Monthly Archives: January 2010
TRIBES #4: BEING THE PARIAH
Which is worse? Leaving a tribe behind, or being ASKED to leave the tribe?? I wrote earlier about how hard it is to leave a tribe we’ve outgrown or moved past. A reader reminded me it’s even harder to leave … Continue reading
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TRIBES #3: LEAVING THE TRIBE
Your needs and goals as an artist will change and grow throughout your life. You will constantly gather the people you need to you. And you will also periodically leave people behind. I started this mini-series with a sort of … Continue reading
Filed under art, craft, creativity, criticism, envy, inspiration, jealousy, mentoring, networking, perseverence, professional jealousy, tribes
TRIBES #2: FINDING YOUR PEEPS
Someone commented on my recent post, “RUNNING WITH THE PACK”. She said she hadn’t found her “peeps” yet, which inspired this post today. I love the word “peeps”. For me, they still conjure up visions of yellow marshmallow chicks at … Continue reading
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TRIBES #1: RUNNING WITH THE PACK
Last summer, we came back from our first Caribbean vacation with a rescue dog. A puppy, in fact, from the Turks and Caicos Islands. Most people bring back a t-shirt or some shells, we came home with our first dog. … Continue reading
Filed under art, craft, creativity, inspiration, life with a dog, life with pets, pets, shadow artist, tribes
NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS
Used to be, when the new year rolled around, you’d find all kinds of articles in the news about resolutions. Nowadays, it seems like you see just as many about why we never keep those resolutions. I started to set … Continue reading
Filed under action steps, art, choices, craft, gratitude, inspiration, life, living with intention, mental attitude, perseverence
