Archive for the Creativity Category

I am blessed with the cutest, smartest, most present 2-year-old girl in the world for a granddaughter. Seriously – I’m NOT biased:) Ruby has been spending 2 days a week with us (at least) since she was born. She’ll be 3 in October. Needless to say, Ruby “knows” what a mandala is. This wasn’t intentional but I have a lot of them around my home. I bought a pack of cards called “A Soul’s Journey Cards” a year ago because a friend of mine, Charlotte Backman painted a mandala for each one. They’re gorgeous and in a

Mandalas saved my life. I learned how to draw, paint and incorporate them into my life from my mentor, friend and amazing artist, Merry Norris of MerryNovaStudio.com Merry learned the process of creating mandalas from Paul Heussentamm of Mandalas.com. Paul has been dubbed the “Mandala Man.” His work is often on the set with Deepak Chopra. Merry decided to teach the magic of the mandala to women to help them heal. I am one of the lucky recipients of the healing love of her and the mandala! Here’s a mandala doodle I did in Merry’s studio the other night

Why do people doodle? Because we are in a constant state of change and expansion. Our minds WANT to create. Our souls WANT to create. There is no stopping creation. If you think you’re not creative, think again. If you weren’t in a constant state of creation, you’d be dead. You cells are creating new buddies constantly. The very spirit that moves you to create, breathes your air and pumps your blood. So, when we allow that pen or pencil to just GO on the paper, we begin to create our own artistic expression of who we are.