret from my peddle boat on the small caiman-filled Tortuga Lake that gently flowed behind my home in Panama. I loved photographing…

I heard the best time to photograph butterflies is early in the morning when their wings are still heavy with dew, and they move slowly. I came across this one…

When I look at this photo, I hear birds chirping, and I'm not sure whether they are outside my window or in my memory. I can hear the crunch of…

Kim LeClair has been writing a poem a day. Some are sketches that touch the edges of the reader's life experience and offer a hint of something just out of…

Last winter, I spoke with a few creative friends about something I wanted to explore. Digital Art Sessions. The idea was to bring a few people together to create art…

Last year when I did Seth Godin's Creatives Workshop, I created and shared a piece of creative work every day. The format I choose for creation was 'words with an…

I've had it with Julia Cameron rehashing 'The Artist's Way' with every new book she writes. When her new book, 'The Listening Path,' came out this year, I had hopes…

Springtime inspires me. I enjoy seeing the earth wake up and push new growth to its surface. New flowering plants are popping up on the walk every day. Maybe I'm…

Julia Cameron, the author of The Artist's Way, has released a new book called 'The Listening Path'. It is set up as a 6-week program that hones your sense of…

Art happens when I explore the edges of my ability without the pressure of performance. It exists in the joy of creation. Finished art forms are like your children. They…

I'm thinking of my friends wintering the year in the Northern Hemisphere. When I lived in Canada, February felt like the longest month of the year. In truth, the sun…

It is February, and nature has sent a reminder that better days are ahead. At least, that is the message I took from the presence of these delicate White Star…

There is no need to say 'sorry' for the treatment by your ancestors of my family. Instead, live, forgive. Make use of your opportunities, Give generously, get to know me.…

I was reminded today by Steven Pressfield (The War of Art), that we don't need to be healed in order to move forward. Our pain does not go away. It…

My friend Patricia Paton and I were both feeling the strain of the COVID pandemic. In order to ground ourselves in that which is working in our lives, we decided…

The practice of Gratitude has got me through some dark times in my life. There was a time when I had to travel an hour back and forth to a…

I watched Paolo Angeli play his 'guitar' in his one-man band at a Tiny Desk Concert and understood that in the beginning, Sound came before Music.When Paolo was pushing his…

Art is like DNA left at the scene. It is evidence that the artist has been there. It is a mark left, like a dinosaur footprint or a painting on…

Marcel Duchamp, the French-American painter and chess player was always pushing the boundaries of perception. He came up with the term 'Infrathin.' While he never fully defined it, he left…

We are at the end of a historic year! There have been gifts and challenges unlike anything we have experienced before. With the passing of an old year that has…