Creatively Thinking

  Featured image: Oak Leaves II There is a small oak tree     beneath a canopy of pine branches, whose leaves have all     turned yellow. There is a small red     birdhouse hanging, abandoned for the season. Quietly, seasons pass. Time has come and     gone, never     to return.

  Featured image: Kazan River Change in our lives requires movement. This movement is like a river, a flow. A river is grace. And this grace becomes destiny. This destiny, filled with our Creator, is where our freedom truly lies. This river surrounds us with caresses of freedom. Surrender to them—for a beautiful intimacy and the yes, yes, yes to the flow of freedom in our lives.

Featured image: Different Journeys Today as I sit quietly in the garden a gentle breeze brushes through the trees rusting softly the leaves. The same gentle breeze is caressing my face softly. Freedom for me is like this breeze, is like the wind. If I can think of anything that is free – the wind comes to mind immediately. But is freedom ever as free as the wind? No. But we can get close to it through the choices we make when we create and how we choose to live. America is about freedom.  America is about independence.  America is about individualism. America is about not allowing others to do for you what you can do for yourself. So how ever did the notion of freedom become linked with not figuring things out by yourself? The notion of being an artist is all about the freedom of coming up with your own idea and your own concept. Then, creating it with the same freedom you were able to use to come up with the idea.

  Featured image: Hummingbird Late Fall 2025 Change Have you ever noticed that change never changes? Ha! I can always tell when fall has come, the hummers are no longer here.  And I can always tell when the rebirth of spring is in the air – the hummers return.  The hummers have gone from my area now, and while fall has not fully arrived, there are definitely signs of fall in the air. Fall and spring are such incredible, beautiful seasons. They can symbolize change, and the progression and transformation inherent in our experiences of life, the cycles of life.  I think change is why I like writing histories. Histories can change slowly, or they can change quickly.  Just taking one word from the Merriam-Webster Dictionary: ‘luxury.’ The original definition of luxury was lechery and lust. Now the current meaning of luxury carries a far more positive connotation as it means “to grow profusely.” And if you take the “idea” of “art” well we have all gone through the ex...

  Featured image: Sowing the Seeds of Change The concept of “change” appears throughout history: people change, words change, concepts change. I have been mainly interested in how concepts change. I give two examples below; this is not meant to be all-inclusive. The Bible: “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find.” Judaism: “We will do and we will hear.” The key principles reflected in these quotes are faithfulness, trust, patience, and belief. Many poets have also written about expectations and beliefs: “Expect your every need to be met, expect the answer to every problem, expect abundance on every level, expect to grow spiritually.” — Eileen Caddy “Look and you will find it – what is unsought will go undetected.” — Sophocles “It is with my power either to serve God or not to serve Him. Serving Him, I add to my own good and the good of the whole world. Not serving Him, I forfeit my own good and deprive the world of that good, which was in my power to create.” ...

  Featured image: Spider Web So delicate, the intricate, silky fibers of a spider's web.  These fibers are woven within the morning dew of the lush green grass. These fibers are thick, not as thick as a cotton ball but thick enough to be A loosely woven blanket for the American funnel spider, hiding deep within one She has created funnel holes in her blanket. Such a delicate, delicate thing this spider and its symmetrical color and design, and its web, and what appears to be Chaos, but I am sure it is finely tuned. Oh the hand of the Creator, and the spider's hands, or hands, all creators one. Amazing things we can do.

  Featured image: Ready Set Your journey isn’t made up of ironclad rules.  Your journey isn’t a recipe you follow, and everything will come out just fine.  You aren’t a wind-up toy heading in the same direction as all the other wind-up toys. Each of us needs to find our unique path to follow. We need to remove the key that someone else can use to wind us up and instead wind ourselves up, traveling our journey.