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Thought for Today

“By being yourself, you put something wonderful in the world that was not there before.” —Edwin Elliot

It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts. Robert H. Schuller
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We Affirm Together

All that I need comes to me at the right time and place in this life.

I know this is true. But that does not mean I always remember that. We live in a world where people think life has to be difficult, but let’s face it we create many of our own problems and difficulties. God/The Universe provides, we just don’t always see it. All that I need comes to me at the right time and place in this life.

Thought for Today

“Nature is not a place to visit, it is home.” –Gary Snyder

Thought for Today

“Creativity is seeing what others see and thinking what no one else ever thought.” – Albert Einstein

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“Creativity takes courage.” – Henri Matisse

Oh yes it does. All those scary thoughts that run through the creative mind like, “Am I doing this right?”, “People will laugh at me”, “I’m not good enough”, “I didn’t go to art school” or one of my favorites, “If I don’t give this up I’m going to starve.”

It takes a lot of courage to tell all those doubts and fears to just “shut up” and go on with life and art. But remember, creative people are the brave ones, we can do it.

Thought for Today

“Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.” – Julia Cameron

I love this from Julia Cameron. My artwork never turns out quite like I see it when starting out. Sometimes it looks nothing like my original idea. But I’m okay with that. I love those surprises!

Today’s art is called Quilter’s Burnout. I because extremely frustrated with the black and white blocks and threatened to burn them. Well that actually seemed like a good idea, so I actually did do a controlled burn in a sink with lots of water (don’t try this at home.) I actually liked the finished piece and called it Quilter’s Burnout.