12-31-10

Last day of the Year I am so excited. It is like Santa or God is coming to town to visit me and all of us. I am not sure why this is happening but I am not going to complain.
This eve challenge is only of love, caring and believing in yourself and others. This was 365 days of my blog. And I challenge everyone and all to challenge themselves to a commitment. How does that sound? I love it..... I don't know what next years blog will be. Probably just the way it is right now.......but I am open for something new. I can change in the middle of the year if I choose. This blog has given me more creative power. Reclaiming your power is what I was thinking of writing about. What do you think. The best year ever to you all. Love from me.

12-30-10

Live your best life. That is an Oprah saying. The challenge today is to ask yourself if you had a TV show what would your show be? What would you like to share with the world? I think this is something that could actually give you some guidance to what you may want to do next. Being who you are is the best you can be. Oprah's new network could be amazing. I love some of the shows that she is giving us. Master Class, every person has something to give from their lives. I love that. Maybe that is what your show would be about. What could you teach someone? When you learn, teach. When you get, give. I love the many quotes I am hearing today.
How are you going to end out the year? I love that one too. I just fell into my old pattern, a tired pattern etc. And I am just stopping it now because I am more than that old stuff I believed that isn't even true. I made it up. Think about it. We make up many things in our lives. Our relationships are made up in our minds. Remake a relationship. I am.

12-29-10

I am wondering what I want to talk about today. What shall I challenge you with and what shall I challenge myself with? I am not sure right now. I have it. I have a bunch of questions that I am asking myself and others. Here is your Challenge for you and your partners.
1. If you had no worries about money what would you do? Make a list.
2. What if you didn't use money as an excuse?
3.What are your biggest fears right now?
4. Are there any regrets in your life?
5. Are their any grudges, resentments or misconceptions?
6. What about expectations?
7. Do you believe in Miracles, Magic and Magnificence?
8. What are your wishes, hopes, wants?
8a. Do you believe you deserve all of these great things?
9. What would you tell your younger self with what you know now?
10. What is your intentions for the new year?
11. Do you want to laugh more? Not take things so seriously?

These are just some things to look at, not that there has to be resolutions.

12-28-10

Physical therapy day. This is energy therapy and I got a blast today. A wonderful blast of energy that has been stuck for maybe all my life starting at 3. I felt an explosion of light and I wrote a little bit about the experience. I think I will turn it into a song someday.
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The light I'd been hiding was excuberant
It shot out of me to kiss a polar bear
To tell him it's OK cuz I'm here.
I flared and saw many dancing.
It was filled with tears and they weren't even fancy.
I flew with an eagle and we were all one.
Now this kind of trip is pretty fun.

I have the power
to allow this light to shower
It is big, It is mine and connects to everything and everyone

I have the power
to allow my light to shine
I will never put it away
I won't allow it to be buried in fear.

When you inprison your soul cuz you
believe it wasn't safe to be the magnificent you, you were meant to be
My sadness now is very clear.
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This is just the first draft but this was some of the experience that I had. I am really focusing on a new wave of the new year. There is an opening. A goodness behind the things that scare us.
There is goodness behind the media, the government, the everything we hear. Let us trust in the Goodness that is always there. I am. Let your light shine and that is my challenge to you.

I do apologize for the grammer and the spelling, it has actually gotten worse. I don't have spell check on this blog for some reason. Hopefully you can get the drift of it all. Bless you and your light. And please let it shine.

12-27-10

Looking forward to the New Year. What do I want in that new year? I don't believe in resolutions but I do believe in commitments. Like this blog was a daily commitment. I thought of wanting to write a book next year. A little everyday. Don't know what the book will be about. I also want to publish my Christmas Song. Don't know how to do that and the song needs a bridge. I wanted to work on this blog and maybe make a book out of it, with the challenge everyday, of course it would need editing and I am sure I repeated challenges since there were 365 of them. I want to remember the magnificent creature that I am and not abuse it. I want to respect my health a little more. I definately want to love more. Accept more. Allow others to be who they are and not have it effect me. Not worry so much, not stress out over things that I have no control over. Take more risks. Not sit and watch HGTV so much. Pick and choose the shows that I want to see. I would like to not make little piles all over the house and put things away a little mre. I am not asking for much am I. The other thing is to live in the moment a little more and not live in old beliefs or old habits.
This morning Ithought of letting go and I thought, Not Again. Well, we have to do things over and over and over. We breathe, we eat, we sleep, we clean up, we have to do everything over and over and over, it is just the way this world works. so Letting Go of old ways have to be done over and over too. So no need to get disappointed that you have to do it as a practice. That is what any practice can keep you focused on the positive, the good, the movement forward. I must have had a great night of sleep and some time to allow my new year thoughts to come to me.
The challenge for the last Monday in 1210 is to give yourself some time to allow next years desires, wants an inpirations to come to you. Take a bubble bath, go for a walk, do a meditation. Whatever floats your creativity and you feel relaxed enough to have things come to you, not force it on yourself. I think that is why resolutions don't work. You are forcing them from the outside in. Have your new year come from the inside out. Your heart, your emotions, your crazy ideas, your desires and even your wants. Wanting to feel better or have more energy is not a selfish want, want, want. It will give your friends and family a better you.
Oh, Yeah, I want to laught a whole lot more. I take things way to seriously. How about you?

12-26-10

The challenge is to ask yourself if you have rituals that are daily? Do you want to do that for the next year? I do. I bought a book that has a daily focus that I am going to start on the first. It is what I wanted to do in this blog. I wanted to give myself and others a daily thought. A daily challenge. And that is what this whole Blog has been about. Learning to create a safe atmosphere to create. Hope that is what you have been given, or what you have gotten. Now what is up for next year. don't know yet.

12-25-10

This has been such a glorious day of over eating, opening presents, sharing and watching movies. Oh, I forgot the naps. We are still taking them. And one more big meal to come. Yeah!! Cooper is having a blast and has actually been quite considerate for a little guy. The joy and spirit of Christmas has been upon us and I couldn't sleep very well last night, I was waiting for Santa.
Let us look at any challenges we may have had to day, or are still having. The food, I feel very very full and am overeating. And am trying not to let it get to me. Sometimes someone may raise their voice in a little frustration or say something you don't agree with. Maybe you are tired with too many obligations. What ever it is. This last meal I a test. I have sticky notes on the pans. That is how ya do it. I will be sad to take down the tree. I love the upside down expereince. Once in a life time tree as I used all natural items I found outside. Next year it will be different. Hope you are filled with love and food.

12-24-10

Am I ready to start the process of cooking our eve's dinner. I think I had better get started. Got lots of presents wrapped. More than we thought we would have this year. IT is a good thing. Santa is on his way. I just wonder how far away he is right now. Hope we will get lots of sleep before he comes. I will have to cook a whole other meal tomorrow too. What fun.
The challenge for this Eve of a Holiday is to keep your spirits bright. I had a moment that I was feeling not so great. But I am back in the spirit. Yeah!! Merry Christmas to all and to all a Great night. Hope you are with friends and/or family. I am...... Coopers first Christmas!!

12-23-10

This is the season for good joy. Do you find yourself singing Christmas tunes or do you find yourself say Bah Humbug? That is the challenge today. Do you get angry with the crouds or help a person out that might have their hands full? Long days of work and catching up to have a family holiday and singing as I do it. Merry Life to you all, even if you don't do the Christmas thing. There is always something to celebrate.

12-22-10

Yes, we have no water, no water tonight. Just got home from work and tried to wash my hands and the water isn't working. Thank God for husbands. And one that is around. Also thank God for friends. Even when they haven't been feeling very well, all we ever want is for them to be better. I think she is better. I am better too.
The challenge for today is to deal with the little things in life and ask yourself how does that work for you? Do you take it on as a victim? Sometimes I do. Do you know that is just a little burp and tomorrow will be better? Sometimes I do. Maybe it is the Sometimes I do that we can hold onto and know we are alive. Sometimes I do that too. Getting ready for family and holidays. Thanks to you all.

12-21-10

Shopping, shopping, shopping. We almost have all of the food for the first holiday. The eve and the day. Not quite done with the other shopping though.
Maybe another trip to Costco, HA.
The creative challenge today is to ask yourself and see if you have done a good job giving this year. Not just in the season of giving but the whole year? Have you given your art away? Have you thought of others on their special days? I know that I have to work on these things. I really want to feel the selflessness that can come from giving. Simple Kindness I do almost every time I am out. Helping someone in a store or parking lot, etc. My hubby and son are good about that also.
I am not dizzy today. So thanks for caring. Have a great evening.

12-20-10

Another dizzy day. I was supposed to work but that didn't happen. I feel a little better now but it still hasn't gone. I am so tired of having this little thing happen. So on the creative challenge today I will have to dig deep.
Next year is coming and I have the challenge of the year to come. So what are you looking at for next year? Maybe it is time to make a little list of things you would like to have manifest in the 2011. I am excited about the number. I liked 2010 and now I am liking 2011. It is the year to make things happen. That is what my motto is going to be I think. I think rekindling love would be on my list. Then make a list of things you don't want to drag into the new year. It is your choice you know!!

