You know, I started writing this post about liberating myself and living an unconventional life, but it just started to feel really…I don’t know. Weird. Contrived perhaps. Anyways, I got to the end and thought “What a piece of crap.” And so now I’m writing this post instead, hoping that it ends up [...]
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Tempting the artist
May 19, 2010 – 11:50 pm
So I thought that I was officially over the whole gallery fiasco. But then yesterday I woke up feeling thoroughly discouraged and crappy all over again. I’d been trying to get back on the creativity horse and doing little drawings. I had all these plans about drawing from life every day and painting from life [...]
Dancing my way back to art
May 17, 2010 – 2:01 pm
I’m dancing again. Very few people know that when I was younger, I used to dance all the time – I was a classically trained ballet dancer and I loved it. But then I got sick, and I had to let that passion go. I thought that door had closed forever. If someone had told [...]
Damage control
April 26, 2010 – 12:55 pm
I started painting this morning and 40 minutes in, realized I’d made a real mess of things. Sometimes it happens. You get bogged down in the details, and you lose sight of your greater vision. Whenever this happens, I sit down and brainstorm what I can do to save the painting. In some cases “save [...]
A tiny dream
March 24, 2010 – 11:48 am
There’s something I’d like to tell you – something I don’t often talk about, but now seem to have blazoned on the front page of my site: I want to change the world. I don’t talk about it often because it triggers all sorts of stuck – like the “Who do you think you are?” [...]
A free girl.
November 16, 2009 – 5:36 pm
I did it! I quit the smoothie job! Hurrah! (Unfortunately, due to my ulcer, I can’t even get mildly drunk in celebration, but I’m totally making myself some fair trade Belgian hot chocolate with Madagascar vanilla and cream tonight. Hells yes.) It’s amazing how different I feel, how much lighter my heart feels. And as [...]
Changing the world, one day at a time
March 25, 2009 – 11:12 am
I want to share a story with you, one that I read on Robert Genn’s website a long time ago. The entire version can be found here. “Robb Dunfield was an active nineteen year old sportsman, ski instructor, and all round good chap when he had his accident. He and three of his friends plunged [...]
Positivity Fridays: What a week.
November 28, 2008 – 12:24 pm
This week happened? Really? Because I don’t remember it happening. But the calendar says its Friday, so let’s get started. Warning: It’s been a crazy week, so this is gonna be long. Awesome Thing #1: My friend George! George, as I described earlier this week, is an awesome friend. He totally helped me out this [...]
I love this girl.
October 7, 2008 – 10:24 am
Melanie Mullen has balls (but not literally). I met Melanie for the first time this weekend, when I went out to do the Queen Street Art Saturday in downtown Niagara Falls (which is a lot of fun, by the way, and you should all come out). She is the driving force behind the downtown revival, [...]
