Creatively Thinking

  Featured image: Jewels Divine jewel you are a divine jewel in harmony yet separate divine mystery lift everywhere, live it connect with the  natural flow

  Featured image: Adrift IV “The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things but their inward significance." Aristotle

  Featured image: New Life Elegantly simple light gives life to everything on earth

  Featured image: And He Walks with Me solitude of nature Soothe  my soul unchained the cage door is open I live ……. unchained free I find Him there I hear Him there in the woods for the woods are filled with eternal power and His pulse

  Featured image: Coffee in the Rain Soaking up raindrops allowing the energy  of the rain Immerse my  Soul I take a deep breath

  Featured image: Sisyphus II "The painting must be fertile. It has to give birth to a world… yours and mine… It doesn’t matter if you see a flower, figures, or horses, as long as it reveals a world—something living." – Miro When I read this quote, I thought, "This is the foundation of what many people, including art teachers, often say: Art can be anything you want." However, Miro defines his understanding of art when he states, "Art must be fertile." Miro uses organic, biomorphic forms that reflect his fascination with the natural world, celebrating growth and transformation in dynamic, interlocking arrangements."

  Featured image: Straight from the Heart I find myself more than ever before filled with what I’m calling a bubble of love. I’m surrounding myself with it, and I’m not going to let it pop, no matter what. No one is going to pop it—no one. I went into one of my favorite stores the other day, overflowing with my bubble of love, and I was talking to someone there about it. She said, "I wish you had been here a little while ago." I asked why, and she said that someone had just shared that her husband, after 40 years of marriage, had asked for a divorce. My response? There is love in everything. While this is a terrible time for her, she needs to smile and realize that if he wants a divorce, she doesn’t want to live with him anyway. She now has her freedom—she is free. That should make her smile, and she can now fill her own life with love. Love yourself first. Love yourself—that is what matters most. Don’t let him deflate her love balloon. Love, love, love—because all you need i...