Who am I? What do I Want? What is my Dharma?
These are the questions that I have been pondering while painting over the past three weeks as I also participate in a 21-day Meditation Challenge offered by the Chopra Center. Sounds a bit sophomoric but, in fact, it was perfect timing for me to go within and process my answers with fresh eyes and an [...]
Down To The Wire
It is 9 pm on May 31. I have a contract with myself to write at least one blog post per month. If I look back at previous posts and I can see a pattern repeating itself… I am prone to procrastination. Notice, I did not say I am a procrastinator. It’s just that when [...]
Creativity and Depression
For the past few weeks, I have been thinking about depression – mine, to be exact. I sense a heaviness in my chest and in my legs. The thought of reaching out is instantly rejected. An overwhelming sense of sadness seems to permeate my mind and my heart. So much has been happening in the [...]
“Process: a blank canvas becomes a painting”
The scourge of the writer… it’s time to begin the story, but where? When? Who? How? For the visual artist, it’s “the blank white canvas,” stark, flat and looking very much like the white snow-filled scene outside my studio window on this January day. I may or may not know what my next subject will be, [...]
Procrastinator To The End
Well, Christmas and New Year’s Day have passed and I haven’t resumed my writing or painting but, I have spent many hours thinking and planning the changes I want to make in my life and career …of course, all grist for the mill. We used to call this mental masturbation and I think that is [...]
An Epiphany Under the Auspices of Falling Snow
It’s not that I heard a little voice in my head saying, “Myrna, knock it off for a while.” “No, I have been taking refuge in my left-brain self.” I have been avoiding writing, painting, dancing, singing……
What happens to the 20″x20″ canvas…
Life has a glorious way of evolving while we spend time wondering, questioning, deciding and planning. We may think we are in control. We may think we know where we are going. We may even think we’re clairvoyant and know just what, where and when we will be doing x, y and z. But, if [...]
Painting a winter scene
It was a perfect weekend. I painted on Saturday and Sunday and finished a small snow scene which I really like. In 2003, I took a picture of a barn and a lean-to(?) It was in Spring and flowering bushes and grasses surrounded the buildings. In the Fall, I took another picture, same view, and [...]
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