Monday, July 21, 2014

We returned from a wonderful trip to the Bay Area seeing home places and people.  I am grateful to return to our mountain solitude .  I have finally made it through my studio reorganization project and I must thank OneRepublic for providing the beat  to move things along and make it much more enjoyable.  To the end of being the good Mom and supporting artistic spirit I am ...

ANNOUNCING  SEND MY SON TO SECOND CITY ART SALE Sat 9-4  7/26 and Sunday  7/27 11-4  It seems to me that laughter is certainly the best medicine for the times we are in. This weekend, all are welcome to visit my studio filled with watercolors, oils, and silks or browse online for prints and cards   to help send my son to Second City in Chicago for a year ;so, that he can further hone his writing skills to make people laugh. 

If you are in the area please stop by .  Any and all support is welcomed and truly appreciated.

Saturday, March 22, 2014

Connecting the Dots Across Generations

I have just spent a lovely hour or so talking and laughing with Mike, the angel born to a good friend of mine.  He helps me navigate the cyber lands of floating codes and pixels. Years ago, Michael demonstrated divine patience as he helped me create siteceu an online website , which delivers nationally approved continuing education courses for licensed clinicians in psychology, social work, marriage and family therapy, counseling, substance abuse, nursing and related fields .  Michael was so calm as he helped me learn these new lands and languages.  Being an artist and writer my mind is flexible but not always linear.  Michael was able to help me follow the little pixelated dots to produce a successful  business.  With over a decade passed and with the publication of my new book Innerlandscape-Soul Searching in the 21st Century, I am once again trying to weave a web presence and build a Innerlandscape site for the larger audience to work with the tools I have learned and assimilated over time.  Once again, Michael to the rescue. Not only does he connect dots and blog at Heritage Auctions he has written a book on percussion revolvers!  What is so amazing about working with Mike across generations, personality types, hobbies, and knowledge bases is the feeling that we actually learn from each other.  He makes me trust that I really can get what he is saying. Rather than being left with frustration and dots flying every which way, after a few starts and stops with long pauses as he asks me if I know what he is talking about, the lines, then patterns, then artful works of  emerge within our conversation.  As I often work alone, it is wonderful to have a Mike as a guide and master dot connector to make the map of my mind and business distinctive and clear for smooth sailing. Thanks, Mike.