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Do unto me and I'll............

Do unto me and I'll act a fool. That seems to be the theme in a lot of ways today. So many angry unhappy and sad people.  We've all seen the bad and the ugly get worse as time moves on. And while I'll admit that it's pretty scary sometimes there's also an element of 'sometimes we can be there to make things turn out a little different'. Even with something as simple as a smile and a good thought.

In town there's a gentleman that stands on the middle island of a major boulevard and asks for money. He appears to have been severely burned and deformed by some horrible fate. Many cars pass him, roll up their windows, lock their doors, turn their heads while whispering judgemental and negative remarks. Oh yeah, it's obvious. Almost everytime we drive past this gentleman my roommate gives him money. Sometimes only a couple of dollars and the other day a $20 bill. His appreciation was heartfelt. Her act of unselfishness and his act of appreciation touched me to the core. I've seen many many cars pass him yet through his deformed face he smiles. He waves and he says 'Thank you'. How many of us could say that we would be the same. That we would smile and wave through the pain and the disgusting reactions of others.

I'm not suggesting that we stop everytime someone is out there, asking for our help. Sometimes we can't give money or gifts but sometimes a big smile, a hug, a word of encouragement are worth far more than a couple of dollars! Especially if you are right next to the person.

A good thought...would you want to be treated the way you treat people?

Have a great day and a big smile! :-)

Note: This is only my opinion and probably only matters to me but I'm just saying! :-)

Stop It! I'm Just Saying!

Excuses Excuses!!! What a waste of time. Hmmm I would have if, or I could have if, or I can't... YES YOU CAN! So Stop It! Pick up that Paint Brush, Spatula, Needle and Thread, Tool Box, Hair Scissors.... whatever! If you can think it...you can do it! I never went to Art School (because it's just not that serious) but I do create Art the way it makes me feel good and hopefully others I share it with. I am still attending 'The School of Life'! And one thing I learned is that 'Life is Too Short...and Way Too Long... not to live it, enjoy it, accept it, appreciate it and give back! And time wasted whining and complaining about what is or isn't, is time wasted enjoying my life!

Today is a great day to start something new!

 

Mentally draw a picture of what your best day would look like with what you have to work with and put yourself in it! Make a promise to yourself to appreciate what you have to work with and just do it!

 

Ok enough ranting... which by the way was brought on by someome telling me they don't have a creative bone in their body! That always gets me going. LOL. Everyone has a creative bone and finding it isn't really that hard. Again, if you can think it, you can do it! I'm just saying....

 

Have a Great Day! :-)

Zenfully Happy (Corny but true!)

Have you decided you want to be chilled out yet? Don't you think at some point in life we all just have to stop, look and be at some semblance of peace? You do realize that doesn't come naturally right? Oh to be one of those people who was born perfect, no worries, no stresses, just life in happy mode. La la la. Well wake up!!! LOL.

There is one place you can be all of that, and you know it! Its in your own space. Only what you let in gets in. Only what you decide to be affected by is affected. I constantly rant about being happy and colorful and drama free and dang it, I'm serious! When we make that happen in our own space we can carry out into the universe. We can use it to reflect on the fact that at the end of this road, theres me and my peace.

My suggestion (because you know I have suggestions! :-) is to create your own version of a Zen Garden in your space where you can get lost for just a little while. A step away from what's out there to work on 'what's in here!'

This is my garden I created. I know I know, Zen Gardens are usually made with little boxes and sand. But this is my Sandbox. I call it 'New School Zen Garden!'

 

 





The thing that makes it Zen is it's my meditation spot. My piece of mine. I'm a Mixed Media Artist and color and movement excite me and this is my bit of that. Just as with a sand box and rocks I can move it around and have a different design everyday if I want. Sometimes I take pictures of it in various stages. Sometimes I just stare at it and let my mind go wander or sometimes I move it around for a new look, creating peace as I do. Your Zen Garden is your space to let your spirit play.  It's where you go to let your brain have a break. I actually visit this spot everyday and sometimes more, because it's in my bedroom. And it really does make a difference. Peace of mind is so necessary! I'm Just Saying!

The Black Hole!

Whew! Talk about getting stuck in a black hole! I was there. I swear it! I woke up one day and everything was different. No Job, Reality Biting me in the ass,  people showing theirs, hands not wanting to participate Artistically leaving me stranded and unable to create or blocked to creating. What the hell! Don't get me wrong, some of these things were inevitable some where manmade.

This is one of those I'm gonna put it out there posts because this is one of those I've been out there posts! And so have you, you know it! In one way or another most of us have felt what I consider 'The Wrath of the Universe'. Not the Nature Wrath because we know what that's about. The Wrath of Energy. People on all rungs of the ladder, from the bottom to the top (or wherever they believe they are because I believe we start in the middle and can go either up or down, sometimes by chance, sometimes by choice. Positive energy is a force when it's in full charge but when negative energy is out there, in the wind, circulating, perculating, it can be just as strong and unfortunately, even stronger!

