Mandalas + Creativity
You’ll find information here about my mandalas and also topics about
spirituality and creativity
I Touched the Sun and Flew Through the Milky Way
What's Happened With My "Death" Meditation Since November 5, I have been waking up each morning and for one hour, doing a guided meditation on death. I wasn't sure what to expect. I can tell you this: I did not expect it to be relaxing and beautiful. I expected to...
Spreading Joy – a new mandala and giveaway
Drawing and Painting a Mandala Once a month - at least for now - I'm going to create something that resonates with what I'm feeling and will subsequently give away. I'm doing this to spread joy. Yes, the name of the mandala I'm giving a way is "Spreading Joy," but...
Alternate Reality
I thought I'd have a little fun this week with a flash fiction story. Little by little, I'm working on "my game" for good, inspirational stories that aren't cheesy. I'm so grateful to explore stories, poetry, and even artwork in the name of "sharing love and...
Spirituality and Creativity
Spirituality as Creative Expression Is a person spiritual because they are creative? Or is a person creative because they are spiritual? But then again, I don't think these two questions are mutually exclusive. Exploring spirituality and the idea of creativity After I...
Connecting with loved ones; thoughts on veganism
Friends, September ended and I successfully completed a month of eating a vegan diet. I slipped up once: on 30 September: I bought a bag of Funyuns (you know, those onion-ring-flavored things) and started devouring them because I needed some carbs - stat. Looked at...
How I Have Endless Energy
The other day, I was visiting with a family member from out of town. We were catching up and I invariably started talking about the LIFE Project, which takes up a significant part of my life now - at least 3 hours per day. I relayed my forays into meditation, the joys...
The LIFE Project – Publishing, Editing + New Coloring Book
Welcome to the August edition of the LIFE Project. If you're new or want to know what the LIFE Project is, just click here. For the rest of you wonderful souls, I'll do a quick recap of July's LIFE Project before delving into August. July The month of sacred travel. I...
The Benefits of a Personal Retreat
A Solo Personal Retreat Doing this LIFE Project has sent me on a month of travels spanning 14 states (many of which we could only drove through on the way to other destinations) and most recently, to Mountain Light Sanctuary about an hour away from me. I had no goals...
The Tree of Life Coloring Book – It’s Here!
A Project of Intention https://youtu.be/C6jpyuVU4F4 Seeing a project come to fruition is one of the sweetest feelings there is. In this moment, I’m feeling a huge sense of gratitude, triumph, and enthusiasm for what I hope to be the first of many books that I publish...
The Amazing Benefits of Journal Writing
Journal Writing: Thoughts, Musings, Platitudes and Gratitudes Since I was quite young, I've kept diaries and journals. Some were for school-related requirements, such as when I went on a trip: I once wrote 30 notebook pages for a 4-day trip to the American Southwest...