Mistakes: Portals to Greater Things. This concept is incorporated into the world’s great religions. Navajos are profoundly spiritual and creative people. They believe nothing is perfect except for God. Navajo rug weavers deliberately incorporate an imperfection into their creation to honor their Gods. Some weavings may only have one; others have a few. Most of

For me drawing – specifically life drawing – is the foundation of my artistic training. I first started life drawing in an old elementary school turned community center in Del Mar, California. I had the last cheap apartment near the beach – $200 a month for a house that had previously been four motel rooms.

Ok, I get it. I’ve been creative my whole life. But then there was my day job – community development director, project, and city manager. (PS: These jobs are not void of creativity, I use the same skills that enhance my art to solve problems in my day job career.) So that large body of

I have played the violin since I was eight. When I would practice, our Maine Coon cat, Toodles, would hop up on the bed and sleep. Except when I played a wrong note. Then she would jerk her head up and look straight at me. Toodles was a music connoisseur. Most fiber artists I hang

Dr. Kristen Neff, a researcher at the University of Texas, Austin, focuses on the science and neurobiology of self-compassion. When beginning to practice self-compassion, she identifies a phenomenon that happens for some people –