Archive for February, 2011
The happiness quotient
28th Feb 2011Posted in: Art, Life, Love, Newsletters, Text, Work 0

“The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the object it loves.” – Carl Jung
Enchanting things happen at the edges here at headquarters, where (rumor has it) I’ve uttered ‘You had me at permaculture’ to potential suitors. One [...]

The Manifest Sessions in Denver’s Art District: A Workshop
28th Feb 2011Posted in: Art, Life, Love, Text, Work 0

Denver Workshop happenings in the heart of the art district at Studio Anya
March 26
April 9
April 23
When? 2-4 pm
Where? 910 Arts Building, Studio 13, 2nd Floor, Santa Fe, Denver, CO
What to bring?
any favorite magazines (optional)
your heart.
Get a printed copy of The Inspiration Book, inspiration + happiness to-go, and the rad experience of hanging out with two amazing artists and [...]

climb on: life on the rocks, with the Owl Ascending
27th Feb 2011Posted in: Art, Life, Love, Text, Work 0

I’ve been experiencing (and coincidentally reading about) the seductive nature of gravity lately.
Ever since I got the Owl my spirits have been stoked about the prospect of climbing again. I was a climber in a past life – for a little bit, anyway, back from 99-03, before I lost touch. The Owl and I head [...]

live inspired in radical aliveness
27th Feb 2011Posted in: Art, Life, Love, Text, Work 0

I’m stoked to share this link to a great blog on health and wellness on a little piece I contributed about the Manifest Sessions collage process and the one key facet of health that may transcend all others: living inspired. The piece is called: Live Inspired: Be Radically Alive.
I was helping a workmate with an [...]

New Moon Manifest Sessions for a starlit eve in downtown Boulder
27th Feb 2011Posted in: Art, Life, Love, Text, Work 1

New Moon Manifest Eves at the Boulder Studio
The new moon is a most auspicious time for planting new seeds of intention, and a little fearless creative play gives those intentions room to grow.
To join us for an evening to invoke the magic of intention through the creative medium of collage and move towards what’s on your [...]

Living Creatively is to be true be true be true to you
27th Feb 2011Posted in: Art, Life, Love, Text, Work 0

“Living creatively is really important to maintain throughout your life. And living creatively doesn’t mean only artistic creativity, although that’s part of it. It means being yourself, not just complying with the wishes of other people.” – Matt Groening

Go out and Happen to things
27th Feb 2011Posted in: Art, Life, Love, Text, Work 0

“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.” – Leonardo da Vinci

Crazy Sexy Bodies make Crazy Sexy Art
26th Feb 2011Posted in: Art, Life, Love, Text, Work 1

The cleaner your body is, the better your art and creative practice is – and the brighter you’ll shine.
My Live Artist friend Laurie Maves in Denver became a green goddess of the Crazy Sexy Diet 21 day cleanse just last month, deeply inspired by Kris Carr’s latest book – The Crazy Sexy Diet. We sat [...]

Betidings
21st Feb 2011Posted in: Art, Life, Love, Newsletters, Text, Work 1

The clock may be a soulless mechanism, but gift of time and presence light up the sky like divine revelation here at Auspicious Projects, where our desserts taste like 3 days of love on a spoon.
We vow to be awesome in every relationship, at interactions both digital and fleshy, which means being lit up and [...]

Love is Real: the Lisa Sanchez Benefit Eve at Frog Belly Farm with Gregory Alan Isakov and Friends
15th Feb 2011Posted in: Art, Life, Love, Text, Work 2

Frog Belly Farm is an enchanting place in the light of a waxing Lupercalia moon.
As I strode into the barn yard through the muddied remains of the a sunny Colorado February day, I noticed some goats under their stall lights and wondered if any of the ancient rituals of the season’s most notable pastoral festival [...]