12-19-10

I drew my Christmas cards and made them but I haven't sent them out yet. Better get them out tomorrow. I have so many things to do and I have run out of time. Cooper doesn't feel good today and that worries me.
I have been singing for 2 days. And last night my song went over really really well. I finally got it right. It was a song that I wrote for my son about Christmas and the spirit of it. Last year when I sang it I wasn't very confident. Something has happened inside a little. Some OKness that isn't there all the time. Allowing me to be me and express myself and actually look at it as a gift.
The challenge is to ask yourself if you believe you have been given gifts. The gifts that flow through us, that are given to us. I don't write lyrics I am given them. This is the little gift that has opened up inside me. I always knew it but not I feel a joyfull responsibilty to share it. And I don't have to have fear around the sharing. I can let my little light shine and enjoy others and enjoy myself. Wow. Maybe Cooper is feeling better already. I know I am. Happy Holidays.

12-18-10

Ok. Singing today. I think I am excited. I am excited that my son and his friend are here and shopping is very clear. I have some creative christmas presents to make. So todays challenge is to see if you have some last minute creative ideas that you are ready to do. We still have a week, but I had better get it together. Have a great great creative day. Sing your heart out.

12-17-10

Dogs are smart, maybe smarter that humans sometimes. He waits till I am not looking to get into something he knows he is not supposed to get into. And they say don't take it personally. If I am tired I do take it personally. But that is like a little kid and I don't want him to feel my energy getting caught up in his energy.
Let us take a look at energy today. The challenge is to take a look at some of your family members, friends, co workers, other artists. Are there some people that seem to drain you or ones that you could be around all the time. Well, I know that I hide from some energys, crave being around others, Each day may be different. The holidays are upon us and people may be everywhere. People you may not see all the time come around the holidays. You may want to take a look at what their energy does to you and if it is something that you don't enjoy maybe you can allow them to be their energy and not get caught up in it. I am going to take that challenge for sure.

12-16-10

I am getting to sing one of my songs at the Holiday Show at the Center for Spiritual Living. I thought they wouldn't pick me. I haven't practiced. I wasn't sure how I was going to take it when they told me I didn't make the cut. I made it and now I feel really behind on the practice of the song. Plus the songs for the choir. I am allowing the bigger picture to happen. I am asking the universe for a bridge for my song. I had one but I can't remember it, it has been a year and I can't find the tape of the performance. I am allowing it to unfold perfectly.
Let's challenge ourselves with that today, trusting it all will unfold perfectly. This is also about the coming year. I am looking at what will I blog about next year. Because this blog really has helped me and others to focus on a safe place to create. My family has given me permission to create as much as I like. This is big. Hope your life has changed for the best for your creative llife

112-15-10

I must blog, I must blog, I must blog!!! I will get this written so I can work on my song for choir. I missed choir last week and I am sure they worked hard on our song. If I show up not knowing the words or the music I will feel bad. I have been very dizzy lately. Well, it started yesterday and just got worse and worse and I had to go to bed for 12 hours. That isn't that much fun when you aren't sleeping. I tried to write a new song, or think of a huge creation I could make. But must hearing my heart beat irregularly, so that makes it hard to sleep.
Let me get over the negative I am not so dizzy right now and am going to practice my new song.
The challenge for you today is what? To get off your butt and do something. I have to do that and simply say everything is OK right now, I have enough energy to get something done. Even one little thing. Let us get up and go. Right now.

12-14-10

Not much fun when you are tired and a little dizzy. That is me today. I did have a great bling at work which is when someone comes in and spends over 600.00. It was a gentleman buying for his dear wife. It was so sweet. Then they sent me home. HA>
The creative challenge today is connected to how you are feeling? How the darkness and severe weather is bringing sluggish energy and or cold bodies. Not much energy going through me for sure. I started drawing a new book last night for kids. I need to draw more it seems I lost my knack. Can't draw a caterpiller. HA. Anyway how is your creativity during the dark cold months? I just want to go to bed.

12-13-10

It will be my very good friends birthday tomorrow I must make sure I give her a wonderful call. Cooper and I got out of the house again this morning. It has turned into a little ritual. I haven't been working much. I have been creating many things around the house. This blog lost it's spell check so I am in big trouble. HA. Decoupage is what I was trying to spell. I had to look it up another way. Well see I bought some yestserday and am wanting to create some new items with that. I will share later. I better load my tree pictures on to my computer. I will do that right now.
I did get the shots on my computer and on this blog. Please write your comments. My upside down tree is something that needs to be experienced not an easy thing to just take a shot of.
The challenge for this 13th day of December is to take a look at where you are in your holidays together. Do you have plans? Do you have the presents? Do you have your recipes in place? I don't. Like I am saying I am decorating and have been having friends over for food. But the exact holiday is not planned yet.

12-12-10

Yes, it is Sunday the 12th and have had a great get away day. I picked up Cooper and off we went. Got my children's book into the book store. Now I have looked at all of my lyrics and made copies as I am going to draw the story to the words.
The challenge for you is to take a look at your old projects and really take a look at them. Maybe now is the time that those projects are ready for the world. I mean the perfect time. We aren't in control of those things. I say thank you and I look at all the words that have been given to me and I want to share them. I am reading a book about a woman that thinks she writes trivial songs, etc. I read her lyrics. I like them and I see mine are as great as hers.
Thank you...........have a creative day and the new year is coming and I am looking at what I want to blog about for everyday next year. Have any ideas comment on them.

12-11-10

This is another great day of creation. I had to plan a light lunch for a friend that I have had for over 24 years. The reason I know that is my son is 24 years old and I knew her before I was pregnant. She was my singing teacher and my companion in acting classes in Seattle, WA. What a great long time of friendship and she is living in Eugene now with all of her kids and grandkids. The great spirit of love, joy and giving was on my mind.
The challenge today though is perfection. I am not a perfectionist, I don't think. I see where I wish I was more of a perfectionist. What about creativity that you have to let go of mistakes, failure or perfection. There is no perfection unless it is a branch on the tree, or a weed in the grass. That is how I see perfection. Let us talk about more loving and more perfection tomorrow. I am seeing the perfect blogging creation with the big risks I am taking now. Perfection in the realm of imperfection. That is what I am talking about. I just noticed my spell check is not working so sorry. Love and perfection of moments as they are.

12-10-10

I am so excited about another friend coming over tomorrow. I want to make a really great lunch. She hasn't been here for at least 15 years. I hope she can find it. She will meet Cooper and see all of my great creations. I think I finished the tree. The upside down creation that I fell really really good about. Now I am just doing the final touches and I have to create a meal that will wow my friend.
The challenge for you is to put your friends and family before you and then create a delicious creation for them. My tree is so original I would love to do this for a family or person that would desire an authentic creation using mostly natural items from the yard. Literally from my yard. I did stop by the side of the road near a lake to get red branches. I mean really really red branches. Can you believe it. I couldn't have found those in the craft shop. This is so awesome.
Let me creat a lovely loving meal for my great friend that is doing a meditaion morning before she comes here. I will put that into consideration. Love ya all. Sing fun Holiday songs. I am and I am doing it really loud even in the parking lots. Why? I don't know.

12-09-10

Hello my dear listeners. This has been quite a day. I have had my dear friend stay over and we put up my tree last night, the upside down one. Then my friend offered to take me out to breakfast and we had the very very best breakfast in a church converted into a great restaurant. The food was so so good. I ate too too much. We then headed out to find some decorations. I wanted explosions of stuff to come out of the tree. The best thing happened we just started stopping on the side of the road and picked up many many things to put on the tree. We even found a red bush with the best color for the tree. My friend built a birds nest for a little spot that was just calling for something.......We got everything else we needed in the yard. What a fun adventure. I do have a few things that aren't natural on the tree. But the natural stuff is the best. The explosions of red, moss filled branches, pine cones, and a few things I did buy at the dollar store. But it is still a work in progress. and I am not putting lights on it. Yet. Maybe later.
The challenge today for you is to bring the outside into your creativity.. It may be for the holidays or just for a little place on the counter in the kitchen or in the bathroom, anywhere. Even on the front porch. It is easy to find beauty outside just try it.

12-08-10

Well today may be the day that we will be getting the tree. And the tree may be hanging from the beams. I will show you if that is what gets done. Fun huh>
The challenge for you today is to think out of the box on one creation this week.
Opposites, upside down. crooked, colors etc. Tell me what you come up with. Also my good friend is coming to stay overnight. What a great thing. The dog will go crazy.....

12-07-10

Whatever? I mean really this date and time. How many don't even connect with this date. It is the Holiday Season, no matter what holiday that is. How do you feel?
The challenge fo r today is to see if creativity is an issue or money? I have some of both do you? I want lots of lights to surprise the family, I want ribbons everywhere, I want a tree hung upside down from the ceiling with lights and lots of natural elements. I want I want I see I do or I don't , what do you do?

12-06-10

Wanting to get the tree and get it up. I always wait till after Garricks birthday and that was yesterday. But I will have to get it myself put it up myself and decorate it by myself so there. I wanted to get a heating blanket so I can lay out in my meditation bed on the front porch. I realized yesterday while I was at the Bazaar and I really felt better talking to my friend. Yes, I isolate way to much and don't tell what my mind is crazily talking to me. So, what should the challenge be today. I know. To keep wonder in your creative life, I want you to look up something you never looked up before. Maybe it is a beautiful place that you have been wanting to visit. Or a recipe that you may want to make. A new blog website. Bundle up and go outside and do something you never have done before or look at everything with new eyes. Eyes of Wonder. Read some poetry, read a newspaper in a coffee shop or on line. Really something new. I am going too.

