Sharing Your Creativity!

Three entries for "In The Company of Cowgirls" art event at Cattle Baron's Week in Pendleton, OR. in May. Good company I would say and I'll be on my way through Pendleton to my Grandson's graduation in Boise....also good company! Life is good.

Creativity sharpens our senses.

Creativity wakes us up and begins to show us more of what is spiritually available. Perhaps it is God's way of teaching us to pay attention. It sharpens all of our senses....we hear and see, smell, taste and touch more of this journey. It activates our imagination....one of our most valuable spiritual faculties. We make a leap of faith every time we create. Acquiring wisdom requires creativity.....visualizing the concepts of love and empathy, passion and forgiveness. Inspiration comes to us for a reason....our spirit speaks to us as we pick up a brush, a pen, our dancing shoes or a camera. Creativity is a part of all of us....not just the artist or the writer. It is an inherent part of every cell....the magical secret garden just waiting to bloom.

Creativity sharpens your senses.

Creativity will wake us up to what the spiritual life is all about. It shows us the details and sharpens every sense. We are able to hear and see, taste and touch more of what is happening on our journey.

May today bring a sacred awareness of the beauty and harmony we have with life and use our resources wisely to be good stewards of the land. What befalls the earth befalls the sons and daughters of the earth. This is on my easel today honoring the vast beauty of our Mother earth,
grateful to be a part of the interconnected web we share. May we nurture the seeds of compassion, kindness and generosity. Go art!

Creativity is access to the deepest part of ourselves.

"In the greatest confusion there is still an open
channel to the soul. It may be difficult to find
because by midlife it is overgrown, and some of
the wildest thickets that surround it grow out of
what we describe as our education. But the
channel is always there, and it is our business
to keep it open, to have access to the deepest
part of ourselves. " Saul Bellow

On my easel today

Being alert to the possibility of change opens our eyes and ears....it is a crossing of sorts.....from one side to another. Sometimes it means wading into the current and feeling its power. When destiny knocks it can be colorful and expansive and if we resist the crossing and play it safe, a certain restlessness will always be with us. For an artist, a bout of restlessness is best met with an inquisitive mind....it usually means the creative juices are about to begin flowing. Perhaps we become changeable and a little irritable until we find it unbearable and embrace our need to express ideas with paint, paper, song, camera, dance and words. I saw the movie True Grit twice and love the scene of the 14 year old girl determined not to be left behind and plunging her horse into the river. She embraced her passion and would not be discouraged.

"Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them." Ralph Waldo Emerson

In mid-winter the artist can go to summer thoughts.
It is a brain shift that we often make to get inspired.
Noticing the vivid colors in everyday is a practice
that does not depend on the seasons.
Creativity depends on walking through the day
noticing the colors, the noises, the smells,
textures, the feeling of thingss and
putting it down with our own expression.
Awareness!