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1/5/2018 1 Comment Tea Wayfarer and Tea Spirit In June 2017, Global Tea Hut published an article in their monthly Tea and Tao magazine that included 8 paintings and reflections I had made, inspired by their monthly tea sharing subscription. You can see that article here, as Global Tea Hut considers their work an offering to the world and make their magazine's past issues available for free online.
I have continued to create Tea Spirit of the month paintings and I will be sharing the art with you monthly, along with a reflection. For now, in that same issue I was also featured as the Tea Wayfarer of the month, a section of the magazine where they introduce people in the community. I've copied it for you here in case you are interested in my tea story.
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10/20/2017 1 Comment Creativity Tip: 8 WAYS TO INCORPORATE FREE-BUILDING WITH BRICKS INTO YOUR LIFE AND WORK I shared these 8 tips in the learning fair at Brené's Courage Camp.
One tip was Daring Way™ Curriculum related so I exchanged that one for my upcoming e-course :) 10/16/2017 1 Comment Creativity and The LEGO Ninjago Movie I wasn’t dreading Ninjago, I knew it would have a story, and it literally, started with a story, the story of Ninjago.
10/11/2017 0 Comments Creativity and The LEGO Batman MovieHoly Vulnerability Batman Cue, another movie I was not jumping out of my skin to see.
Yes, The LEGO Movie completely surprised me and became a huge source of inspiration in my life, but I am just not that into superheroes. 10/2/2017 0 Comments Creativity and The LEGO Movie I can't begin to tell you how much this movie inspired me when I saw it.
And I didn't even want to watch it. I was not what one would call, a number one brick fan. 8/19/2017 0 Comments Creativity and Consuming I'm in the beginning of my third 100 day practice (or if you allow me to break up the 366 practice I also did, my 6th).
It is amazing so far! 25 brave and courageous souls are on the journey with me and I can't even begin to tell you how wonderful it is to travel together for the inspiration and encouragement and accountability and grace. One of the things I am trying to be conscious of during this 100 days is consuming less. 7/31/2017 0 Comments Creativity at the Zoo! I was so excited when I saw that LEGO artist Sean Kenney's work was going to be at the Houston Zoo.
7/31/2017 0 Comments Creativity Practices Would I do another 365 project?
I've done two 100 days projects and one 366 day project (hello leap year)! And here's some things I've learned about the two kinds of projects. This is another card from my community – my grandmother. She has a huge open-mouth smile on her face and her eyes look like they are laughing and joyful. In the background it looks like a hymn book, and on top of it is a very small envelope and card and a Christian jewelry piece. SoulCollage® cards are for personal use and SoulCollage® does not advocate infringing on the copyrighted work of others in any way so that is why my card cannot be shared here.
7/24/2017 0 Comments Creativity and Repetition I love how when I am focusing and creating something, I receive serendipitous messages of help from all areas of my life. 7/17/2017 0 Comments Creativity and Meaningful WorkIn SoulCollage® there are different categories you put your cards into once you have made them.
This card and the one I will show you next week, belong in my community section. This card is a picture of Brené Brown. On the background behind her are two people on swings, and one of them is swinging on his belly like a superhero while the other person looks on with their hands up covering their mouth, perhaps in concern or embarrassment. There is a zentangled gourd image in the foreground of the card. SoulCollage® cards are for personal use and SoulCollage® does not advocate infringing on the copyrighted work of others in any way so that is why my card cannot be shared here. 7/10/2017 0 Comments Creativity and Calm & StillnessWhen I made this collage card, I had no idea why I chose the images I did, I just knew they were speaking to my soul.
The card has a vertebrae-like background and three images are collaged on top - a cactus, a turtle shell, and a circle of jumbled up and intwined metal paperclips. SoulCollage® cards are for personal use and SoulCollage® does not advocate infringing on the copyrighted work of others in any way, so that is why my card cannot be shared here.  I was at my 2nd Brick Fiesta, a LEGO fan convention with a public exhibition, and this story almost didn't happen because I thought it was already too late to enter the Master Builder Contest Game because I had missed Heat 1. My husband then kindly explained to me about preliminary rounds vs. final rounds, and thus our story begins.
6/28/2017 0 Comments Creativity and Play & RestThis card makes me happy.
Literally, it’s my happy place. It shows a human figure in a creek with arms wide and face up to the sky. There is a river otter that is much bigger than the figure also collaged in. SoulCollage® cards are for personal use and SoulCollage® does not advocate infringing on the copyrighted work of others in any way so that is why my card cannot be shared here.  As part of my 366 Days of Building Creativity Experiment in 2016, I held an art exhibit of the final 30 days of creations (you can see pictures from it here if you are interested).
“You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on. Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain are moving across the landscapes, over the prairies and the deep trees, the mountains and the rivers. Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air, are heading home again. Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting – over and over announcing your place in the family of things.” -Mary Oliver 6/25/2017 1 Comment Magic Run PhotographyFrom the movie Yes Man:
Allison: I know our music isn't that mainstream, but I love doing it It's like my photography. I know there isn't much demand for blurry photos taken while running, but ... Carl Allen: I wasn't going to say anything. Allison: You know, who cares? The world is a playground. You know that when you're a kid, but somewhere along the way everyone forgets it. Carl Allen: I love your music. Everyone can take a photo standing still. 6/20/2017 0 Comments Creativity x2This SoulCollage® Card shows a young child sitting crossed legged with his eyes closed and face towards the sky. In the background is a woman dressed all in black doing a yoga pose on a tree stump. There is a large red planet in the sky.SoulCollage® cards are for personal use and SoulCollage® does not advocate infringing on the copyrighted work of others in any way so that is why my card cannot be shared here.
Believing in my creative self has changed everything. Well, I guess I have to use my intuition and trusting faith to re-write about this card as, for someone reason, it disappeared from my word document. SoulCollage® cards are for personal use and SoulCollage® does not advocate infringing on the copyrighted work of others in any way, so my card cannot be shared here, but my card has two collaged images on it: a bunny resting in a nest-like setting with its back to us, and a woman also with her back to us, who is stretching out her arms and the shawl she is wearing.
6/7/2017 0 Comments Creativity and Gratitude & JoyThis was the first SoulCollage® card I ever made. SoulCollage® cards are for personal use and SoulCollage® does not advocate infringing on the copyrighted work of others in any way so my card cannot be shared here. But please imagine a bright yellow background with a female figure reaching towards a hand in the sky. There are also two other collaged images on it - a dog with a butterfly and a smiling woman holding a goat.
5/24/2017 0 Comments Creativity and A Resilient SpiritI made this card to help me with struggle. SoulCollage® cards are for personal use and SoulCollage® does not advocate infringing on the copyrighted work of others in any way so my card cannot be shared here, but on my card is an eye peering out through the cosmos at the top, and at the bottom is a tiger with a swan and butterfly balanced on it in a garden setting.
Brené says we are wired for strength and for struggle. 5/18/2017 1 Comment Creativity and Self-CompassionLet me tell you about my Self-Compassion card (SoulCollage® cards are for personal use and SoulCollage® does not advocate infringing on the copyrighted work of others in any way so my card cannot be shared here):
5/17/2017 0 Comments Creativity and AuthenticityIn SoulCollage®, a technique used to help you with insights about your card, is to journal or speak from the card using the prompt “I am one who…”
I thought what better way to express authenticity than to let you read my personal journaling from that prompt for this card, which I call The Perfectionist: |
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