I used to say that to my children when they were little and whining at me throughout a store for me to buy them whatever was the latest and greatest fad. Over my shoulder I’d say “What does whining get you?” and wait for their sometimes whiny response – “nothing”. I recently began mosaicing again after…
I think I might have mentioned that I tend to procrastinate a bit when it comes to my art and anything related to it. I’ve updated my website and have had it finished for a couple of months, maybe more like 4 months and I haven’t told the world or anyone, really, that it is…
Over my lifetime I have found that I often need a “carrot on a stick” to make me learn something new. When computers were first on my horizon in the early 90’s, my brother sent me his old DOS-based computer – complete with the blue screen and the flashing prompt! I needed a reason to…
I seem to write down quotes that speak to me and leave them in the most random places. I have found them in the bottom of my inbox on my desk; my bedside table; in my jewelry drawer; half used notebooks left at the top of a bookshelf, on old envelopes; tucked away in my…
Picture me, a little girl who is about 7 or 8, quietly, timidly dipping her little toes into a large pool of water. I’ve been circling the idea of a blog since 2011. In October 2011, Alyson Stanfield of www.ArtBizCoach.com fame came to my hometown to conduct a conference for about 30 artists who lived in the…