by Kate | Nov 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
Welcome to Creativity Cookies, your monthly invitation to creative action! The BIG IDEA this month, is: I am working with the kind promise, “I will love without keeping score.” When it comes to art and creative activity, I easily fall into keeping score as I compare...
by Kate | Nov 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
Kind promise: I will love without keeping score Love blooms when it is given time and space. It’s so easy, in our culture, to think we should be about getting things done. We move from one oxytocin rush to another: read this email! Look at this post! Check this...
by Kate | Nov 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
Kind Promise: I will love without keeping score. I enter this new month wondering what I will learn about love. Today, I painted for the first time in a while. I reminded myself: prime the space, charge the brush, make a mark. When I first sit down to paint, I moisten...
by Kate | Oct 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
Kind Promise: I will appreciate blessings. Every day. I practice two shifts of blessings. I am inspired by Buddhist metta loving kindness meditation. First thing in the morning, I begin by lying in bed thinking: May I be safe. May I be strong. May I live with joy. May...
by Kate | Oct 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
As I go through my day, I watch for moments when the corners of my mouth turn up and my heart lifts. I note these moments of delight in my journal and consider their patterns here. I encourage you to be on the lookout for your Delight of the Day. I discovered a new...
by Kate | Oct 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
Kind promise: I will appreciate blessings. When I ask myself, “what do I want to learn about gratitude?” the answer is immediate: “I want to dwell there.” Now and then, I touch that space. The heavens arch high above me. My heart opens wide. I feel like my glow may be...
