This was in my inbox today!!

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Well, not the pissing in my pants part. 

I added that.

:-)

If i get this excited about a Sketchbook project,

imagine what i could do 

when i publish an actual book?!?

Omigod... all hell's gonna break loose.

Cover up the tomatoes, Martha.

:-)

So for those of you who are actually in NYC (Lori, this means YOU!),

my sketchbook number is 155.15-2

Let me know if it's still in one piece,

and know that it was done with love.

xoxo

sketchbook project + tidbits on life

I started out not really knowing where i was going with this...

before i knew it, i was halfway done & had forgotten to take pics...

I guess art really does laugh in the face of "time".

:-)

So I may add a few little things to this, but you get the idea.

She has very thick hair & it's very windy :-)

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On another note, i read something this morning

that I want to share with you all.

It was written by a woman who's worked in palliative care 

for most of her life.

She cares for people who only have a few days or weeks left to live.

Here are the 5 most common regrets of the dying:

1. I wish i'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.

2. I wish i didn't work so hard.

3. I wish i'd had the courage to express my feelings.

4. I wish i had stayed in touch with my friends.

5. I wish i had let myself be happier.

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No one said:

I wish i had made more money.

I wish i had won the argument.

i wish i had travelled less.

I wish i had been more perfect.

Think on these things today,

and live YOUR life. 

xoxo

(my mom and I)

sketchbook project

This is part of a page spread for the 2012 Sketchbook project. It'll be sent out in a few weeks

(end of January) to "tour the world"! and then to its permanent home in NY. 

Part of me thinks "wow!! this is great!! I can share my actual work with so many people around the world!" and then the other (pessimistic) part thinks "oh, come on. There are probably millions of sketchbooks like yours. If 3 people get to leaf through your sketchbook, you'll be lucky". 

But maybe - just maybe... one of those people will relate to something in the sketchbook,

and be inspired to do something themselves?

That in itself is worth it for me.

I'm currently reading a great book by Twyla Tharp called THE CREATIVE HABIT.

A reminder that we are creatively connected in more ways than we think, and that we are all,

in one way or another, like Pavlov's dog. :-)

When i sit myself down in my room, light a candle & turn on some music, there's a switch in my brain that turns itself ON & sends the message to my body that it's time to paint, or write. It's an evening habit for me, but i know people who get up at 5am to honour their creative habits. It's whatever works for you.

Do you have a creative habit? 

Do you tap into your own creativity with rituals or routines?

Are you more creative in certain rooms in your home, or in certain places outside?

Wherever it is you happen to tap into it - go there.

And make the world a more beautiful place,

in your own little way.

xoxo

sketchbook project!

I've decided to participate in the sketchbook project this year. Basically, you fill this little sketchbook with yummy creativity & then it travels the world, after which it becomes part of the permanent collection at the Brooklyn Art Library (NY) & is exhibited to the public.

It's $25, it'll be fun, and it keeps me sketching. All good.

part of my dirty little corner...

...and my first entry in the book, from last night.

You get to choose from a ton of themes - I chose "fill me with stories".

I wonder which story will be told tonight?