Left-Brained Stress
It seems all I am getting done these days are quick sketches. I have to say it doesn’t feel all that good as I am still inundated with left-brained activities. My current focus is for this all to stop as we (in the northern hemisphere) head into the autumn months. I am so ready to get back into the studio to play. In the meantime, I continue with the sketchbook work and hope that will bring some wonderful inspiration. I can say it gives a bit of relief to the uncomfortable linear tasks I have been dealing with – maybe it is the reason for the curves 
. I hope all is well where you are and creativity time is easy to come by.
Do you recognize the good when you are in the middle of it?
Is our society so involved with the negative that we can’t see the positive? It seems society, as a whole, is so focused on the negative that when we have good times we don’t even recognize them until they have past. If that is so, how do we enjoy each day? I suppose we can only do that as a collective body of individuals. I think that is why I love so many bloggers – in general, they see the good! Good only bring good! Don’t you think?
100th Anniversary!
No Silly, that doesn’t mean me! The place I visited is celebrating it’s 100th Anniversary of being a National Park. Do you know it? Here is another hint…
This is beargrass and grows up high in alpine regions. Do you know now? Okay, so these are the ones who really like the beargrass, and I saw several of them on this trip. Actually, this is a small one – a cub.
One more hint. I will give you a longer view from the Continental Divide…
Isn’t this beautiful? Maybe it is in the eyes of the beholder, but to this family Glacier National Park in Montana and Waterton National Park in Canada (collectively known as Glacier-Waterton International Peace Park) is a place we find amazing beauty. This is the oldest international park in the world. We love it there and I just spent two weeks contemplating the beauty this earth shares with us! Inspiration is at every turn and I have returned with so much I can hardly get anything else accomplished.
So now you know where I have been. Do you know this park? Do you have a favorite natural place to visit? Does it fill you with inspiration?
Doors Opening and Closing
Where will this door lead me?
As you may have guessed, I have been away for a bit. It seems doors are opening and closing all the time now (maybe it is because I am looking for them). When I travel, I find my work becomes very charged with new ideas and new explorations. This time is not different. The challenge is there are also a lot of personal things needing my attention at the moment. Do you ever find there are too many other things pulling you away from your creativity? Things like insurance drive me nuts – too much linear thinking involved. I am also not a phone person, so that doesn’t help, does it? Over the next little while, I will share with you some of my trip experiences. For now, I am off to get some of these things done, so I can eventually open the studio door and get some work done! I love that so much!
The detail is in the simplicity
float on the breeze
I think I was contemplating the KISS (keep it simple, s%&^#d) principle when I doodled this one. I hope your summer days are simple.
A Cool Pool Door
door in my town
This is my rendition of a door in my town which reminds me of a cool pool set inside this hot brick wall. Okay,so maybe I am hallucinating here! Of course, this is my take on the door (actually two doors, but one opening). I hope you are staying cool.
Finding Grace in Life
from my sketchbook
Grace happens, it seems to me, when lives touch. We each have the opportunity to find it each time. The exciting part is we get to choose it.
A Gate Is Like A Door
from my sketchbook
When I was in France, earlier this year, I took a photograph of a perfectly French gate at Giverny. I came home and gave it my own twist! I think a gate is a door of sorts. Do you? Are any gates/doors opening or closing for you this summer?
DC Door
- Sweet Little Door in Washington, DC
