Noticing Mondays is a new weekly event on this blog where I discuss my mindful writing practice of ‘noticing’ and encourage you to join in … One of the things I love about writing is when you’re noodling along and all of a sudden a phrase comes to you that manages to clarify… Continue Reading
Hello Sardinia! Where’s the fish?
Today’s ephemeral adventurer is another paper boat. I’ve enjoyed researching each place featured on my art cards and using that info for my Etsy descriptions and blog posts. But I was a little distraught today after learning that Sardinia was not, in fact, named after sardines. In my head was this vision of a… Continue Reading
Sky Lantern Over Thailand
Here is a bit of a departure form the paper airplanes. I have a small list of the different ‘vehicles’ that I want to play with over Art Every Day Month, Thai Sky Lanterns are one of them. I’ve been itching to try one of these and a little intimidated, too. They are a bit… Continue Reading
You And Me and Napoli
So, Napoli. It’s Italian for Naples and the city has been around since 600BC. Also: pizza! Napoli / Naples is the destination for todays Art Every Day Month offering. I was originally drawing my planes in with a micron pen, but after some smudging problems with the ink sitting on top of the glossy acrylic… Continue Reading
Paper Plane Over Severodvinsk
Today is the start of Art Every Day month over at Leah’s Creative Every Day blog. Last year I participated and set my self a theme of ‘Labyrinths’. I really enjoyed the momentum I got from participating and thought that it would be fun to join in again this year. So recently I was… Continue Reading
Noticing Mondays
Today is the first appearance of a new feature on this blog: Noticing Mondays For most of this year I have been working with a mindful writing practice I call ’noticing’ . It’s a simple and gentle practice that has transformed the way I write. This is how it works: Start by writing… Continue Reading