Upon my trauma, my ministry is being built.
Upon this I ponder: the two Soul-Sicknesses of our Times
I originally started writing my blog to talk about art, spirituality, and the intersection between the two. A year ago, I was dismissed from a church job that I held for about over 14 years. I stopped writing about hard things and all things spiritual. I started focusing on creativity and connecting with writers. I’m ready to write about hard things again. It’s time. Good friends of mine are hurting. I am hurting. We have to speak out when bad things happen, and it’s time for me to heal. In this blog series, I will turn to things that hurt – racism, narcissism, and more. I will rant, but know I’m also praying and healing and loving.
Being a Black Man in White Spaces
I originally started writing my blog to talk about art, spirituality, and the intersection between the two. A year ago, I was dismissed from a church job that I held for about over 14 years. I stopped writing about hard things and all things spiritual. I started focusing on creativity and connecting with writers. I’m ready to write about hard things again. It’s time. Good friends of mine are hurting. I am hurting. We have to speak out when bad things happen, and it’s time for me to heal. In this blog series, I will turn to things that hurt – racism, narcissism, and more. I will rant, but know I’m also praying and healing and loving.
Five Lessons I Learned from Taking a Week Off – TO CREATE Art!
Last week – I took a week off to create art, learn new skills, and mostly play, play, play with paper and paint. In this blog post I reflect on the 5 days I played, and the main lesson I learned each day.
Artists Chat “The Eyes are the Soul” with artist Amanda Blanchard
“Meet Amy Kathleen Ryan, a young adult fiction writer.
Artists Chat “On Writing and Inspiration” with author Amy Kathleen Ryan
“Meet Amy Kathleen Ryan, a young adult fiction writer.
From the inbox: “The ABC’s of Jumpstarting your Battery of Creativity, part 2”
Today’s “From the inbox” we continue our discussion on jumpstarting your creativity.
Artists Chat “Intuitive Painting” with Bradley Tyler Wilson
“Meet Bradley Tyler Wilson, painter, artist, teacher. Bradley’s Fearless Painting class transformed my life and understanding of myself as artist in the summer 2017. We haven’t talked since then, so it was exciting to reconnect, catch up, and talk about art making.
Artists Chat “Talking with Toshwa Alexander”
Welcome to my newest blog series “Artists Chat” where I sit down with various artists in different fields. We talk about art, creativity, and all those things in between. Feel free to contact me if you are an artist and wish to be interviewed as part of this series. Meet Toshwa Alexander, musician, artist and founder of 7DayOnes.
From the inbox: “The ABC’s of Jumpstarting your Battery of Creativity”
Today’s “From the inbox” discusses how you can jumpstart your creativity!
From the inbox: “Breaking Free from Imposter Syndrome”
Today’s “From the inbox” discusses imposter syndrome that a lot of artist’s experience. Advice for breaking through Imposter Syndrome and claiming the identity of “artist”.
From the inbox: “INSPIRE: 7 Strategies for Discovering your Unique, Creative Voice”
Today’s “From the inbox” gives suggestions, tips, practices for helping an artist find their unique, visual voice. 7 strategies to find your unique, visual voice.
From the inbox: “I don’t show anyone my art.”
Today’s “From the inbox” responds to a shy artist who doesn’t show their art work to anyone, and asks for advice on how to get over the fear.
From the inbox: “Why is your art so weird?”
Today’s “From the inbox” responds to a critic asking “Why is your art so weird?” and “can you really call that art?”
From the inbox: “Help. I hate my art. What do I do?”
“From the Inbox” is a new regular column answering reader questions about art, finding voice, building confidence, and whatever else may be on the artist’s mind.
Becoming “Braver and Bolder”
Time for truth: I have a closet full of “bad art” – art I’ve created over the years – art […]
“Planting the Seeds: A Conclusion…for now anyway….
In this blog post, I wrap up my planting the seeds blog series, touch on new vision and new journey and invite y’all to continue to journey with me. Peace and blessings….
“Planting the Seeds of Hope, part 2: Cultivating Collaborative Friendships”
In this blog post, I move from pondering hope to creating space for collaborative conversations to foster change and bring people together into community.
“Planting the Seeds of Hope, part 1: Let’s dream – dear ones – let’s dream!”
In this blog post, I ponder hope. Is it all a dream? If so, how do we dream it into reality when life seems so bleak these days?
Planting the Seeds of Love, part 3: “Being Deep Spirited Friends”
In this blog post, I affirm that I am still here. That I will continue to plant the seeds, and tend to the garden. I express gratitude for deep spirited friends. That we are resilient, in spite of our grief.
“Planting the Seeds of Love, part 2: Grounding, not Grumbling”
In this blog post, I think about how this time of quarantine has helped me in becoming a spiritually grounded person and achieve new synergy in my work life balance. I also hope sharing will provide some hope for those in need.