Just as the spring is unfurling it's tender green, I'm already thinking a bit about Journalfest, October 26 -30. I know it seems far, far away in a distant time zone…but it will sneak up us. I'll be teaching two classes this year at this long weekend journaling retreat. Held at the beautiful and … Continue Reading
This week I finished up work in two journals…completion feels good. I tend to jump around from journal to journal, so not all the pages are sequential in time and space. So when they are done it feels good to stand back and see the journey they took me on. I learned from my … Continue Reading
Just back from the PLAY Retreat in Port Townsend with fellow journalers. I love the watery and tree inhabited land of Washington state. It's so beautiful and so very different from the high and very dry plains of Colorado. The Seattle cityscape a tangle of bare branches reaching up… …while down on the street, a … Continue Reading
Way back in the summer I signed up to be a part of The Sketchbook Project. The brainchild of the folks at the Art House Co-op and The Brooklyn Art Library, the idea was to ask artists to submit a sketchbook for their permanent collection and to go on tour. As they put it, "It's like … Continue Reading
The Longmont Studio Tour is this weekend! Please stop by if you are in the area. You can go here to see a map and plan your route. I'll be showing at Stephanie's wonderful studio and there are about 10 great artists in Steph's neighborhood, so you can see a lot in one place. She's got some wonderful new … Continue Reading
I had a great time teaching Visual Journaling at Katy's last Sunday. I even ended up in Katy's journal! Light and sunny, we gathered around two big tables. My students experimented with… …new materials and ideas for finding their voices on the page. Openings and thoughts gathering… …blessings shared… …marking … Continue Reading
My journal, a pencil, a pen, travel watercolors and a morning at the Botanic Gardens. I love SUMMER!
We have finally, finally begun construction (deconstruction) on our remodel. It's a skeleton now – love seeing the house bones. It's amazing to see it in this state before we start to put it all back together again. It's an intensely creative process and we have a great architect and team of interior people helping … Continue Reading
SPRING! is showing it's early face around these parts and I really couldn't be happier. These buds on the aspen trees, against the bluest sky we've had in a very long time, made my breath deeper and my heart open. I know I've griped about the weather here and in my journal. I've tried … Continue Reading
There was a lot of great work coming out of the PLAY weekend. In fact at times it was all I could do to keep my fanny in my seat for all the juicy goodness going on around me. I just wanted to jump up and cruise around the room looking at everybody else's wonderful … Continue Reading