I cringe when someone tells me, “I don’t have a creative bone in my body.” If you weren’t creative, you would have no bones… you’d be dead. This is the truth. Plain and simple. Your body needs creativity to function. I’m not saying you have to do an oil painting or draw your dog. I’m stating the fact that your body is constantly creating, every day, 24/7, 100% of the time. It is creating blood, sweat, and tears. It’s breathing in and out. It’s digesting food and churning out nutrients and then transporting to all the billions
Read more →I met Carisa Holmes at the Center for Spiritual Living. The first time I experienced her creative magic is when she was the guest performer. Carisa is a beautiful woman and reminded me of someone I had met before. It took me a long time to figure out who it was. It turns out it wasn’t a person, it was Sri Lankan goddesses. I was looking at some pictures of a trip that I had taken to Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is a tiny island just off the southern tip of India. It is rich in Buddhist and
Read more →I met Paul Haussenstamm about 15 years ago through my mandala teacher, Merry Norris. Merry had studied with Paul for a couple of years and brought him into her home to do a colored pencil mandala workshop. I knew Paul was from California, but I wasn’t expecting him to look like an athletic surfer. Turns out, he was a surfer and in many ways, acted like a surfer, at least my stereotypical view of one. Kind of macho and funny and authentic. When it came to mandalas, Paul was 100% engaging. The story I remember him telling us
Read more →Darren Poirier is one of the most surprisingly creative artists I’ve ever come across. I knew him as a passionate musician first (guitar), and then later as a self-taught illustrator and painter. I’ve known Darren for several years through my good friend, Angela Croft (his wife). She would tell me about Darren who was an amazing guitarist and that he was the lead guitarist in the traveling Broadway Musical “Mamma Mia!” We were able to go to a performance of “Mamma Mia!” but of course could not discern the extent of his talent from that. It wasn’t until
Read more →Karen Drucker is a goddess and a highly sought-after singer, speaker and workshop/retreat facilitator. Her experience in music is diverse and long. She has been a singing mermaid, a singing casket, and was literally “elevator music” when she was hired to sing and play piano in a moving elevator. Karen was the music director for 3 different New Thought churches and was honored with an Honorary Doctorate of Music for her work within The Centers for Spiritual Living Community, and a “Grace Note” award for her work within the Unity Movement. WOW. I experienced first hand Karen’s
Read more →You can’t mention Lisa Ferraro without including Erika Luckett. Lisa and Erika are a spiritual duo that bring the power of pure love and divine creative energy to us through their presence as devotees and gifted musicians and singers. The lists of accolades for both Lisa and Erika are well deserved and long! Here’s a highlight for each: Lisa Ferraro’s CD “Serenading the Moon” made the Billboard Jazz Charts. She has written music for ABC TV (Wife Swap), Polygram Films, Major League Baseball (More Than A Man for Roberto Clemente), The Roberto Clemente Foundation, PBS (The Other Side
Read more →I met Kirsten Bowen through Hayley Savage (now Hayley Deeter) at Hayley Gallery in New Albany, Ohio. I was planning a surprise birthday party for my husband and was looking for a venue that was different than the usual spots and ended up at Hayley Gallery. Kirsten had her work on display at the gallery when I went to make the plans for the party. First of all Hayley Deeter is one of the most influential women in the arts in Ohio. Her gallery has an incredible story of its own, stemming from her love and commitment
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