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Naked Nowness
I'm finally settling in! My Mexico home is wrapping its loving arms around me and reminding me so much of who I am. Â 20 years ago I...
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Mar 302 min read
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Winter Brownies!
It's unusual for me to be here in Spokane at this time of year. I'm used to being outdoors, that's what makes me smile and feel most in...
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Jan 221 min read
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Hearts & Souls Uniting
This time of year is a convergence of several traditions, Xmas, Hanukah and Kwanzaa, that I know of. Maybe there are others. Â The...
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Dec 25, 20241 min read
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Be Nothing to Become Everything
I love the Kahlil Gibran Poem, Fear. It's about risking everything, even risking disappearing, to become so much more. Risking being...
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Oct 24, 20242 min read
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Questions
I've always searched for ways to honestly communicate my ideas, my thoughts, my feelings. In doing so, I work out what is begging for...
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Oct 4, 20242 min read
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I No Longer Pray
~ Chelan Harkin from Susceptible to Light Lunar Rhapsody 24 x 36 x 1.5 on Canvas I no longer pray— now I drink dark chocolate and let...
lfretreats
Sep 12, 20241 min read
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Feeling Met
Where and when do you feel met? For me, the trees and forests give me that yummy all over feel good feeling. What does it feel like to...
lfretreats
Aug 27, 20242 min read
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When Trees Roamed the Earth
An artist I'm learning from these days online asked the question, "what do you want to be remembered for?" The idea that immediately...
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Jun 25, 20242 min read
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Energy Inspired
I've been on a roll with my trees lately. The latest is the one shown above. I'm preparing for a Spokane Fall show of all new work and...
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Mar 6, 20242 min read
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A Marriage of Opposites
Work In Progress 20 x 24 Acrylic Mixed Media on Canvas Almost the end of January and I'm feeling settled in back home on the beach. After...
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Jan 24, 20242 min read
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The Art of Authenticity
While I love to share my art and write to you about my process, the truth is I'm always hesitant when it comes to online promotions. I...
lfretreats
Dec 10, 20232 min read
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Nothing to Be Thankful For
You may already know what a mantra is. A word or phrase that carries a vibration of healing and awakening because it's used for that...
lfretreats
Nov 25, 20231 min read
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Easing Transitions
I've just landed in my winter home in Troncones, Mexico via a few fun days visiting friends in Palm Springs. This twice yearly migration...
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Nov 16, 20232 min read
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Resilience and Hope
WIllow 24 x 36 Acrylic and Cold Wax Finish "Willow" tells the story of how sensual beauty can thrive in the midst of even a harsh...
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Oct 18, 20231 min read
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To Sign or Not to Sign
I've been really hesitant to sign my paintings, especially the abstracts, partly because they might want to be hung in a different...
lfretreats
Oct 5, 20231 min read
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When Walls are also Windows
Wallflower 24 x 36 x 1.5 Acrylic Mixed Media on Canvas, Cold Wax Finish Last Spring I made a pilgrimage to Oaxaca (pronounced Wahaka),...
lfretreats
Sep 28, 20232 min read
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Art for our Future
Can Art Impact our Future? Lost in the Woods 24 x 36 x 1.5 Acrylic Mixed Media on Canvas I recently installed a reproduction of the...
lfretreats
Sep 25, 20231 min read
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