It’s the ever-present dilemma (or at least it’s seemed that way in my life): happiness or greatness? Is it better to sacrifice balance (ie, health, relationships, simple pleasures, sanity…) in order to achieve greatness and make an enormous impact? Or to send out smaller ripples, maybe even pass into obscurity, but live a humane, balanced…
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Grooves, Ruts and Why I Dig Uncertainty
How do you know when you’re in a groove or a rut? How do you know when to hold, and when to fold? How do you know if you’re doing your art to feed someone else’s expectations, or your own? And when you figure it out, what then? What ruts have you climbed your way…
Are These the Lies You Tell Yourself?
I knew going to Jazz Camp West for a week would re-energize the music side of my creative life. What I didn’t realize was that it would also illuminate a lie I’d been telling myself. To be fair, I didn’t intentionally tell a lie. But still… Busted! Watch the video above for the full story,…
Stretching Watercolor Paper on My New Boga Board (and farewell to the 15 Minutes a Day Art Check-in)
Yes, you can go ahead and watch the video, I know you want to. But before I write about the Boga Board, let me just say that yes, this post marks my farewell to the weekly 15 Minutes a Day art check-in. Not because it’s failed, and certainly not because I’m stopping my 15 Minutes…
A Little Gift for You from the Uke Diva
With all the time I’ve been sinking into the Thriving Artists Project and the upcoming launch of 365 Days of Genius, it’s been awhile since I posted a video. Soooo… Here’s a little clip of me singing one of my audience favorites, a little-known version of All Of Me. Until recently, I always sang this…
Enforced Rest
Not many words in type today (search engines will shun me). I’m tired, and it’s time for a nap. Watch the vid for the words. (Plus bug-eyes, and me in a fuzzy green Hobbit hood.)
How to Woodshed on the Ukulele (or Guitar, or Any Fretted Instrument)
One thing I’m especially pleased about at the moment is how much I’m playing my ukulele. Right now, I am a woodshedding fiend. In fact, I’m having to restrain myself so I don’t develop a repetitive stress injury… It helps that the first item on my Ideal Daily Template is “Play uke” (though that’s actually…
Weekly Review #25: When passion grabs you by the throat (and when it doesn’t)
So how’m I doing in my quest to re-invent my life, follow my evolving Blisses and create the life I really, really want? I had a couple of different conversations this week which clarified a few things for me about passion. The thing is, it’s easy to get seduced by the draw of what you’re…
Weekly Review #24: How life coaching is helping me get my important work done
So how’m I doing in my quest to re-invent my life, follow my evolving Blisses and create the life I really, really want? A lot better, thanks to a life coaching session today, in fact! I’m trading web design and WordPress tutorials for life coaching, and am I getting my money’s worth (so to speak)!…
Compulsive Video Blog: Me & my ukulele, playing He’s Just Not That Into You
This is what happens when you’re compulsive: You make it very clear, to yourself and to your readers, that you’re going to be posting less frequently, because you have some really big-ass commitments for the next several months – getting a new partner blog launched, for example – and you’re headed out of town for…
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