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ART AND COURAGE
I do believe that making art is an act of courage. Courage to keep going when life is in chaos. When your are tired and drained and empty When you think you have been left behind, When you think someone else is better than you. When you think you have nothing to say. When no […]
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Poem from a recurring dream.
I dream of a little cage, on the edge of a cliff, where I pretend to live contentedly, rather than learn to swim across the turbulent waters below. Lulled by the illusion of safety, I hang there trapped– above murky waters, as if sitting alone in a cage, is preferable to the risk of learning […]
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Days in the haunted room a poem
I find myself at times living my life as if I was trapped in a haunted room– spending all my days and nights all alone with my hopeless longings hanging like torn and tattered curtains, heavy with years. Ghostly companions whispering in the dark And even when I try to escape I can’t get far– […]
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Knowing and accepting- Creative Process Part One
Knowing and accepting that we will be criticized- that we will be judged, rejected or even worse ignored– and choosing to continue anyway- is an essential skill that we need to acquire- that we can not do without- in life and in art. So is knowing and accepting that sometimes the road is long and […]
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After the solstice–the days begin to grow longer and hopefully brighter and brighter.
The little grey squirrel– sitting on the scaffolding outside my window– doesn’t seem to be bothered by the pouring rain. I need to adopt a squirrel attitude, I guess nature asks it’s creatures to accept things. Squirrel and his family have been very busy in my attic since the end of summer. The roof has […]
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REMEMBERING TODAY
Today is December 6th and every year on this day I like to take a moment to reflect and remember what happened on this day 23 years ago. On December 6 we commemorate the anniversary of the Montreal massacre, at L’École Polytechnique de Montréal. On that terrible day December 6 1989 these 14 innocent young […]
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Some lists.
I reblogged this post from a few years ago I think I have come a long way from this but some of them still apply. Reasons I get stuck. 1. It is hard to keep going when the destination seems so distant and unknown. 2. It is hard to keep believing in yourself– when […]
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Dispatches from the Road less travelled
“Life is complex. Each one of us must make his own path through life. There are no self-help manuals, no formulas, no easy answers. The right road for one is the wrong road for another…The journey of life is not paved in blacktop; it is not brightly lit”, and it has no road signs. It […]
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Waiting
This painting is called Waiting. It’s autobiographical. I posted it here because it’s about my creative imagination and how sometimes I have to just sit still and wait- for the images to come out of the dark. I am writing a new play. The working title is Ladder of Angels. It is a work of […]
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Painting in bed.
“It’s never too late to have a happy childhood” Tom Robbins This post was a journal entry from a few years back when I was caring for my Mom who had Dementia. I have resumed my morning ritual of painting in bed. I pull all my supplies and my journal into the bed and just […]
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Cultivating the Creative Habit
“The routine is as much a part of the creative process as the lightning bolt of inspiration, maybe more.” Twyla Tharp THE CREATIVE HABIT I agree with Twyla Tharp. I think art for some of us has to be a kind of determined, intentional creative habit that we submit to. Willingly. I think habit is […]
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End of summer news
I had a blast performing my solo show SALLY LIVES HERE at the Gabriola Festival last weekend. My venue was an old post office now used as the Women’s Institute. Not sure what they do there but I think it involves a lot of baking and handicrafts. At the tech rehearsal on the Friday night […]
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