Meditation is for Everyone
Breathe in. Breathe out. Be aware of it. There. You just meditated. Following the journey of each breath makes me aware of how I'm breathing. The awareness of how I'm…
Love After Love
Marcelle Quao is an educator in Ontario and a new friend of mine. We know each other through Seth Godin’s Creative Workshop, in which the idea of ‘generosity’ as a…
Create from everything
Being original is not about generating something out of nothing. To make new things, you have to bend, break, and blend what is already there. Musician Robert Glasper says, 'Jazz…
Creative Heroes
In Seth Godin's Creatives Workshop, participants are given questions to ponder that help clear the path to a creative voice. Recently we were asked to look at a creative hero…
Perfectly Imperfect
This is one of my favorite flower images. It’s not dreamy or perfect, but it is packed with meaning for me. I took it some years back and could have…
An Ode to The Dahlia!
The Dahlia flowers growing in my garden remind me to take note of the many things I feel gratitude for. Earlier this year, I went through a dark period. I…
Artist! Know Thyself
The truth is, the creative journey is not about making art. It is about clearing the way to knowing yourself and living your own authentic life. The path is about…
Blurs & Unsharp Photography
Recently I discovered Blur and Unsharp photography in a new focused (heh!) way. I was fortunate to get a chance to participate in an 8-week Blurs program run by Alex…
Close-up of Gerbera Flower.
Do What You Love!
I love shooting flowers, but in a particular way. Set up indoors to get close-up without the interference of harsh sun, wind, rain or bugs. Honestly, I haven't embraced my…
Oil in Water
The Gift of BLM
Through the Black Lives Matter movement, there is an awareness of racial contrast waking up in a world that thought itself awoke. As I sit here in the computer bubble…
Primary colors, red, blue and yellow.
The Tools in Your Toolbox
As developing creative artists, we often tend to compare our work to the work of other creatives and come up short. We photographers think, 'I need to learn this new…
Woman in a burqua walks with tiled designs in background
Morocco Masala
I grew up in Karachi, Pakistan and as my family was Catholic, I was not subject to wearing a full burqa. However, as a thinking, curious and passionate female human,…
The Silhouette – A Photographer’s Outline
I think of silhouettes in photographs as sketches. The light is the page, and the shadow the pencil mark. When shooting landscapes a photographer often strives to render an image…
A door at the Quinta da Regaleria estate in Portugal.
Knocking on the Creative Door
Doors, like this door at the Quinta da Regaleria estate, trigger connections in our psyche. They serve as entries and exists and as such, co-relate to beginnings and endings. They…