Exploring Art
My mother introduced me to ceramics, pastels, and oil and acrylic painting when I was a child. I was into sketching as a teen. I haven’t done much with it since until recently. I’ll document some of my forays into amateur artistic expression here.
The Zen of Throwing Pottery
I hadn’t intended to sign up for a second 6-week pottery class at Mudhoe at the end of April. I thought I’d take a break during planting season and come back to it later. But when Jill Bright, the owner, texted me one last time before the class started 3 weeks ago, I felt like…
Pottery Parable: When Someone Sees You as the Villain in His Life Story
In recent years, I’ve made peace with the past. I don’t rehash often. But occasionally, when I bump into a conflicting viewpoint of what happened, I revisit yesteryear. I most especially, do this when someone I love sees me as the villain in his life story! God has told me specifically to stop rehashing the…
Centered on the Wheel: The Pottery Parable
God gave me this pottery parable that helped me improve my pottery creation results and finally fully forgive myself for mistakes of the past. Tuesday night as I drove to my third pottery class I set a clear intention to do better than the week before. The second week was my first full class flying…
Wood Burning Signs
On our property, we have various features that we’ve created. When people come for retreats, we show them around the property at the beginning so they know where the Wildflower Spiral, the Cedar Circle, the Old Woman (a pre-Civil War oak), the Grounding Rock, and other features are located. My husband often uses colored ribbons…
Wood Burning Art
I’m working on an art project using a wood burner. I’d tell you what it is, but my hubby reads my blog and it’s a Christmas gift for him. So mum’s the word for now. But I wanted to share a good 5-minute video I found that is helping me know what I need to…
Acrylic Pouring with Cosette Snarr
The last time we visited family in Utah, we decided to join my friend, Cosette Snarr, for one of her acrylic pouring classes. Cosette refers to her artistry as “Joyful Art” because there are so many life lessons about joy and letting go that one can learn from this art form. I’d heard Cosette talk…
