Art Therapy + Happiness – Positivity Signposts

“Symbols are the imaginary signposts of life.” ~~ Margot Asquith I have been busy over at Art Therapy + Happiness and not posted here for a while but yesterday  I made an Auspicious Symbol Card and it moved me to write here.   Recently I made a bit of an Ass of myself.  Nothing too major but enough […]

From Greece with love!

This week I received a lovely surprise in my mailbox.  My first creative pay-it-forward gift. When I was young I and my sisters had penpals around the world and we used to write letters to them and get very excited whenever we received a reply – I felt like this when I went to my mailbox and […]

Inspire and Be Inspired – Creating it Forward

Over the past couple of years I have become involved in sharing creative activity online with other like minded creative people.  It has been truly inspiring to be part of this community.  A couple of those (among the many) who have provided wonderfully supportive inspiration are Gretchen Miller and Lani Gerity who have both brought my attention to […]

A Still Point in a Changing World – Mindful Studio Daily Practice

I have decided to revisit the 6 Degrees of Creativity 2 Mindful Studio Daily Practise with Hannah Kaus Hunter .  Still Point in a Changing World: Creating a Mindful Studio Practice. I have just finished Day 8.  I am making a photographic image each day, printing it and adding it to a small handmade album that I just […]

Enoughness

I have just received Brene Brown’s new book “Daring Greatly”.  I have only just started reading the book but already I know it has been a valuable and worthy purchase.   Brene says that “Connection is why we are here. We are hard wired to connect with others, it’s what gives purpose and meaning to our […]

Ikigai – Mandala

I have had a few days in bed this week with an end of winter bug and it has given me lots of  time to think (not always a good thing!).  I was pondering on my Ikigai (see previous post) and I wondered what an image of this might look like if it did not contain […]

My Ikigai – What gets me up in the mornings

The Japanese word Ikigai (pronounced ee-ki-guy) is used to describe “why I get up in the morning” .  Finding your Ikigai can mean a deep and often lengthy search of self.  However, when I attended a MindSetGo workshop I was invited to find my Ikigai in 5 minutes and use only 6 words to describe it.  I think I spent the first […]

Gluebook Reminiscing

As another 6 Degrees of Creativity 2 workshop I have completed this little gluebook based around my recent trip to Melbourne.  At first I was not particularly inspired by this project thinking it all a little pointless. However, as I got into it I found it very meaningful and enjoyable.  I used an old file folder to make […]

Savouring

Over the last couple of days we have just had two great Creativity for Well-Being workshops on Savouring.  This has been another really nice theme to work with both in preparation for the workshops and the during the workshops themselves.  I am very grateful to all the workshop participants for engaging in the process.  Some […]

21 Day Creativity Challenge – Positive Reminiscence

As part of the 6 Degrees of Creativity 2 Mindful Studio Group lead by Hannah Kaus Hunter I took on the 21 Day Creativity Challenge- Still Point in a Changing World: Creating a Mindful Studio Practice.  I decided to tie this in with the Creativity for Well-Being workshop’s theme of resilience and a commitment to engage in my […]