Inspirational Haikus For while now, I have been writing haikus each morning and posting them over on my Twitter feed. I’m not entirely sure what exactly made me start doing this, but I can say that I honestly just love sharing uplifting, good things in a world...
Mandalas Last month, I created the “Cultivating Peace” mandala. The results from Random.org drew the following three names: Pallavi Shigh Lisa This means that I’m shipping the “Cultivating Peace” mandala painting to one of those three...
I was contemplating what sort of post (and if, in fact, I would do a flash fiction inspirational post this week in favor of some other inspirational/contemplative idea) to do this week when the lyrics to John Lennon’s “Imagine” popped into my head....
Friends! As you may know, I’m creating a mandala once a month to give away. Last month, I created the “Spreading Joy” mandala. Yesterday afternoon, as I completed the “Cultivating Peace” mandala, I compiled my email list, as well as my...
Drawing and Painting a Mandala Once a month – at least for now – I’m going to create something that resonates with what I’m feeling and will subsequently give away. I’m doing this to spread joy. Yes, the name of the mandala I’m...
I am really enjoying writing these flash fiction stories. I love the potential inspiration they can imbibe. This particular story is less than 900 words. Flash fiction needs to be somewhere between 500 – 1000 words. This story may seem a little glib at first...
Spirituality as Creative Expression Is a person spiritual because they are creative? Or is a person creative because they are spiritual? But then again, I don’t think these two questions are mutually exclusive. Exploring spirituality and the idea of creativity...
It’s been awhile since I wrote a poem and I’ve been needing to get into a groove of creativity: I’m feeling a need to paint or create, without a reason. Without it being a means to an end. The world we live in today has shown us that we humans have...
The other day, I was visiting with a family member from out of town. We were catching up and I invariably started talking about the LIFE Project, which takes up a significant part of my life now – at least 3 hours per day. I relayed my forays into meditation,...
