This week, I walked my talk—literally—and did something that had been on my mind for a long while. I cleaned up a 1.5 mile stretch of a road near my home. It was an inconvenience and I didn’t want to take the time away from other things I had planned to do, but the reward of following through on my good intention has improved my environment for me and my neighbors.
Click here to read the article I posted on my other blog.
This week, I encourage you to think about what you can do… and then take action!
Another You-Tube video, with images compiled by the same person, focuses exclusively on Vincent Van Gogh’s self-portraits. This one runs just under one minute.
A friend sent this fabulous “Women in Art” You-Tube video link to me this week. It lasts about three minutes, and I promise you will be smiling by the time it’s run through… if not by the third or fourth frame.
It is mesmerizing. I wish every child could see it. I’m sure it would inspire interest in art, museums, and the very process of making art.
My husband Roger and I have been discussing the act of creation
a lot lately. No, we are not thinking of having children! A bit
late in the game, and I’m not even sure the hardware would
cooperate.
Actually, Roger is a painter and I am a writer. It’s ironic and
sometimes distressing to realize that we use our “gifts” mostly
in service to the work we choose to do for others; Roger through
graphic design and me through writing marketing materials and
coaching. We express our true ourselves to a degree, but the
work is produced for others. It is not the same experience as
[tag]creating a work of art–whether it be it be a painting, a
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