It seems like the transition from 2012 to 2013 was bumpy at best for many of us. But...we made it through. And bumpy is a lot nicer than just plain raggedy. Hopefully lessons were learned and acted on. But if you're still here, you made it through. The next steps depend on which road you decide take. It's true, physically and mentally getting back on the path can be daunting, but it's also true that not getting back on the path can be damaging. Damaging to mentality, happiness, spirituality, creativity, life!

I'm gonna start my HAPPY NEW YEAR! right here! Keep your eyes open for new opportunities, new signs, new ways to look at it. Be appreciative to your own spirit and treat it with the respect it deserves. Have fun with it, nurture it, let it free to explore life as you want and need your life to be.
I still have no job, reality is still biting me in the ass and people are still showing theirs! LOL but I promised myself to stay strong, focused on the good stuff and open to all possibilities. YOU ARE NOT ALONE SKYWALKERS! YAAAAY LOL LOL Life Is Good!

The Creativity Bully

Life is a funny thing sometimes. And well if it wasn't... what would we have to laugh at LOL. Sometimes it's not so funny. And I'm gonna say a lot of that has to do with negative people and creativity smashers! Of course being a person that promotes the importance of keeping Art alive I have a sour spot for people who put down other Creative Spirits. Which is what this post is all about. The Creativity Bully.

So before you read this know that I started to put a disclaimer that I in no way mean to say that this type of bullying is in anyway compared to other types of bullying. Uh, Bullying in anyway shape or form is bad! Period! Mental bullying can alter a persons life, self esteem and energetic presence!

The other night I listened to a lady talk about being bullied by her own parents. They bullied her with words from the time she was small, telling her that she would never amount to anything, her Art was stupid, her ideas were stupid, her actions were stupid. Now being a person who has experienced the same as a young person I feel for her and understand. My end of the conversation was understanding but also pointed out that now it's her time and if she doesn't do what her heart leads her to do she's still being bullied. By her memories and herself.

Sometimes in the face of whatever life we have accepted we tend to forget that we actually have power. We have control over our own lives, unless we've given that power up. This lady is beautiful, creative and successful and yet couldn't bring herself to create the kind of Art she wanted to for being haunted (bullied) by memories from a long ago time by people who didn't or didn't want to understand. My words to her "They don't need to understand! You Do!  You are controlling which way you go with life and creativity." I even offered to share some of my Art supplies with her. "I'll think about it" she says.   My work there was done (because at that point I found myself almost begging her to be true to her spirit). But I did let her know that I'm here aytime she needs to talk, listen or share Artsy Fartsy stuff!

If you have the opportunity to inspire and motivate someone to live their Dreams, please do. It may seem like a really small thing to you but to that person that has no support in their Dreams it will mean the world.

I'm not saying this answer is the end all, of course it's not. There are lots of ways of bullying. And I'm against every single one of them. I'm only offering a little advice from experience.

Follow Your Dreams

Note: I was a bullied child, taking mental, verbal abuse and physical abuse until a Bully told me that as long as I accepted it was as long as I'd receive it. Taking control of your beliefs and Dreams is the beginning of the way out and the entrance to your own Journey! In reality no matter what we say or do there will always be people out there who are miserable and sad and negative and want other people to share in their funk. Don't give up the Funk!!! tee hee hee. Seriously, life is a gift. Why on earth shouldn't you be able to enjoy that gift and use that gift. Be strong and use your power! I'm just saying!

Step with Power

Lost In Thought...Intentionally!

I remember joking that I'd get so 'Lost In Thought I Couldn't Find My Way Out!' Well now I realize it's not only not a joke but I like it that way LOL sometimes. Okay the times when I can afford to be hanging out in La La Land. And the times when I can't are just another story and another blog and another day LOL.

Sometimes La La Land is the place you outta go, gotta go! Not La La like 'I don't know my name' but La La like 'Yaaay I can Dream In Color! I can see things other people can't! I can Dream up some funky stuff and make it do creative things! I can ignore Misery and friends Negativity, Boredom and Stupid' That kind of La La Land. Because the truth is, we all need a place we can go to find ourselves. And as you well know, sometimes we have to reach for the closest and most immediate.  Being able to visit that center of you that allows you to enjoy, create, laugh and live your life to the fullest in spite of obstacles that make block your path!

So write yourself a ticket and use it whenever you need to escape and rejuvenate. Whenever refreshing is not only an option but a must! When I go to La La Land I create some way out Art LOL. Sometimes goofy, sometimes thought provoking and maybe even a little strange sometimes, but always happy about it because I created it in my own La La Land.

Okay, so you read this and possibly thought "What in the Hell is this woman talking about!?" LOL You don't know???  I'm just saying...