12-05-10

Yes, this month is about birth. Even the birth of my son. Along with the birth of many babies. I am wanting to look at the birth of many things. My changing my ill feelings. Meaning I am feeling ill most every day. My heart beating strangely, my breathing not so good, a weird cough and negative thoughts. I am actually hoping it to be something I can take a pill for. Like my thyroid. Is this too much information? Well, it can be the birth of a healthier me.
Today was the bazaar and I did very very well. Everyone loved all of my great creations. They thought I needed a website with all of my creations. Maybe I will. I kind of do, but I don't keep it up. And you can't buy off the site. But I felt good about all the variety and good thoughts. Two of my children s books are going to be put in the Spiritual Centers Book Store. YEAH!!
My challenge to you is to take a look at birth. Birth isn't always the most comfortable, if you know what I mean? Men know if they have had kidney stones. But I am always wanting to feel good, I don't, I am always wanting others to speak positively, they don't, so I am not living in the moment with what is. No wonder I am not feeling so well. I am looking at birth as a process. It may be positive it may be painful but growing and moving on. What does birth mean to you? In the creative world an the process.

12-04-10

The challenge for this wonderful Saturday is to ask yourself if you are good at getting started, better in the middle or best near the finish line? Our creativity relies on our own ability to start a project, do the middle and finish it. Some of us get stuck somewhere. I like deadlines. I need deadlines. Sometimes I can do something on my own. check it out.

12-03-10

What is the challenge for this wonderful winter day? What is going on right now? I am trying to stay awake. It isn't even that late but I do like my naps and I didn't have one today. IT is the art walk in Eugene tonight but it is very very cold and I worked all day and have to spend time with the doggie.
OK. the challenge for today is to ask yourself do you create better under stress, or feeling stable, or anger, or sadness. Or all of the above?

12-02-10

Doctors and needles for Linda and Cooper. I got blood taken and Cooper is getting all of his puppy shots and he gained a whole pound. He is 3.9 lbs now. He is getting so big. I had better put him on a diet. Getting ready for an art bazaar.
I am getting excited. I have more that I thought I did. I noticed I said art not crafts. I hate that word crafts. It seems so trashy, unimportant and without the creativity that anyone that creates deserves.
This is the challenge for your creativity, do you consider it a craft, a hobby or art? A simple question. Yes. I am an artist. That is my choice, what is yours?

12-01-10

What a great day for creating. Rain outside makes us seem trapped inside. I call it focused. HA! Did get out to pick up some embroidered towels with my lyrics on them for the Bazaar on Sunday. I need to make some posters that say what these things are.
Let me see. I have things to get ready for an audition this evening. Singing a song that I wrote. What if they don't choose me. Who cares>>> It is about Christmas and I really want to have it get better and better. But I haven't been practicing because I thought I would be gone shooting a movie. Well, no, now I will be singing in the choir and hopefully doing my song.
The challenge for the day is going with the flow. I know I have spoke on this before but even more when it is the time of the season. Things change and what does that do to your body? Do you play a victim? This always happens to me. Or can you have faith that it always turns out just right. I vote for that.

11-30-10

OK,l the challenge is the first thing on my mind and that is cleansing. Let us cleans our bodies and our minds. That is what I am doing.......It is not easy. Good night

11-29-10

The month is almost over and this next month has totally changed for me with one text message. I will not be going to Louisiana to shoot a movie. It has been pushed into the future. This is the name of the movie game.
Cold Cold weather here and many places. Too cold to take the puppy in the car and have him sit in there for an hour. Oh Well.
Now into creativity. Now into the challenge, as I had physical therapy today which is energy work we found my energy to be quite plugged up. I knew it. I have been struggling with many issues and I hold them in my body. I am going to make a map of my body and allow my creativity to show me where my energy is stuck and why. This is your challenge today. You may be having an ache or pain that is new or nagging and by acknowledging it it could actually move the energy or the stop the pain. Holding Holding Holding. Human Beings do this a lot. We don't share what is on our minds, well, I don't anyway. I just keep holding it in. My body map is coming up right after I send this off into the web vapors. Poof!!

11-28-10

The challenge today is to listen to your soul. Listen to what you came here for. This may not be an easy task. So I want this to be a long term goal. What is a soul anyway. How do you get in touch with it? How do you listen? Did you loose contact with that little creature that came here for a reason? Do you believe you are here to be something or do something?
A soul mate. Do you believe in that? Maybe you see people you think you have known before or you connect on a level you never thought possible. Just take a look at all of this. Maybe you don't believe in having a soul. Maybe you have another idea of your living presents on earth. I want to know what you think. Please write me a comment on these thoughts.

11-27-10

The challenge today is to ask yourself, do you think any of this is real?

11-26-10

Were you a crazy shopper today on this Black Friday. Don't know why they call it Black. But I had to work very early and nobody knew our store was even open.
Is it time to create your Holiday look?

I have designed a few things I am sure I won''t be able to do. One is a Tree hanging upside down from the ceiling. I just love thinking out of the box. The challenge today is to take a look at how you create for your family? You can just create for yourself. I really like using recyclable items. And the tree having lights but then maybe just a t shirt ripped into little pieces and tied on the tree then you just recycle the whole tree without taking the t shirts pieces off. Of course you take the lights off. I am going to use the thought of light as my main decorating idea.

11-25-10

What can be said for today. The gratefulness is the focus of the day. I could say cooking is the focus of the day. Then the eating will be only a few minutes. It doesn't take much time to eat everything. All the preparation and moments to eat. I am grateful.
The challenge today is to be grateful for oneself on this day of gratitude. When one is grateful for self one can be grateful for others. Good luck tomorrow on your shopping or your sleeping or your work.

11-24-10

The challenge I am presenting to you today is to take a look if there is something in your life that you think your life depends on it? Like making peace, like being a pleaser, or staying married, or keeping a job you hate? Maybe it is being safe or being a bully? I just want you to take a look and listen to your inner voice. Sometimes it is around food. I have to control what I eat. I have to control something to be safe on this planet.
Creating can have issues of control around them or if I don't create I will just die!!
Let there not be judgment around this inquiry, it is just a inquiry.

11-23-10

Woke up at 5:00 am looked outside and it was so beautiful. I really loved the snow. I usually choose to not even like it because of years of traveling over passes with very dangerous conditions. But you know what, I had a choice. And I chose to love it. I even drove in it. It was an adventure.
The morning was full of making choices of feeling good and not falling into old patterns. The first thing I did while I was making my coffee, I took things off the shelves in the kitchen so I would have to clean the shelves. That is a trick I do. Throw things on the floor out of the closet or of drawers, then I have to pick them up. I love that little trick. I do that with creativity also. I get the project out and it covers the counter top and I have to clear it off. So I have to work on the project.
The challenge that I want to put out there has to do with creating by choices that you make. The choice to procrastinate or to jump in and get started. Another choice is to simply go forward. Do you believe their are mistakes? I have heard that there aren't mistakes. Also failure, do you believe in failure or could their not be any failure. Because how do you move or take risks if you don't fail. But it is only a judgment that it is failure. Good, bad, success, failure. Those are labels that we created. How do you see them? Have a great evening and getting ready to give thanks. Let us give thanks now!

11-22-10

Cooper got his first bath. And I hired a friend of mine that is a dog groomer. I want him to get used to getting groomed by someone else first. HA She gave me a really good deal. No hair cut yet. And I have just gotten the cleaning bug. I mean the holidays are coming and the family will gather.
The challenge that I am feeling today is the holidays and creativity. I would really like to change the whole house to a beautiful white, off white Christmas feel and have light everywhere. This in my mind costs money. I may try to figure out a way to get the feel of joy with the white light in the house without spending money. Give me ideas if you have any. White netting sounds like a really great idea. Creativity and the holidays are just as ONE. Start to get ready for the giving of thanks first. Peace out.....l i n d a

11-21-10

This morning started with my usual meditation, hot tub and then off to sing in the choir. Then straight to the set run lines while getting into wardrobe. I just stayed in the moment. I didn't worry about being later that the casting call (I told them I had the choir engagement). It was a very creative fun morning.
Now I am listening to the American Music Awards, I love music and some of the people I am enjoying I am surprised at. And then I think of performing in front of all of your peers. I have been there and done that. Sometimes I loved it sometimes I was fearful and left my body. Played that Rock n Roll and still love it. It has influenced my life in many ways. The way I dress is one that I know of. I still have a little rocker style in me.
How about you? A challenge I am throwing at you is to see what has influenced you in you art, the way you dress, the way you see yourself? Then I have to ask myself when do I give that look up, or that feel. Or do I ever have too. Age appropriate dressing. I don't know if that will be in my vocabulary. I don't wear mid bearing shirts or anything as repulsive as that but I love my leggings, my boots, my studs etc. Rock ON!!!!!

11-20-10

The day started off with a headache and a neck ache.m And it took a long time to get rid of it. But then the creativity hit me. I have 4 or 5 projects on the kitchen counter. Christmas card. Organic multi media painting with texture.
Christmas surprises too. It has been a great creative day.
My challenge for today is to take a look at what you are going to do for your close friends and family for the holidays. I have decided to buy from friends that are artists and create my artwork for others. It is a creative holiday. What about a Christmas tree hung from the ceiling. With all the decorations hanging down because of gravity. I love it. Flower arrangements and wreaths hanging down.
A picture frame from lace. Just really get out of the box. Yeah!!!!!

11-19-10

The challenge today is to just make it through the day. How does that sound how my day is going? Some day's just get stacked up in a way that you would rather stay in bed with the covers over your head. I would do that but I can't. I have a puppy to take care of. It really isn't that bad. It is also a full moon so keep that in mind too. Find the love inside and stay grounded.

