If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.
This is one of my favorite prayers and I say it first thing every morning when I awaken and last thing before I go to sleep. I am truly grateful for my life. I have had a hard one, but I have always had gratitude in my moments of prayer. I understand that my presence here is a gift from the Universe. Challenges are what allow me to see all of the good in my life with absolute clarity. Right now I have so much love, health, friendship and success that I can see no other way to live it but in gratitude. I still struggle at times, but even in the darkest hours there is always something to be thankful for. Happy Thanksgiving!
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When was the last time you met someone who was really charming? You know the type. Someone who has an open, friendly and contagious smile. A person who has a real way with words and could convince you that just about anything was absolutely wonderful simply because they believe it is! I am talking about the genuine type and not the sleazy car salesperson who is trying to be charming just to sell you a car. Do you even know someone like this? Are you sure? You may not be able to know the motives of people, but look deep into my new painting and be “charmed”……be sure…..
If you are an artist or photographer who has a dream of making a career out of your craft, you will need three things: practice, promotion and patience. And you will need them exactly in that order.
Practice means that you will be painting a lot of paintings. Many will be thrown right in the trash because they just didn’t work out. Photographers will be taking many photos in a single shoot only to find that none of them work or if you are lucky one is good enough to list for sale. You will try new things that will either be total flops or lead you to something really cool and interesting. You will invest money that seemingly never pays off. These days I sell about 5 prints a day on average from the various POD sites I am on and about 2 originals per week. The majority…
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Like most artists, I am most happy when I am creating. When it comes to the selling part it takes a great mental effort to “enjoy” the process. It is tedious and monotonous to do computer work. Listing and promoting. Listing and promoting. Answering emails. Ordering supplies. If only a wealthy patron would sponsor me so all I had to do was paint and create all day without even considering the business of selling art. While I am still waiting for that fantasy to come true, I soothe myself with those moments of utter jubilant joy when I can escape the dirty work and just create. O.k., painting is dirty too, but a good kind of dirty. 😉
Please enjoy my latest painting titled “Jubilee”. It was a real treat to create!
Right Here Right NowI have been reading “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment” by Eckhart Tolle. This is a really great book and it opened my eyes to just how much I have not been living my own life. I am alive but not necessarily living. My artwork today is expressing my pure joy at finding another option for consciousness. I think that I enjoy creating art so much because it keeps me grounded in the Now. I focus so completely on what I am doing and feeling that my mind has nowhere else to go. I am in such a state of peace and contentment that I really just revel in it. The colors that come through and the positive energy that is expressed heals me as I experience it. The red in this piece is focused on vitality and life and the yellow expresses…
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I will be busy this week with family and Thanksgiving festivities….went down south today to spend some time with relatives who flew in from Colorado….It was a little chilly for a beach day, but this little girl was determined to enjoy herself. She was so caught up in the simple joy of digging in the sand when her parents graciously let me take a few quick snaps….aaaahhhhh I remember….
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