Leveraging My Good Friend, Dolly
I just got finished loading my car with my ceramics (and all the other stuff that goes with it) for a show I am doing later this afternoon. I have a VERY long/narrow driveway, so there is no way for me to back my mini-van to the garage without damaging the side of the house…
Top 10 Posts of 2010
2010 was an amazingly fast year and it looks like 2011 might be faster. I miss the days of wondering when summer break would arrive and then Christmas. Now I am just in awe of how fleeting these moments are. Just before the new year, I asked you to vote on your favorite blog posts…
Eating the Frog
I can procrastinate with the best of the best procrastinators. I have projects that I have procrastinated doing or finishing for YEARS! However, you probably believe that I do more than the average bear. I do, because I eat my frogs. Many years ago I read a business book by Brian Tracy called “Eat that…
New Year’s Resolutions – Do They Work for You or Against You?
It’s 2011 – time to start fresh with new resolutions and a new attitude. Well, not really. You may be carrying the same, if not, more baggage as last year which is stopping you from that fresh start and accomplishing the same resolutions you make every year. Sure, I’ve made New Year’s resolutions; however, I…
Offering a Guarantee
As an artist, it is really important that you offer a guarantee of your work because it helps reassure your customer that if they are not completely satisfied with their purchase (or something happens), that they can return it. When customers go to make a purchase, they have to factor in a lot of elements…
Staying In Touch – I am Thinking of You
I really enjoy this time of year because I get to reconnect with friends and family (near and far). With FaceBook, this task has become a bit easier; however, there is nothing like someone taking the time to send a holiday card using the good old fashioned snail mail system. It shows the recipient that…
Putting the U in Community
It was Hillary Clinton who popularized the phrase “it takes a village to raise a child” bringing new understanding to child rearing. Now, 15 years later, some of those villages or communities are struggling. A little over 3 years ago I moved from Van Nuys to Altadena. I wanted to be closer to the Xiem…
Finding Out Who You Are
For too many years I have been defined by what I do instead of who I am. Even when asked, I would list my current job title . . . as if this could somehow explain who I am really. Recently, I’ve started making an effort to not answer the question with my job title…
Reaching Beyond the Low Hanging Fruit
In the summer of 2007, I bought and moved into a house with a lot of fruit trees. Growing up back East, I had not really been exposed to fruits. Sure there were apples and Florida oranges, but nothing like what was awaiting me in my own yard. As I began harvesting the trees and…
Discovering Your Creative Soul
Let’s start by talking about creativity and what my definition of creative is. Creativity is the act of making something new. We all, by definition are creative as our bodies are constantly creating new cells. When I think something is creative, it is a judgment call. It usually comes out of my internal thought of…