11-18-10

I have to find something to write about. I want to talk about right now. Is there anything wrong right now? I mean really our minds can make something up crap all the time. Really being in the moment. Feeling our skin, relaxing our neck, our shoulders and feeling our feet on the ground. All of this can stop the voice in your head.
The challenge for you is to really live in the moment. Really ask yourself is there anything wrong right now? Even if you aren't creating, maybe something is perking inside. Living in the moment you are collecting little bits and pieces that will turn into a creation. If you owe money, you are still OK right in this moment. If you are constantly worrying about the money you are creating more of the same. Create peace in the now. Create calm as there isn't anything wrong right now.!!!

11-17-10

Better get my blog done before it gets dark. Oops to late. It isn't even 4:00pm yet and all the outdoor lights are on. Oh, well.
Today was filled with little piles of things getting cleaned up. Then I noticed some of my inner negative talk was cleaned up. I better clean up some more. Like live in a completely white sterile room. I did create a lighting fixture.
Oprah was interesting today. With a healer in Brazil and how did people feel after they have been there and even if they were skeptics.
What I got from it was energy. I have talked about energy in my blogs before and it really is interesting to hear it on national TV.
The challenge today is to have all of us take a look and realize what we believe to be reality. What we think about faith? Do you believe you are more than meets the eye? All I know for sure is I don't have to beat myself up. That doesn't do anybody, anything any good. It doesn't help the the flow of creativity. Let the flow go.

11-16-10

I am very nostalgic this afternoon. I met with an old friend that I haven't seen or talked to in years and that was a pleasure. Some nostalgia there, then Oprah had Barbara Streisand and Robert Redford on. I had no idea those films touched me so deeply. Maybe I want to see some of them again. What else is going on in my world. Hearing about creative lives and how they go along, with raising a family and paying the bills and then one day you wake up and you have lost your youth and your passions or dreams aren't there. Where did they go? I have written about my disappointments in the Acting Business, and that is just as it is in many of the Arts. How do we know what is next? How do we get a spark going again? Find something that gives us a reason to live a reason to love and a reason to create.
The challenge that I am giving you today is to fall into the void. Instead of pushing forward or feeling full. What about the vulnerability of not knowing. The void of nothing that is a really new feeling when you have a passion, when you have a dream. The void can be expansive and not a dark hole. See what your void feels like?
All I know is right now feeling nostalgic I really wish I could take a hot bath, start a fire in the fireplace and put flannel cozy clothes on and simply cuddle up. Maybe even watch a movie that would make me cry (some more)! Well, I don't have a fireplace that I can build a fire. I can go out in the hot tub and dress in cozy flannel. Being quiet and not pushing sounds good. Just Being!

11-15-10

Funny, I just realized the date is always at the bottom of my computer. Dah!! Oh well, live and learn. At work I look at the date and time on the computer but not at home.
I have many things I am doing and many things I am not doing. I had a big scare with my sister and her health. I heard after the events, but the images were very vivid in my mind. All the details. The part I realized this morning is I took it personally without really putting myself in her shoes. She must have been so frightened. Then you worry about others in your life and how are you going to take care of them. If my dear sister reads this my first concern is your loving being taking care of itself. Not worrying about anyone else, and don't worry about yourself, just love yourself as you were put on this planet for a reason and that is about love. Love for yourself needs to be the first concern so you can love others. I need to take that advice. I love you dearly. You are maybe the only person that I felt loved me unconditionally. I didn't have to do anything special or be different than what I was for you to love me. And I still hold that very dear to my heart.
Funny as it may seem I was going to make today's challenge about love. It is really taking a look at what you have made up about love. Does love have conditions? What about romantic love, does that have a fairy tale look, mine does. Love for your children or animals or even your plants, are they unconditional or have expectations put upon them? What does this have to do with having a safe place to create. Everything!! The best thing about exploring these questions is that images come up, emotions come up, colors, anger, love, sadness. These are places you can create from. What does love look like.? What does lack of love look like? What does the magical love look like and the love that happens around money, stress, everyday living? My mind is overwhelmed with the confusion of what I thought love would be and what it may be. This started at a very early age. One thing I know for sure I would love to have everyone love themselves unconditionally. And I can tell you right now, I don't. I am working on it

11-14-10

I want to first give appreciation for the computer. I mean for gosh sake, I got to get an email from my sister after she had a very scary experience. I got to have a skype experience with my husband, my son and 3 of his friends that stayed over night. Cooper, my new puppy and myself. What fun is that. My sister creates on her computer. My husband sends pictures of his work if he is out of town. I hear most people complain about this unusual creative creation. When I was in my 20's and 30's never got the chance to experience such a creation. We may be a little greedy when we think of what it should do. There is the Should word. Nobody, nothing Should have to do anything.
A challenge is to take a look at your appreciation. I mean really. Appreciation for things you may get frustrated at. How fast is this technology?

11-13-10

Oh, my gosh, this year is coming to a close and I have done this every day so far of 2010. That means I can commit to other things that I choose and do it every day. That feels really good that I have made a commitment to who? To myself only! And I am doing it. I haven't done it all yet because I have till January 1st until the total commitment is done. And so far I am excited about this new possibility of commitment in my life. I do apologize for not proof reading my blogs. I sometimes don't have the time...but I am committed.
The challenge today for my creative set is to take a look at your commitment. I ave listened to writers that write every day eve thought they think it maybe crap. And I have done that before in LA. Before I walked out my door I would pick up my guitar and write a lyric. And I have to say it worked. I got many tunes from that. What I did with them is a different story.
Let us take the challenge into a positive commitment. It is fun. It is structure. It is spiritual commitment, it is change commitment. IT is love. let us just put it that way.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11-12-10

Later than I expected to write my blo9, but I had better get it done or it won't even happen. I had such a great dreamland night or morning and then woke up feeling very scared. A fright that I have known most of my life. My body is holding that energy and I had to release it or barely move. I explored and entered the pain instead of trying to get away from it. I ended up felling pretty darn good. Under all of the pain is the love.
The challenge today is to really ask yourself how much you love yourself? How much do you love yourself when you fail? When you get angry? When you make a mistake? This is not ego love, it is like nature love, unconditional. Then not hide it from anyone. Use it as your way to live. Are you brave enough to let people really see you, and know your work? Your body of work. Good night!

11-11-10

OK. I have had a learning day. A good day. A day to stay focused on what is important, which is things you love, people, puppies and yourself. Got to do a couple things for myself that I haven't given me that time for a while.
The challenge is that of self care today. Do you believe that your body is your temple? Do you abuse your body with stress, lack of sleep, too much food, or not enough nutrition? In these days and times it is really hard to find a balance in anything. You are working, your not working, you have money, you don't have money, you are creating, you are not. With the darkness in the air, taking a little special care for yourself may fill you up with creating a love for yourself, which will create love for more that yourself. You have to start somewhere. More creating with light in my future. What creativity is in your loving future? Do something good for yourself, even if it is a hot shower, or reading a book you have been wanting to get into, or a magazine that has been sitting there. That is creative stimulation for you.

11-10-10

Here we go. I stayed awake last night for a while thinking about truth. And it was blatant that I have hidden from the truth on many issues and it can be very daunting to think about. The truth of my being was taken away from me at a very young age and I created a false self that I thought was safe. It was not built on the truth, or any truth. Me being allowed to say my truth wasn't ok either. That is what was a springboard for this blog. A safe place to create. Now I have even more to look at. I know that I have stopped myself in the creative space because I didn't want people to know I thought that or it wouldn't be appropriate or it could hurt someone. Creativity is what is going on with you. It is your truth. There isn't a right or wrong.
The challenge for everyone today is to see if they are telling the truth. The truth in your creations, the truth in your relationships, the truth in your work. It is Big stuff.

11-09-10

What shall I talk about today? Well, this morning it didn't really seem like morning and I didn't feel so so good. Kind of a headache, neck ache and mind ache. The puppy slept in the bedroom in his playpen. Now I know what the dog does at night. Sleeps, who knew. He woke up once and went poo in his plastic poo place that was also in the playpen. Enough about the dog.
Challenge of the day is to take a gloomy day into a sunny day. You may be in a place that is a sunny day. The northwest isn't sunny today. It is quite cold also.
I allowed the sound of the rain to relax me, It made me not having to jump up and down. I need to jump up and down and get the exercise but I am allowing the weather to make me happy as it is. Not as what it isn't . That seems healthier. I am still working on my picture I started yesterday. I have 2 movies I have been cast in and I am working on the scripts for those. I have created a safe place to create. Thank you God.

11-08-10

I had better come up with something fast, huh? Well, I thought this morning after quite a restless night of attempting to sleep in random beds, from my studio to the Cabin Room. Now I could go to bed and stay all day into the night but I have a puppy to entertain and then I do go to work also. I thought I was going to take the day off from creating. To my surprise I actually started my picture I have had in mind. It will be a layer of colors so I got the first color on and I will put painting tape on to get the next color a very straight line. Love it.
The challenge is to give yourself a day off from everything. Can you do that? It actually made me more inspired to know I didn't have to do anything. Take a look at this for yourself. Taking a whole day off to do nothing. Love it...

