Spontaneity
Dip into any color
And life to paper!
Art Prescription: This goes for any form of creativity! Sometimes the best thing to do is just GO! Get started! and see where it heads.
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Haiku November 2, 2012 Anniversary!!
Anniversary!
Twenty-one years of happy!!
I love my soul mate!!!
Art Prescription: Twenty-one years ago today I married Sam Dyer. “Trust that the same power that gifted you with your dream, knows how to help you make it come true!” I did!!! and it did!! True love knows no boundaries!!
Haiku October 27, 2012 Costume Party
Time for make believe
Ghosts, goblins, and black witches
Jack-o-lanterns rule.
Art Prescription: Lots of creativity at a costume party!
Haiku October 24, 2012 Rituals
Life is ritual
Comfort measures, insurance
Safety net for soul.
Art Prescription: Some people like change. I like same. Quiet life…busy mind…creativity!
Haiku September 8, 2012 Dreams
Trust your gifted dreams
A spiral, pure energy
Same, same, make it true.
Art Prescription: Making a dream come true is hard! To trust that where we are is where we are meant to be is hard too!
Bottom line is we just have to trust…have a little faith!!
Haiku July 31, 2012 Prelude to fall
Crickets prelude fall
Cloudy cooler, subtle shifts
Goodbye hot July.
Art Prescription: Another July come and gone. We have many summery days left here in NC, actually on through September. But there are subtle changes that I welcome. Use all your senses to pick up on a change in the light, changes in bird behavior, changes in the cricket’s hum. Be present…notice.
Haiku July 5, 2012 Self Actualization
Reality, goals
Self-actualization now
Contentment with life.
Art Prescription: Life is a challenge. We all go through the ups and downs of daily life, family crisis, the air condition quit and it’s a 100 degrees outside. But never fear, lest we get caught up in the things that don’t define our lives, just a few days. According to Maslow, and this is my translation, if our perception of reality matches our expectations in life, then we are happy. We accept simplicity and accept ourselves and others. It really is about the day in and day out moments that make up a whole…how did you spend your day?
Maslow lists the following characteristics of self-actualizers
1 more efficient perception of reality and more comfortable relations with it
2 acceptance (self, others, nature)
3 spontaneity; simplicity; naturalness
4 problem centering
Haiku June 26, 2012 A Creative Life
Generate happy
A place for the mind to go.
Do work then step back.
Art Prescription: My mission with The Art Prescription is to motivate everyone to live a creative life, with the underpinning that it is good for your health. When we create we are in the moment, like meditation or yoga, focused, sending our brain good messages to increase our well-being chemicals like serotonin. Realizing that most people work and feel the time constraints of daily life, I’m brainstorming on a list of creative projects that are attainable in the busy life we all lead. What ideas do you have? What would work in your life? Send me your ideas!!!
“How to be creative in 10 minutes or less”
a la “how to have great abs in 10 minutes or less”
Creative prompts for the busy working woman who wants to have a creative spark into her daily round!
1. have a little space set up for daily journaling
2. save scraps and/or quotes you love – fortune cookies
3. write, scribble, draw with crayons, colored pencils, pen and ink – just put something on the page
Chances are if you give yourself 10 undivided minutes, you might want to continue…
4. just do something everyday to keep the well from drying up
5. even if it’s just commentary on your work day – write it, and paint the page red
6. list what you accomplished that day, instead of a to do list
7. list 3 things you are grateful for
8. See, hear, or taste something new – write it down
9. Notice at least one thing about nature.
10. Allow your imagination to have a life of it’s own, always write down your spontaneous thoughts – they might lead to something!!
A few random thoughts after a glass of wine….
Haiku June 4, 2012 Choice
Crystal clear wine glass
Ah, what gets poured, happiness
Fill up on your choice.
Art Prescription: Today, my birthday, I meditate on choice. I believe how you choose to live, how you choose to think, what you fill your life with… a glass half-empty or half full…is very well what you end up with. You can spend your days waiting for the “perfect” thing to come along and “make” you happy, or you can choose to fill your life with contentment and gratitude. For me, working towards my goal to touch people’s lives with art feeds my spirit everyday. I can claim to be swept along by any old current in life, or choose!! Choose the direction I want to swim to save my very own life!! This one very precious life….go ahead now, jump in!!
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