Blue Fridge

by amy | Sep 22, 2022 | Growth, Learning, Perseverance

“I’m so happy!,” I told my friend over FaceTime after seeing the apartment. “It feels as though it was made just for me, and guess what? The appliances are blue!” Such an artsy-fartsy feature, right? A new blue fridge and matching stove...

Creative Tension

by amy | Sep 11, 2020 | Perseverance, Play, Practice

If you’re a spider, or if you knit, you know the importance of holding tension. Just right, not too tight. Gently enough to allow the weave to flow, but not so loosely that it all falls apart. Creative tension in other areas can be like that, too. I once heard...

Upgraded Change

by amy | Nov 1, 2018 | Beginnings, Growth, Perseverance

How long have I been desiring a new updated website? Talking about it, imagining it, knowing it was very needed hasn’t been enough to get it done. Until now! I’m so very grateful to Mari Pfeiffer for her web design and writing talents that she brought to...

Creative Camaraderie

by amy | Apr 23, 2015 | Growth, Learning, Perseverance

Celebrating our Artist’s Way group! What a lovely walk it has been. Each of us on a unique path, yet we come together weekly for three months to share our stories. We marvel at the synchronous happenings, honor the courage and truth in our showing up, and...

View Above

by amy | Mar 19, 2015 | Hope, Perseverance

Sometimes, you just gotta look up. I do, anyway. This has been a challenging stretch along my life path, with unexpected obstacles, painful experiences and what have felt like weighty forces operating counter to what I know and believe. In the context of all that,...

Connecting Dots

by amy | Dec 21, 2014 | Mapping, Perseverance

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...