Can We Talk About ME?

Article that appeared in The New Leaf ™.

My years as a full time studio artist unlocked capacities for learning and ways of knowing that I could not have accessed apart from making art. Knowing<br> this, I do a routine creative inventory. Am I open to creative inspiration? How is my creativity being expressed? Where is creativity showing up in my life? Am I using my creativity to give back to my community? Is there a complete and renewing exchange of energy that keeps my creative juices flowing? Where am I feeling blocked, resentful or grasping.

Reflecting on these questions recently, I realized that my life and work today are the culmination of a life long wish to live my life as a work of art. Today, through coaching and the natural extensions into teleclasses and online workshops, I feel my creative abilities fully engaged and expressed. What's more, this work so energizes and supports me that I have time and space to continue my voice training, to sing in the Bainbridge Chorale, and to participate in an online art community at Cafe Utne.

I share this here because it was in another newsletter, three years ago, that I announced I was closing my production studio to devote more creative time to the themes of Time and The Body. I had expected those themes to be developed in traditional (well, more or less traditional!) art forms such as doll-making, fiber art and performance art. While I do have some works in progress in these media, I see my life, the way I experience Time, and the energy and information that flows through my Body, as the real work in progress. You won't find this work of art on a gallery wall, but I intend to keep revealing it in this newsletter and in all of our interactions.