The Comfort Zone

Today someone asked if Art is my Comfort Zone. Oddly I was surprised because the person has known me for years and I wondered how that could have not been apparent.  Art is my world, my center and my zen. It's my motive for most things I do. It's the reason I take crap from work and people sometimes tee hee (just being real). I guess yes, it is my Comfort Zone.  Recognizing that made it even more Comfortable. Realizing that it is who and what I am, and yes I did say that, out loud, makes it more comfortable.

So this is what Wikipedia says about the Comfort Zone
The comfort zone is a behavioural state within which a person operates in an anxiety-neutral condition, using a limited set of behaviours to deliver a steady level of performance, usually without a sense of risk A person's personality can be described by his or her comfort zones. Highly successful persons may routinely step outside their comfort zones, to accomplish what they wish. A comfort zone is a type of mental conditioning that causes a person to create and operate mental boundaries. Such boundaries create an unfounded sense of security. Like inertia, a person who has established a comfort zone in a particular axis of his or her life, will tend to stay within that zone without stepping outside of it. To step outside a comfort zone, a person must experiment with new and different behaviours, and then experience the new and different responses that then occur within their environment.  AND, THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION.

So what is your Creative Comfort Zone? What makes you so sure it's your Comfort Zone? The feelings? The way you operate in life? How do you operate outside of your Comfort Zone? Is life better in the Zone and exactly what the hek do you do in there?

For the most part, this post was me thinking out loud LOL. But it does make one think. I know my Comfort Zone and unfortunately I've become so spoiled and comfortable that when I am forced to step outside of it, me no like! I operate, but I don't think I like it LOL.

Living On The Edge of Art

I'm going to assume that as an Artist/Creative Person you have heard more than once that you really need to take care of yourself because as most people that are extremely passionate about what they do know, we tend to slip into the Creative Abyss when it comes to taking good care. And by good care I mean... Have you ever spent so much time doing what you love that you tend to over look a meal here and there and here again? Have you ever been so tied to what you were doing that you forgot important things like appointments, actions, obligations? Have you ever fallen asleep with a paintbrush in your hand, or your arms wrapped around your guitar? Ok truth, I fell asleep holding a glue gun! Yikes!
So the question is, how do you take care of yourself? How do you tell your Creative Brain that it's time to call it a rest? How much of your health have you sacraficed in the name of 'Creativity'? It's very easy to become isolated and stalled at a certain point on the Journey. Very easy! Sometimes Creativity serves as an escape, a release, a walk on the other side of the moon. 

The fact is, you are obligated to take care of yourself! Well if you don't, how will you continue to create, to share your good energy and beautiful creativity? Ok, I'm also speaking from experience and a constant re-lesson LOL. Too busy working for other people and focusing on making my dreams happen lead to what I thought was non stop allergies turning into Severe Sinus Infection, no joke. So right now as bad as I want to paint, I'm too tired from the meds and hoping I learned this lesson this time LOL. So look at it as a high priority appointment you have with yourself for at least a few minutes every day. Stop, Chill and Take care of your Spirit!  I'm just saying!

I'm Just Saying!

Well hello there! Welcome to my new Blog! I'm Just Saying! Because in reality... we're all Just Saying!

Have you ever felt like you were Dumpster Diving in your own life? Like pulling out stuff that should have been gone a long time ago but keeps surfacing because well...you keep dredging it up! Maybe a form of Mental Hoarding? Hmmm is that a condition? If you don't feel like that anymore, Congratulations! If you do, I feel you! Unfortunately thats a natural activity and it's possible most of the population does it. Part of it because of memories (the ones that overshadow the real deal) and part because of habit, the familiar. Like pulling up memories of an old and outdated relationship. Yeah there may have been good times but the outcome would indicate that there were also some uncessary times. Or old ways and habits. Old ideas. Whatever the case, lessons were learned and the road has been cleared for more :-) Life is good that way.

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Blogging is so many things to so many people. To me it's being able to share, mostly Art, but also life and the colorful creative stuff that comes with it. It's the ability to connect with people you may have never connected with before. It's a place to shine...or not. You can create a world, a group, a vibe, a thing. You can display your creative outpourings, get opinions or share opinions...and even though we all know what they say about opions (lol) sometimes there are actually people out there that value your opinion. I do. As long as it's not negative! :-) And that's where we are here! Just Saying...but with positivity, even sometimes in a roundabout way :-) So if you're just saying....about Life Lovingly, Colorfully, Happily and Creatively, feel free to Say it here! :-)

Have you ever heard someone (or me LOL) say 'He/She likes the sound of their own voice'? You know what..in the right context that's a good thing! We should like the sound of our own voices. How do you passionately share and reach without being moved yourself?

Positive Energy is a powerful thing. Say it out loud. Listen to yourself, over and over again. Then make it happen! I'M JUST SAYING!

What are you 'Just Saying' today?