I've joined Susannah Conway's August Break this month as an experiment. A little playfulness goes a long way, methinks. Ahem. I'm notoriously bad at these month-long challenges, but appreciate the low-key flexibility and creative spaciousness. Plus, I don't generally...
Jane LaFazio shows us how to sketch a landscape at Pineview Reservoir, UtahI don't consider myself an artist. I honestly don't think I can draw. I didn't study it in college. I'm not particularly crafty. So it was a bit of a stretch to sign up for mixed media...
silent retreating in Big SurIn the last couple of years, I've attended several silent retreats. I remember being in an a workshop where I'd confessed my retreat obsession. A well-meaning woman asked me, "What was the best retreat you ever did?" "Well, I really enjoyed...
glass hearts at Hacienda MosaicoAs is the case more often than not these days, I’d run across Lisa Sonora Beam via Twitter, loved her website, then bought her then-newly released book, The Creative Entrepreneur. At the time, Lisa offered a few online workshops. I took...
my collage (c) 2010 joyThe Backstory: I'm in Taos with Jen Louden (@jenlouden) at her annual writing retreat. This is a good retreat if you're looking to be nurtured through the creative process, particularly around writing. Havi Brooks (@havi) is teaching yoga and...