11-07-10

It is a fair fair Sunday. I got up and got the dog ready to go to the spiritual center with me. My friend never showed. So I took the dog to White House/Black Market the store I work at for all the girls to see. He went crazy over all of them goggling over him. He jumped off a girls shoulders, I am glad I had the leash on him and he didn't hit the floor full force. He is daring!! I took him to a fun Dog store and he made friends with a girl dog. They just barked at each other, it was fun. I got his a couple new things. Spoiled you see.
Creativity today. I went to the store to get some Christmas Lights for my light features. They seemed to be prized a little to high for me right now. I can't wait until after Christmas cuz then I can't see them for Christmas.
The challenge today is to take a look at your willingness to invest in yourself. Letting go of the dollar to create. I guess I need to take a look at this issue.

11-06-10

Saturday and catching up on a few different projects. Got the painted baskeballs out in the yard. There are pictures on the side. I have 2 different designs. One was mine and my husband wanted them dispersed farther apart and it works. You can vote. Mine were the close to the chairs one and his is the farther from the chair. I like both. I am also making a new light fixture, maybe I will sell this one. Want to buy it?
The challenge is to see where you think strange is, or maybe cluttering, or is it art. Is there a difference? When you create, you create. I am having a fun day.. Thanks hope you are.

11-05-10

Good Day my Friends!! Had a puppy that didn't feel so good this morning, I could feel his energy not flowing. I decided the best thing to do was just hold him for a while and send him lots of love. Then I thought of the Gator we have for him and shot some in his mouth and before you know it he was eating and now he is chewing. And Cooper not chewing you know something is wrong. No worries he is chewing now. Yeah!!
I had a fantastic Japanese dinner last night with a really dear friend. The place was called MIO and wow, I want to take my hubby there. Maybe plan a Date Night! My friend and I talked about creativity as she is an artist also. She is looking for a new medium. How exciting.
My challenge to you is to take a look at some different mediums and see what you may want to try. Something new! Maybe even doing research on a medium can gring new ideas in another area. It is like golfing and that helps your painting. It is a movement that makes the difference. Let's keep moving!

11-04-10

It is the fourth of the month of November already. That isn't so much now is it. I have been listening to my dreams and/or the ideas I hear early in the morning and see how it develops through the day. One thing I came up with was a drawer design. Meaning cleaning out a junk drawer and making it a place for our lists, coupons, our glasses and things that may be on the counter. I was eliminating 2 or 3 piles on the counter top to put those items in the drawer. I love it. But it just came to me, I wasn't looking for that creation. HA> That has nothing to do with the challenge today though.
The challenge is to see what you defines yourself as. Are you your age? Your work? Your art? Do others opinions define who you are? Do your children or even your animals define who you think you are? What about owning your life, you are your own self. Yeah!! I know I have many things to work on in this area.

11-03-10

Today has been another beautiful day, they say the rain is coming but it has been raining sunshine. I do have to admit the sunshine contributes to my creativity. We have still been doing things outside. I also have been exercising a little and it has been energy spreading, energy moving.
The challenge today is to look at yourself and how your energy is flowing or not flowing. The exercise key? What about seeing what kind of exercise may fit into your creative life. I forgot how bouncing on a trampoline can move energy and help my heart. I have been exercise free for years. I try but I have done it for so many years I just don't want to spend that time, I say I don't have the energy, I have any and every excuse in the world. I have bought the Wii to see if that world work. That only got me to exercise maybe 10 times. I have already jumped 3 days in a row. I like the calming effect it has on me. My insides are a little shook up though. It is OK. I could see the energy splashing out.

11-02-10

What do I want to talk about today. Or would it be what do I want to blog about today. I had a realization last night and it woke me up early this morning very early and I couldn't go back to sleep. It was about the idea that each one of us is a very important element of this time right now. I found a song that I said, "If you weren't here there would be a hole in the atmosphere."
The challenge to day is to see how you feel about your importance of being here in this time of the world. I want to write a book titled, YOUR LIFE IS IMPORTANT.
This doesn't mean you are important like ego important, what your energy does here on Earth is important. It needs to be here now. Even if you are depressed, you are insane, you are ill, you are hiding who you are. It is all relevant to the BIGGER PICTURE. I got that at 4:00am. I want to keep some of that with me forever. I think sometimes we get so caught up in the little everyday things that happen we forget that we touch many lives, we are an energy that contacts with other energy's and make a reaction. Even if it is someone in the grocery store. A pet, a tree, your house. IT is all connected by the energy factor. Have a great important, unimportant day.

11-01-10

Let their be Light!! We have had a very warm day, November first and it is 70. How outstanding is that? That really made for a great day to Create. I went outside and painted some basket balls that are now yard art. They were out there already but I have been planning on painting them. And today is the day.
I took an adventure out to my studio this evening and simply wanted to see what was there. Hadn't been in there for a while. It made me cry. I had so many projects started. Songs, pictures, children s books, cards and much more.
I was told the other day that I was came here to create even if I destroyed my creations. I don't know why I am not enthusiastic about all the creations I have been given and am still being given. I try and push them all down. I don't want to do that. I feel like I am going to explode.
My challenge to you is to take a look at your body of work. Maybe it isn't even finished. Maybe it is hidden, Maybe you are scared to show people. Maybe you are an ego maniac and no one deserves your genius. Whatever it is look at your creations as a body of work.
Wow ....I like that...how about you?

10-31-10

Halloween. I don't have any energy invested in the event actually. I do not know why I don't.
The challenge today is to take a look at what you really want to be in if you could be anything? IT is kind of like Halloween, I really wanted to be a business woman today. The clothes I wanted to buy at work were around being in front of people and being a leader. I haven't had a chance to do that in a long time. I am actually quite natural at it. I do like it. What about you?

10-30-10

I think that I forgot a blog for a day. Or I got the dates wrong on one of the blogs.
I want to do some research on blogs. I think I am going to do interviews for my blog next year. Have the on camera, or write the interview like they do in Magazines. I had this idea this morning in my meditation. I love to learn how people create. Everyone has their own way and I love to hear how things come to them.
The challenge today is to take a look at what you may be ignoring. I am reading a quick paragraph in a book I haven't looked at for years. The first thing is about taking a look at what we may be ignoring. We disassociate, space out, or go numb.
Another alternative is to experience whatever we've been resisting. Sometimes it is like the Elephant in the Room. IT could be money, sex, addiction, eating, shopping, lifestyle. Just taking a look at what you may be resisting. I know many things that I am resisting and I know I choose resisting over confrontation of the issue. At least I know that. Maybe I can choose differently soon.

10-29-10

I am excited to get this blog done because I have my bestest people of the whole world are here.
The challenge today is to see if you are waiting for something. I may have been.
I am going to visit with my loving friends.

10-28-10

The Sound of Music.. Oprah had the cast on for the 45th anniversary and I really forgot how much that movie meant to me. It may have been the only movie that I saw as a tween. I went with a kind of friend. She chose me and she had money, because she had a swimming pool and I went to my first sleep over at her house. That was my only sleep over. I have been friend and freedom challenged for a long long time. Hence this blog. Never really feeling safe to create my life and my art. Will I ever be my true being? Will I ever feel safe? Will I ever wake up and feel good? Is there really a way to live and not let everyone and everything effect your energy level?
I am so programed. And that is what I am changing.
The challenge I give you is to find your energy, and see how it is effected by anyone and everyone. This may have much to do with your actual energy in the world and the energy into your creations. Yes, Your Creations!!

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10-27-10

Wow!! what a quiet day. I like quiet mind days. Tonight might be crazy but I will simply have to deal with that also.
My challenge is to take a look at judgments. In our society we have judgments about everything, from what we wear to what others eat, to how we vote, how people wear their hair. Some of these keep us safe and living a life we love, but many just wear us out. Judging this and judging that, is that good, is that bad, is that right, is that wrong. Who made up the rules anyway. As a society did we create these and they keep changing as we evolve. We agree on some of the reality we live in. Like we agree on trees, grass, water and air. Thank God cuz those are life affirming. Many judgments aren't life affirming. Destructive or constructive. That is the question about our judgments today. Bye.

This weather is really a big change and I am liking the change for a change. I spoke with a friend that is actually wearing a headlamp and working outside in his yard and loving the darkness. Picking up branches and such that the wind and rain have been creating for us. We have many many needles from our big pines. The rain has been coming at night and not so much during the day. Which makes it easier to move in and out of the car.
The challenge that we have today is to look at the weather coming and the change that is happening with the light and all. Are their things that you may need to get ready for your creative life. Make a cozy warm place to write, a well lit area to draw or paint. A place where you can sit with your computer and do what you want on that. Maybe put a live plant there or something. To remind you of life and seeds. I love to put the bulbs and force them so that I have growing flowers in the winter. I do that every year and they last a very long time. It is worth the money. Try it.

10-25-10

IT is only 6 days till Halloween, is that right? YES!! I don't think I will be doing Halloween outside the house. I will be playing dress up with my puppy. He can be a pumpkin and I can be a princess and then we can switch. Fun!! I have many party's I could go to but I am not wanting to do that.
The challenge today is to make your real life like Halloween dress up. What would you be. I am a biker, artist type. go

10-24-10

We are the champions, my friend. Remember that song. I love that song because the athletic and advertisment community saw the greatness of that song and that means my son and his children will hear it. When I was young I thought the music scene would change so much he would never hear the songs that I loved. But that is not the case, they are still going strong.
The challenge today is to study the length of creating something. Now, the future, and beyond. Eternity. What happens after something is created? IS it dead? What can happen? Take a look at history and creativity. Storytelling etc.

