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I’m always asking this question, “What will spark me?” and wondering what will get me going on one of my many creative plans or projects. Because: The siren call of lethargy is always strong. The voices that tell me all the reasons why not are loud. The absences of...

I reposted this *photograph on Facebook and it gathered SO many delicious comments and magical memories- thank you if you were one of the contributors, and for you reading or seeing now! *I haven’t been able to locate the name of the photographer- if you know, please...

33 years ago, I published this art in the San Francisco Chronicle newspaper. It’s now one of my beloved David’s favorite pieces of SARK art, and says it just makes him laugh every time he sees it. The newspaper called this art that I did cartoons, and I just called...

My mom used to watch a show called“As The World Turns.” I’ve been thinking of that as we all find our creative ways with and through this highly unusual time. Yes- the world turns, and so do we. As you may know, I frequently spend time horizontally contemplating life...

I am moved to honor all the loss and all the love on this Fourth of July in America 2020. I am also moved to highlight INTER-dependence more than independence just now. Independence is so highly valued that people feel “needy” when they need each other, and don’t ask...

As we travel through these uncommon times, we are being asked and called to both wake up and stay awake.  I do a lot of contemplation and learning while lying down- it’s kind of a “horizontal life.” Here I am in a favorite park, lying down on a flat rock under a...

After over 30 years running my creative business, one of my greatest joys and privileges of the last decade is to also BE a mentor and coach, and help others make their dreams REAL.  Throughout these years, I have also been mentored by others and continue to be.   We...

Here I am being curious in the garden of possibilities~  Actively dreaming and doing causes the world to shift and change, as we’re seeing right now with Black Lives Matter and all the systemic issues that are arising for healing. When we can envision and ask for the...

This is the part of the journey where we are being asked to move without proof, where our faith and ferocity are being called up as not ever before. I’m hearing and seeing Black people fully enraged and utterly exhausted and join them in that rage, and honor their...