Balance

This is not new. As with everything in life, the cycles keep moving – the good times pass, but so too do the challenging ones. Over the years, this little diagram keeps popping up, in slightly different forms each time, but with basically the same help. In some forms it divides into 4 elements – …

Marie Kondo for the creative spirit

The sensation that is Marie Kondo has the magic of old truths that ring true being repackaged in a new and exciting antidote to a very common malaise – clutter. Thankfully the last decade has grown a number of movements attacking the very Western (primarily North American) conspicuous consumption and excess. These movements like: Minimalism, …

The Artist’s Date – 7 possibilities to inspire for July

Taking yourself on a weekly Artist’s Date (that’s a date with yourself) as an opportunity to let yourself follow your curiosities, is part of the creative awakening process in the book, The Artist’s Way, by Julia Cameron, a 12 week do-it-yourself creativity course. Here are seven inspirations for July: 1. The National Biennial of New …