10-23-10

Getting many things finished today. Little projects that have been bothering me for months. 2 big piles of clothes, laundry and unpacking from many trips. I have been writing things down that I like. Remember that challenge a few days ago. That day didn't turn out so well, I actually called home and asked my husband if it was a full moon and it was. I was angry and things kept piling up and I really didn't have the patience. So I let go and had a great evening at work. But things kept going wrong or badly and I didn't like it. I was wondering if other people realized it was a full moon by the way they felt.
The challenge today is just to let go and go with the flow. It feels like I have been trying to control people, the dog, situations, the weather, you name it. I am tired. It doesn't help to be creative when you are thinking you are in control. As an artist I need to not be in control, control is boring and not natural. I think natural is more in the moment and not worrying about what others think or how you can stay safe in any situation. I saw the world in a new dimension for a while this morning after my meditation. I let go of worry, of control and just watched and listened. Let us go with the flow.....

10-22-10

OK, This day was a complete surprise as it is sunny. They told us it was going to rain. So I am very grateful and appreciative of this day.
The challenge is to only see things that you like. Yes, I am going to try and put some great likes and loves into my vocabulary this afternoon and evening. There seems to be more dislikes sometimes than likes. I like red, I like yellow, I like glass, I mean I am going with the basics today. I want more likes and loves in my life and this may be a way to do it. I like my paintings, I like my safe place to create. I like the spatters of paint on the ceiling from my creativity. See I am liking more things. Have a great creative day.

10-21-10

Wondering if the weather change is changing you. I noticed everyone at work was tired or having an issue with their energy. The dog chewed up the old flooring in the kitchen and that is the first time he noticed that. Energy changes and so do we.
The challenge today is to look at the energy in your life? Are you more motivated with the change in weather? Maybe you don''t live where there is a change and you miss it or don't even know what I am talking about. We have had such a great last few weeks, the Indian Summer, and now there is a change that may stick around for longer than we may want. That is the rain, the long dark mornings and early darkness in the evening. I want to challenge you to allow that to work for you. How could that work for you? Maybe you sit quietly and write, or turn off the TV and do something different, you keep in touch with friends and fellow creators. Or you read more, do research. See how you can make this Fall that is going into Winter Work for you and I really want to know what you come up with.....

10--20-10

It is the 20th of this month and wow, the sun was shining and I am very very grateful. The storm is coming we hear though.
What storm. The challenge for today is to see if you have ever created a storm that wasn't even there. Yesterday I created a storm in my mind and I couldn't let go of it. I didn't want to talk about it to anyone, but I continued to live in the storm. You know what, I just made it up. I think that needs to be a picture, a story or a play. Yes, I want to write my angst again. When others take my words, my characters and create a movie that gets money to back it, it makes me think maybe I can write. I know I can, I just lost my drive. Let us get our drive back. If the storm comes use the storm to create. Make it a safe place to create thru the storm.......

10-19-10

The challenge for the day is to get up and do everything first before you have time to think about doing it. Then it might not get done. HA! Well I am busy can't talk.

10-18-10

I thought I would try and get my blog done a little earlier today. As I do work this evening and all the men will be at home fending for themselves. I do have the 2 new pictures of my meditation bed and my chandelier on the front porch. I want to create some more outside lighting. One maybe for the gazebo and maybe one to sell or to give for the holidays. I love them. They do bring light to everyone also.
The challenge today is to write for about 20 minutes of all the things that you love, like, want and deserve. I want these to be things like laughter, cars, joy, exercise, wealth, friends, joy, songs, music and thing and everything. This will be a safe place to create things that can come to you at anytime. I am going to do this right now out on my meditation bed. Yes, this will inspire me to do this challenge. How about you? Maybe you want a studio, a new computer, a sewing machine. Who knows what you could do with any of those things. YES, Use your creative imagination and the sky is the limit.

10-17-10

Normal. Let us take a look at normal. Do we fight to be normal or do we fight to not be normal and what is normal anyway. There was a movie where a young man did the research on normal and really couldn't find it and claimed his freedom. That is what I say. I was telling my new poochie, "you probably just want to live a normal life". Well in our household what is normal. Each day is different each year, month or moment. And that is what is our normal.
lI would like to challenge you to ask yourself if you see yourself as normal? Do you judge normal? Do you want to be special or think you are special? Do you have a judgement in any of these themes. I do and I am asking myself about them and taking a look at what may be done about it. Because some of my stuff is not as freeing and healthy as it could be.

10-16-10

The one main thing about being around puppies and baby's is the energy of being alive. Just the energy of waking up and being ALIVE. I take that for granted to much. When I was young I took that for granted. Now I am taking this age for granted. So much for those thoughts.
I have an unveiling this evening of my outdoor chandelier. My husband helped with the wiring, but I created the chandelier and the design. I love people that can help me create. And I have been working on my harmony for Choir tomorrow morning. That is a big stretch for me. Harmony.
This challenge is to ask yourself if you stretch yourself. Do you play it safe all of the time? I hope not. I want to take more risks and not worry what others think. In the end does it really matter? NO. What matters is what you have loved, how you have lived, and how you have loved. There really isn't criticism or other peoples opinions judging you. Think about it.

10-15-10

People around me are having computer issues. It must be catching. I have to use my husbands computer to do my blog this evening.
I waited until after dinner, after working on my song for choir after watching a show to write my blog and then the internet wasn't working.
It obviously is now but my computer has been put to bed for the evening and I may be there soon also.
The challenge is to stay calm, non judgmental, not accusatory, not anything when these glitches in the systems come about. This can make a safe place to create, if you are judgmental or thinking others are the pain in your system that is just not safe. My great friend call it "them" as if there is an outside entity confusing your system and changing it every day. I don't think so. But what do I know. I am not gonna judge it, I will listen and move forward as best I can. Hope you are doing the same. Good night

10-14-10

Unconditional love. That is all that I have to talk about or ask today.
The challenge is to question yourself and see if you believe in unconditional love? Is it part of your game plan? Are you included in that vision is your art there also? Are your partners really a part of that or are your faking it? Is there more good than bad? Should there be a percentage? Do you need to walk on egg shells or be true to you? The challenge is BIG it is DEEP, this is something you can take as deep as you want, the further you go the more you will learn. I did.

10-13-10

The challenge for today is to take a look at yourself. I mean like look yourself in the eye and what do you see? What do you feel? What would you like to say to your soul, or the little child within, or the parts that don't feel good enough, or the parts or things that you haven't forgiven. Tell yourself how much you love yourself and how great you are.
The day has been pretty good hope yours has.

10-12-10

What a morning. After getting up 3 times with the puppy, which is kind of great. I was in the hot tub before getting ready for work and then remembered that I need to be there an hour earlier than usual. So I was quick. Thank God.
My husband called me splurge woman because I have 2 big projects up and going, because I haven't had anything up and going for a while now. So now I see how he may see me and do I care. NO!! I said when you are inspired you need to move or do it.
The challenge of the day is to what? To see if you are a splurge person? Like all or nothing. Do ideas come to you in groups? Do you feel you get dry or have blocks sometimes then wham!!! Whatever happens or how ever it happens is perfect. Don't let anyone else get to you. They don't know how you create. Remember it is a safe place to create that we are creating.

10-11-10

This year has really went by very fast hasn't it? I only have a few more months of blogging commitment. I think I had better start thinking of something else that I want to blog about and get ready for a years commitment. IT really has been something that I have looked forward to every day. I have been working on a couple projects this week. One is designing a really funky chandelier for the front porch. Another is getting a texture product for my next painting project.
Between work, the new puppy and keeping up with clutter I am happy to even have any projects on the burner.
The challenge for us today is to keep the fire going. Take a look at that word fire, I find fire to be a passionate word. To be on fire with a project. Passion is on fire. A spark inside you can turn into a flame if you allow it to. The word for today is accept. Because to allow or accept what is happening in the world will not be as stressful as trying to control things that you can't. That doesn't mean you agree with them but it is something to take a look at. Use your passion to light your fire not to complain or disagree with what is actually happening around you.

10-10-10

Love that 10-10-10 Yeah!!! Wonderful day right? Well, It is a day and that makes it pretty wonderful itself. I wondered this morning if we have to destroy everything that we have so we can re-create something new. You hear of hitting rock bottom, I think that is a lot about self respect, and at the same time how much of of it has been created by yourself. All of it.
My challenge today is to gauge your own self respect. You own self love and care. Are outside circumstances what dictates your self respect and love? I wouldn't want to die and find out I never connected to myself and nature but allowed the economy and other aspects to define who I am and/or what I do. I would love to say that it doesn't but it does, but I do recognize that it does change my thought patterns. Creativity again we see in our thought patterns. We can create hate, judgments, love or acceptance. You choose what you want to feed. Have a great day, moment and life.

10-09-10

The rain has appeared and I have seen some attitudes that have appeared also. Some of them may be mine. Not as much energy, not a great outlook for the future.
The challenge for you and me is to ask..."who is control anyway?" Are you in control of your happiness or is it outside of yourself? Is beauty, abundance outside of you or within you? Creativity? Everything, inside or outside?
I looked at my pictures I took this last week and they looked awesome on the camera but on the computer, ah, not so great. So won't be sharing many of them with you. That is totally fine. Have a great creative dream time.

