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I read this quote recently and really appreciated coming across it. I am a curious and inquisitive person. When I see an artwork that appeals to me, I try to figure out how it was created. Imagining the artist at work sparks ideas on what I can create. Then I gather the materials and begin to experiment. Or, I look at a piece of fabric or paper scraps and imagine what I can create with the…

Are you entering, or in, your second half of life and asking, “now what?” Are you feeling a pull towards creativity? Or searching for new meaning and purpose? If…

Mystics, philosophers, poets and ordinary people through the centuries understood the “natural world” to contain valuable life lessons. Often referred to as the …

Back in February I decided to participate again in the 100 Day Project. I decided that I would create 100 books that would be small enough to fit in the palm of my hand, which is where the name comes from. This choice allowed me to:

• build my bookbinding skills by adding more binding stitch techniques to what I already know. I chose to practice the long stitch, kettle stitch, and coptic stitch.

• use materials I already have. I’ve been making paper from co…

We never know how many places of nature meet within the human body. Landscape is not all external, some has crept inside the soul. Human presence is infused wit…

 December, while the end of the calendar year, is a time of new beginnings. The various religious holidays observed this month celebrate the Bles…

Nature’s Wisdom nourishes my soul. She teaches me lessons with each season.

In Autumn, she brilliantly proclaims, “now is a time of maturing, gi…