Category: Creativity
Published on October 01, 2019
Vital
Slow muscles. Vital. Tiny muscles. Vital. Talking to you. Vital. In a new way. Vital. Finding the way. Vital. Finding the words. Vital. This way, a different way. Vital. From the heart. Vital. From the […]
Published on September 16, 2019
“Minding Mama” – a performance piece
What if I didn’t have to worry about what people would say about this new piece, “Minding Mama“? What if I didn’t concern myself with judgement about being a good daughter, a loving daughter? What if I […]
Published on June 07, 2019
Stepping Into the River
Widows Anonymous opens tomorrow, June 8. Today is finalizing all the details: printing the program, getting my costume ready, deciding on my makeup, and choosing which talisman I will take with me. I’m planning one more rehearsal […]
Published on May 29, 2019
One Foot Out the Door (or) Life + Art = Healing
At the beginning of each rehearsal, we start with a warm up, physical and vocal. This is the time to shift the focus to the present, prepare the voice and body for what awaits, and leave […]
Published on January 23, 2019
Making Space for New
I confess I got sucked into the trend that was Marie Kondo’s book on decluttering, “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing.” Interestingly enough, I didn’t start listening to […]
Published on January 12, 2019
Clearing, De-Cluttering … Claiming, in a New Year
At the beginning of this new year, I am in the throes of cleaning / purging / clearing. It feels a bit like an obsession. As Lady Macbeth would say, “Out, damn’d spot! out, I […]
Published on November 26, 2018
She Rises ….
There is a saying I once heard, we overestimate what we can do in a day and underestimate what we can do in a year. After losing Mike last year, I’d never have believed I’d […]
Published on May 17, 2018
Surrender to the Shadowlands
It is gray here. Even as the sun sparkles on the bright blue ocean, there is little impulse other than to sleep or escape into a novel for hours on end. I eat too much, […]
Published on April 23, 2018
Sometimes Our Six-Year-Old Knows Best
Relax. Breathe. Focus. These were the words my friend whispered over and over as I precariously made my way across the slack line for the first time. He whispered them again the second time, as I […]
Published on March 28, 2018
Passing the Torch
Classic Cozy Craftsman, 5 Blocks to Beach. This week I open my home up as an Air BnB. The idea came to me when my daughter told me she would be leaving for Colorado. This […]