10-08-10

I really got some sleep last night but I am still very tired today. That is just the way it is.
Let us just get right to the challenge. Yesterday was being the bigger self and not the smaller self. Today I am challenging you to take an inventory of how you are each day. Are you happy? are you allowing the world to get to you? Are you true to yourself or true to others? How do you feel when you are standing in a line? When you are driving? Make sure you get enough rest. That is my desire.

10-07-10

What I want to say is WOW. I think that we are all wow!!!! We are all the expansive humans than maybe we can even understand. I have been given the best days of abundance. I said I am an actor and I have 2 new movie deals. I have spent my last few days simply saying what I am. Not what I am not. If I am afraid I think that God isn't afraid and who am I? I am that, that God is.
I am creation and I shall create.
The challenge today is to think of yourself as the greater self not the small self.
I have had much anxiety lately and it has been fear and it has been the smaller self. Not the bigger self. As we are only given what we can handle. And we can create much more that we even know when we are of the bigger self. YEAH!!!

10-06-10

The challenge today is to turn that frown upside down. Meaning take a look at all you have to smile about. I have a friend that had a great loss in her life and I feel the pain of that loss and it actually makes me grateful for what I have now. Things are always changing and there is always loss and we sometimes forget what we have. This is a safe place to create gratitude today. Gratitude now. Gratitude now. Cuz that is all you have is now.

10-06-10

Things come and go. People come and go. We grieve, we suffer, we are in despair.
we move on. We are in the moment, we accept the moment and the emotions that come with it or we don't. We can explore the emotions that come with a happening in the moment and see where or when that may have effected us before. I am in a growing, learning, exploring stage. I am afraid. I am scared. I say bring it on. I will stare it in the face and say, you can't take me down. I have been afraid all of my life except for my first 3 years. And that comfort was taken away from me. I have been on my own in my mind all of this time. I am facing these made up fears of mine. I won't say it is fun, I won't say I am doing it very well, but life is helping me put these fears in my face and seeing how I deal with them.
My challenge to you is to take a look at what you may be exploring emotionally and if it scares you, say "bring it on". Now then you have to make it an adventure not a threat to your survival. You will survive or you won't and that is just the way it is. Thrive not just survive. Let us create that adventure into our lives.....YEAH!!!!

10-04-10

What a surprise day. It was a beautiful day so hubby, I and Cooper (our puppy) took a trip to see Sweet Creek Falls, I reallly lovely short mile hike and it was beautiful. I was inspired and I will put some pictures up maybe tomorrow. My main goal was to stay calm and see the beauty around me at all times. With a puppy in one hand and a camera in the other I climbed and did everything I could not to get anxious. A new puppy mom can be really kind of stressful for some. And i am one. Enough puppy talk.
I am wanting to use my pictures to create things. I am not quite sure quite what right now. I was looking for birch trees, we found great birch trees and I got a picture of them.
The challenge for today is to accept what is. Right here, right now. What is?!? Now to maybe read or write instead of watching and depending on the TV. Maybe a bath, that may be nice after lots of riding in a car. Good to be back home and able to relax a little more. Have a good nights sleep everyone. Pictures up tomorrow.

10-03-10

Today I am going to blog about the change of seasons and the change of creativity. What we did today at our household was to put my meditation bed on the newly stained concrete front porch, then took the screen off of the Gazebo and carried the Gazebo onto the deck. OK, these are big deals. It took 3 of us to make these very creative changes. The Meditation bed on the front porch is more like a day bed/couch. Then on the deck the Gazebo cover is over the glass patio table that makes a place to sit even when it rains. Thank you Creativity. Thank you family for supporting creativity, mentally and physically. I have created a safe place to create and others are creating with me.
The challenge of the day for you and me is to take a look at this change we call fall and see what it may create for you. My sister is already creating great fall personas and I am so proud of her. Love you all.....the artist, the actor, the creator of my life.

10-02-10

Art is about expressing. Expressing all views, all emotions. Sometimes I stop myself from creating because I am not in the right mood. Whatever mood I am in is a great place to start to create.
Making it a safe place to create all the time in all cases.
The challenge of the day is to create when you are not in the Right? space to create. I mean you are tired, angry, disappointed what about depressed. If we are always wanting to create when we are in the perfect mood we aren't going to create now are we. Writers write, painters paint, actors act, dancers dance, creative people create. So create from where ever you are on your emotional scale.

10-01-10

Oh yes it is a new month. Last month went by so fast. And with lots of weird things that happened.
Art Walk night and I really want to go but I don't want to be tired. I may just go by myself. I need to wash my hair but I really want to be inspired. Yesterday was a pretty stressful day and today is a work day and now I really want to see what people are getting inspired with.
My challenge to you is to ask yourself have you went to see others art work lately?
I haven't I really need the inspiration. Thanks...

09-30-10

I have so many emotions running through me right now and in reality all there is is this moment. I may be over reacting like I have been this whole time with the dog drama. More dog drama. The baby is puking. That is not good. He is so so small and I think he just had too big of a day. In too big of a world, and of course he doesn't know how to take care of himself and we are the one responsible for this little creature.
My challenge today is to see if you have a way to deal with stress and emotions. I haven't felt anxious like this for years and years, and all of a sudden it is hard to get grounded and focused. I want to hear your feedback. I also am curious if this is a possible place to create from. The Drama, the unexpected feelings or anxiety.

09-29-10

There is actually a little peace in the house this afternoon. Cooper is resting gently on the kitchen floor without having to be with one of us every minute. This has given me the freedom to recycle and simple things like that.
I had 2 books that are helping me reel this little fellow in. I gave him too much freedom and the world was too big. Who knew? Little mini Cooper is more relaxed and is feeling more comfortable in his own skin and it is making us a little more relaxed also.
The challenge today is to take a look at your life. When I am in a hotel room I create better, because I am not distracted. We are just like the dogs, we get distracted. So a studio, a room that all you do is create. See what I mean. I can get so distracted and never even pick up my guitar. I don't paint, because the floor needs to be swept or a TV show comes on that I must watch. HA> The challenge for you is to take a look at how space can help or detract. That is the challenge my friends.

09-28-10

I need to be challenged. I need to have deadlines. I need to be pushed off a cliff. I am not naturally motivated.
My challenge to you is to is to ask yourself how you create the best. Maybe money, maybe a deadline. Maybe your life has turned into desperation to create. School has started for many and that is tough but I would love to be in classes. Art, more welding, glass, beading, metal jewelry, computer programs. I will have to figure out what I can do without really paying for school. If I can get the motivation to do that. Right?

09-27=10

It is kind of late for my blot. I am sorry about that. But as life will have it things change things.
This challenge is to really see things. I see things and then I see them as a table top, I see something as a bottom of a table, this is our challenge today. Love you all...

09-26-10

The dog has a name. Cooper. Yes, and then I remembered the mini cooper How appropriate is that for a smaller dog. My hubby likes mini coopers too, so it is a win win situation.
Do you believe everything happens for a reason? Even if it is something that you never wanted to happen. Does that mean that our lives are planned or we are creating what we need to learn as we go.
My challenge today is to look at art with this idea. Is art waiting to happen and whoever creates it first it is theirs. That is kind of different from the earlier statement but this challenge is what evolved from those thoughts. Idea energy floating around everywhere and many may get the vision but it is the one who acts on it is the one who actually creates it. Or are you the only one that create what you create. This could mean we create our lives in quite detail.
I wanting you to check out my sisters blog and personas for Firefox. Here is her blog, check my very creative sister out. I love her. We must have created a safe place to create. Here it is madonnaspersonas.blogspot.com/ I am so proud of her.

09-26-10

I am still having anxiety attacks. And I think it has to do with my new doggie. I still don't have a name for the little guy. Yesterday he was Rusty, today he is Cooper. Yes, each day he has a new name and doesn't seem to care if he even has one. He loves life. And loves to play. I need to learn from him not be afraid of being held down. The anxiety is about my lifestyle. I could just get in the car and go,. I could work and not need someone to come home. ETC. I am the only one that is responsible for this delicate little life. Enough of that.
Our challenge for the day is to really be in the moment. I haven't been living in the moment because of the monkey mind. The monkey mind has to go. Yes, the monkey mind needs to breathe. I need to breathe. Here we go.

09-24-10

First of all I am going to say thank you for all of your wonderful and insightful comments. I am so excited to find them. Yes, I didn't know where they were. My sister was so sweet to show me how to use my blog space. I don't explore as much as I would like too. I do a just get by situation. That may not be to my benefit.
The challenge I have for you and myself today is to take a look and see if you are proud of your efforts. Proud of your keeping up with the things in life you need to just for yourself. I have a car that the transmission went out after my son drove it for a while. I let it go down hill to the point that there were bee nests in every door. I felt ashamed. I was not brought up like that. That would never had happened with my sister or brother. I am taking on a new way. I feel like I haven't been paying attention to details. I learned this from being around people that I respect and am proud to know. I will learn from others and be proud of myself. If I am not proud of myself who else can be.

09-23-10

The challenge today is to not have a negative thought about yourself, anyone else or what happens. HA> This should be fun huh?
I think this may be an impossible challenge. But I am going to try and I will change my thoughts if they go into a negative pattern.
I had a few anxiety attacks yesterday wondering how I am going be a pet owner.
I doubted my decision and thus the anxiety. I just sat with it, and reminded myself that everything is OK right NOW. I have to go moment by moment.
The fun thing is making new toys and figuring out how to keep a little puppy busy. While I brush my teeth I stick one of his toys through a handle on the bathroom drawer so he can barely reach it and he tries to get it down.
Creative, huh? Then he likes the noise of plastic bags. so I took an old sock and stuffed it with plastic bag and he can't get enough,. I also put a ball in a sock and he loves that combo too. I tied a chew toy to a shoe string and that is one of his favorites also. Creative fun with Poochie. No name yet. My sister made a persona called the dog with no name. And it is still that way. Thanks sis!

