Tag: happiness
Making Tracks on the West Coast Trail
June 24, 2024
In May 2024 I hiked the West Coast Trail, for the second time (last time was about 2004), with a couple friends. The trail is a 75km journey that steals its way ...
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Keep Dreams Alive
May 31, 2024
Categories: Inspiration, Motivation
What is your dream? We may have fantasies about what we would like to happen, but knowing how to make them come true may be about as clear as trying to see ...
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The Search for Treasure
May 1, 2024
A common stumbling block for artists is “not knowing what to draw, paint, write or sew etc…”. I have heard students or artist friends lament about this and I have been stuck ...
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Like Riding A Bike - Getting Creative Work Done
January 1, 2024
I’ve always disliked goals – maybe it’s because my goals weren’t set in reality. I tried goals to “do a painting every week”, or “make set amount of money” but it just ...
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What Is The Purpose?
December 5, 2023
Categories: Inspiration, Motivation
But it is not always easy to know what our unique purpose is. So, I wonder if we can just feel rest assured that there are two true purposes for every human ...
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How Birds Give Us a Sense of Wonder
October 3, 2023
One of the most precious gifts I received as a child was a large picture book of birds painted by the 19th century ornithologist/artist, James Audubon. It was from my grandparents in ...
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Creating Space
July 25, 2023
Categories: Creativity, Inspiration
I have been thinking about “space” lately, while replanting some shrubs and trees. Having to consider how much space something like an apple tree will need when it is full grown is difficult while ...
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How Curiosity Makes Our Universe Expand
July 5, 2023
Categories: Inspiration, Nature
Curiosity makes us smarter and is also a quality that is essential for adding joy and wonder to our lives. Ideally we keep nurturing this curiosity into adulthood, a time when we ...
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The Richness in Connecting to Place
May 31, 2023
Categories: Inspiration, Nature
The more I notice and respond to this place I live, the more my life becomes tied to it and the richer I feel. Talking to and interacting with new and old ...
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The Surprising Lesson in "Alone"
May 1, 2023
Categories: Inspiration, Nature
This winter I watched the History Channel’s reality TV show “Alone”, where people get dropped off in the middle of the wilderness to see how long they can survive – whoever remains ...
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