In a class I taught last fall, I posed the question, “What inspires you?” The following is what the students came up with. I’ve had it taped to my office wall ever since. In my opinion, inspiration is what life is all about. Lucky for us, it comes in many forms.
I discovered my mother’s final project for her Textile and Clothing class. She got a B on the project, even though it looks like many of the drawings are hand-drawn and she even hand-painted some of the images. There are so many gems in this notebook that it was hard to choose what to post….
For several years, I lived in Northwest Montana among a cool crowd of creative, hippie folk. (Before this I had thought that the only interesting people lived in big cities. Boy, was I wrong.) Jyoti was a friend of mine up there. Here’s a poem by a friend of hers, Tamika Harmon, another creative Montanan….
Last Monday at the Sophia Center, we dived into an art project that sounded light-hearted: making creatures with “magical” powers. I expected the class to be playful and whimsical. Silly me! As it turns out, creating art has a way of uncovering the deep, transformative currents of the soul—and making magical creatures seemed to amplify…
“If we get lost in dark despair, beauty takes us back to center.”— Piero Ferrucci Anyone need that reminder right now? 🙂 In a world that sometimes feels overwhelming, this simple truth from Piero Ferrucci feels like a lifeline. Beauty—whether it’s the soft hues of a sunset, a favorite piece of music, or the way…
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