09-22-10

I am blogging early today cuz I have an idea to write about. I am creating a new life with the puppie. And the trip to my class reunion and visiting with many rock and roll friends was a real joy. And I came home learning something from everyone. The way they create their lives was fascinating and I am going to incorporate some of that with my life.
That is my challenge to you today, is to look at the way other people created their lives and see which things you would like to take on and what you truly wouldn't want to create in your life. It does go both ways. What you admired in their lives and maybe some things you wouldn't want in your life.
I was inspired by everyone in many great ways. I loved the way people took pride in their homes and kept things up. I loved the way you can sit and relax and talk. I love the care and graciousness of the way they treated me. I will bring more of that to my home. Welcoming, more food for everyone, love and respect. My puppy is asleep right now so I can take time to write. But boy am I tired. I think I need to sleep when he sleeps. Good night. HA!

A Thank you to all!!!

I want to thank all of the comments that I have received this last year. I really appreciate the connection. I hope we can connect more often and on a creative level.
I will pay attention to my great comments and learn how to reply. HA.
Well, try too reply. We do create our lives.

09-21-10

The challenge today is to create a way to always ground yourself. To find a way to connect with your creative self. To create. I am so tired and spent from taking care of a precious life that I don't seem to have a clear thought. And you know what? That is OK for right now. But as soon as work starts I have to have a brain. I ground myself in the car with meditation music if I need to mellow. I use rock and fast music to motive me but it still grounds me. So Music is one way that I really work on getting grounded. I am a Pisces and I love water, so water works for me every time. Hot Tub, Bath tub, shower if that is the only thing available. The ocean is the best. Life is good. Hi, big sis.

09-20-10

My challenge for you today is to just laugh at a video or a movie or a memory. I can't help it. I am tired from being a puppy mom and loving every laughing moment. You don't even need to say anything just laugh. I am finding it very creative....love me

09-19-10

Oh my gosh. Am I having fun?! yes I am. I do have my new baby puppy
and he is so much fun. He loves life and it is contagious.
My challenge for you today is to see if you can find something that you love or a memory of a new pet, a new member of the family and see if you can recapture that feeling that you had while watching their exploration of life. My little fellow (which has no name yet) jumped off a two high step onto the cement face first cuz he thought he could fly. It did shock him for about 5 minutes and then he was back to running as fast as he could and falling on his little face. He isn't very tall and the grass would be like us running through a corn field. Yes, we pooped him right out. This challenge is about living in the moment and loving what is right in front of you, then taking a nap. What a great puppy life.....have a good one...

09-18-10

Hello my fellow creators. Guess what I just created in my life. A Dog. Yes, after years of not having one I found a little cutie pie that I had to get. I haven't picked him up yet. I have bought all the cute doggie goodies and will pick up the little fellow tomorrow.
I will surprise my sister with the puppie. No I will call here soon and tell her I will be visiting with my new kid. How scared am I? I have had anxiety for 3 days now and I am sure it won't stop for a while. I have a very big responsibility now. It is time I stepped into that role again. It will be good for me and my life and the love for the little one.
The challenge for you today is to take a look at your pets or your lack of them and ask yourself why? Are they your best companions or are you without that dear friend that can keep you healthy. Check it out see what you think about loving a dog or kittie, rat, or bird, maybe even a lizard. Not me... I will put up pictures soon.

09-17-10

OK i AM GOING TO CHALLENGE YOU RIGHT AWAY TODAY. What I am finding out is I can surely expand my horizons by listening and being around many different people and really listening and seeing their art, what they like, how they appreciate textures, colors, scenes, etc. So the challenge for you is to really take a look and pay attention to others ideas of art and how they appreciate them and then try and imitate them. See things through their eyes. Wow, I am learning a lot...

09-16-10

Creating on the spot. I have been asked to come up with some kind of skit for the school reunion of 40 years. It is only a few days away and now they think of it. Oh, well, I said Yes. Don't know what I will come up with but I can trust I will come up with something. HA>
The challenge for you is to think of something that you would like to see at a reunion of some sort. Could even be a family reunion. People love to laugh. We will laugh. I just have to create something. I will keep my idea hat on and it will be created out of the universal energy. YEah!!

09-15-10

The challenge is in. Today take a look at your living space and all of your belongings, including cars etc. Would you miss them if they were gone? Would you miss them if you were gone? I am living in my body today and appreciating all that I have. Thank you. You might want to say thank you for all that you have. Not what you don't have......l i n d a

09-14-10

I had a revelation this morning about the blog but I then forgot. It was a day with only good thoughts, no judgments. When, there is nothing wrong and you are living in the very moment.
That is the challenge today, no good or bad, just living in the moment. See what happens then. Wow, it is a little different. I love it. Let us expand this next week. Looking back just a little and expanding what we may have thought of then and move into the now.

09-13-10

oh my gosh. I am dressed like winter and the sun came out and it is hot. Well, I will deal with it. I came up with a fun game this morning just to have your mind jump around from one part of the world to another. I came up with smells and weather, etc. So, I went to Alaska and it was very cold, then I smelled Elephant poo. Yes, I have never smelled it really but my imagination did it. Then I was in a very warm climate with the elephant. It was fun. And I made a pledge to expand myself everyday. Maybe that will be next years commitment to blogging.
My challenge to you is to do this fun exercise. See where your mind takes you. I had my eyes closed. The outcome was an idea for a painting. No it isn't elephant poo it was exotic green leaves. I love the rich color I am tasting. See my senses are crossing and new ideas are popping. out. Have a great day my creative friends.....

09-12-10

Happy Sunday. I already worked and am enjoying some time reading and catching up with the fashion world. I don't know if you know this or not but the Fall issues of the Magazines are really really fat, and they have about 600 pages of fashion. So you really get your moneys worth if you buy one magazine a year.
I had this great quote I read today about art and now I can't find it so I have to use another quote. It is from one of my favorite books by Julia Cameron, who wrote "The Artist Way" And many many more.
"We are healers who journey on behave of society to realms if the Imagic-Nation where we discover images and truths which we then share through our art." I love that. It really wakes up my brain and I want to create something delicious for everyone.
The challenge for you today is to think of something that you could call delicious, it could be words, colors, images, metal, sand anything. It could be scary, sweet, tough, soft, it could be about love or hate. And it could all be delicious. Have a peaceful, exciting evening my dear creators.

09-11-10

Early challenge. For the whole day, don't judge things. If you catch yourself judging decide to change that. I found myself being judgmental already this morning. What a waste of energy. I am going to go with this challenge as I go through my day. Let it go, let it flow and give it up. Yeah!!!!

09-10-10

OK, I just heard this very very great quote about Art. Art is to advance and/or elevate humanity. WOW!! I love that. When I first started acting, I came to conclusion that since I had the ability to feel many different feelings, I could give the gift of that to others. When I went to a movie and I could feel their feelings it helped me understand my own, and that was the gift that I could give. Well, sometimes we get lost in other aspects and not the true, first desire that was a driving force to that art, that creation. It could be a story that we write from a car passing by, or a building we see as we pass. I have created from both.
My challenge for you today is to ask yourself if your creations advance and/or elevate humanity. Even scary can do that. My preference is not scary but maybe there is something that we are given from those experiences in art. To see our own shadow or others, etc. Have a great creation.

09-09-10

What a great day. I was disgusted with myself and that really puts a fire under your but. Meaning I actually created some change in my home today with all the anger energy I was harboring for myself. I really will take a look at that. One thing is when I am not a weight that I like I really am not very nice to myself. And I fell fat. I know that is an old story but it still pops up. I was thinking I was happy with my Buddha Belly, and I would rub it. But when I look at other people my age and see even a bigger belly I think I have it good and why not take care of myself. So then I figured out you have to do things different to be different. Yeah.
The great thing that happened was I moved things all around outside and made a new hangout for a bunch of stuff and it is kind of like a fort and it is eclectic and outside under a lean-to that we had to re-roof today too. Then a fence fell down and we had to put it back up. We are putting out little fires until we can re-do it correctly. The creative process was so so fun. I put wood with metal, cardboard with rocks and a hula hoop up as a decoration. It was so fun and I will be making a chandelier that is for the outdoors or indoors.
So the challenge for you today is to mix it up some. Putting things that you don't think will go together makes a really interesting juxtapose creation. I love it. That is where I shine. I put live plants on our pile of stumps. Looks like a fairy should land. Lamps outside, just regally weird stuff. That is your challenge. pick up something and carry it to an unlikely place and see what happens. Have a great night creating and look forward to loving yourself tomorrow. And use your anger to get motivated if that is what you are feeling.

09-08-10

Is the month going very very fast for you. I have heard it from many many people. Does that put a bump in your road. I have to catch up. OK, I am caught up. I think it is more of a mind game than real life.
My challenge for today is to take a look at what you have created this month so far. We had the holiday, you may have created a beautiful memory. You may have created some great thing outside. We just put our bird feeder back up and hopefully the squirrels can't get all the food. Fifteen minutes and the birds are already there. I am so glad. I did see some great art today and feel a picture coming out. Yeah!!!! Right now there is nothing wrong and everything seems pretty good. Let us keep our mind on the goodness.