Encouragement in Paint, Prose, and Poetry
Find and Prepare
I do not so much make art
as I find art
in scraps of gab
the dialogue of children
an atlas a map
the moon
metaphor
I can prepare for art
a little
turn my back on distraction
to face full-on
this ordinary life
finding the divine
in the daily
by: Sheila Atchley
I am in the creation-phase of a brand new collection of audio meditations.
This particular collection is for women “in the middle” who find themselves in a creative/artistic dry place. This collection will minister to women whose creative springs have been choked by grief or depression or the non-stop, titanic waves of transition that tend to characterize midlife.
Read MoreWe are in a day and time when peculiar behavior is the new bad behavior, and “more” is the new average.
When something appeals to the masses, it has had the peculiar, uncool, real and remarkable removed from it.
Read MoreEvery crisis in mid-life (and in any season of life) is brought on not by what has happened to us, but by what we think about what has happened to us.
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One of my personal symbols for creativity is the "mature" dandelion. Maybe that's because a single flower can bear such untold "influence". Or maybe they just match my hair. I haven't decided.
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