by Danny | Mar 15, 2010 | books, Inspiration, quotes
“As artists, we must learn to try. We must learn to act affirmatively. We must learn to act as though spring is at hand – because it is. We are the spring that we are waiting for. Wherever creativity is afoot, so is a blossoming. All creative acts are acts of...
by Danny | Nov 10, 2008 | motherhood, quotes
I have been feeling rather lost lately – my mind scattered by the unpredictable rhythms of new motherhood and the attempt to pursue (perhaps too much of) what I did before I had a baby. Today I found myself a quiet moment under our apple tree, on a blanket with my...
by Danny | Jul 22, 2008 | Inspiration, Mapping the Body, quotes
Poet and painter Kirsten Rian has a wonderful practice of emailing a poem to her friends every Monday. This is one she recently sent me – it took my breath away. Blink by Morton Marcus You’ve got to love life so much that you don’t want tomiss a moment of it,...
by Danny | Jan 13, 2008 | Charles Hobson, Inspiration, quotes
“The notion of a curious, wistful man walking the city and turning up treasure in debris, seeing the transcendent in the forgotten, the discarded, the mundane – such a notion is intrinsically hopeful.” – Leah Hager Cohen This morning while flipping throught the Sunday...
by Danny | Jan 3, 2008 | Evocations, quotes
“In fact, the ability to start out upon your own impulses is fundamental to the gift of keeping going upon your own terms, not to mention the further and more fulfilling gift of getting started all over again – never resting upon the oars of success or in the doldrums...
by Danny | Dec 13, 2007 | art and healing, books, Creative Process, Inspiration, quotes
One of my favorite parts of the holidays is gift giving – thinking about each person, brainstorming gift ideas for them, making or acquiring the gift, and then wrapping it in colorful paper and ribbons. There is creative thinking and some handiwork involved that is...
