Art Tracks

Art Tracks

Out walking in the cold sunshine of nine degrees below zero windchill, I found the squeaking crunch of the snow under each step comforting. Do you ever feel that with each step on your creative path that you are stepping into uncharted territory? Crunch, crunch,...
Labyrinth Moves

Labyrinth Moves

One of the many qualities I love about a labyrinth is the experience it give of the whole. It’s a tricky talent to hold the big picture and take the singular steps of life, but this configuration offers a neat pattern. Oh, if it were so easy! Nonetheless, its...
Intentions Clear

Intentions Clear

Once again, the New Year Intention Celebration was a magical success! In collaboration, Sheila Burns, owner of Bliss Yoga Studio and I, founder of Spirit Out!, co-led this 4th annual event. Rather than thinking up goals or resolutions, we make space and safety invite...
Connecting Dots

Connecting Dots

My neighbor gave me the best gift. A dot-to-dot book! Remember those? When it is particularly challenging to see the order in what seems chaotic, I find it tremendously satisfying and reassuring to do a little dot-to-dot. Even though each portrait in the book has 1000...
Whirly Ways

Whirly Ways

Remember whirlycopters? As kids we’d toss ’em up and watch ’em spin to the ground. For the Walking in This World class that just started, I asked us all to find a metaphor for our intention. Perhaps out on a walk, or somewhere else, we were to find...

Appreciating Switchbacks

Ever been walking along, minding your own creative business when a sharp turn appears? Could be time for a switchback. The other-than-linear path of an artistic entrepreneur (like other human beings, too) can be a challenge to navigate. Do you feel like you are...