Beautiful Gifts to Discover the Sacred
Posted On Dec 7 2016Consider giving the print versions of these books at the holiday. Drawing the Sacred: Communing with the Sacred through Drawing – An Illustrated Journey Paper Back Version Kindle version Sketching, Poetry, and the Sacred Present Moment: A Magically Potent Way to Savor Your Life Paper Back Version Kindle version They’re pretty and fun. More, these books can connect people to the Sacred. What better for the holy days? One or both of these books may be a perfect fit for someone you love. Blessings of the season, William P.S. Watch for my gift to you in the next few days …
Taking Care of People
Posted On Dec 1 2016Here’s a complete list of charities for you to consider in this season. These aim at the areas that may fall on hard times with the new president. This list comes from a favorite writer of mine, Leonard Pitts. Planned Parenthood (plannedparenthood.org); The Center For Reproductive Rights (reproductiverights.org); the Natural Resources Defense Council (nrdc.org); the International Refugee Assistance Project (refugeerights.org), the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (naacpldf.org); the Trevor Project for LGBTQ youth (thetrevorproject.org) the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (maldef.org). I’d also add The Southern Poverty Law Center (https://www.splcenter.org/) and the American Civil Liberties Union (aclu.org). Here’s the …
There but for the grace of god go I
Posted On Nov 29 2016The election of Donald Trump has disturbed people clearly. Some are delighted, of course. My question for myself and for you is how can you find grace in this? (See recent post Another Effing Opportunity to Grow.) I want to stay sane. I want to be kind. If I allow my judgmental voices or my holier than thou inner beings, my holier than Trump voters voices to take over, I suffer. Can you get that? My Quaker mother told me that there is that of Christ in everyone. Even at age 8, I could absorb that notion. It was self-evident. …
Another Effing Opportunity to Grow
Posted On Nov 11 2016The election the USA has just gone through provides you with another effing opportunity to grow. To start with, you get to study the grief cycle from the inside. So I notice, I spend time in DENIAL. Shock, stunned, and numb are other ways to describe this state. ANGER – I find everything irritates me. Blame is a subset of anger. I blame all sorts of thing for the election results. None of it needs to be based in fact, by the way. I am upset disproportionately to the stimulus. Sasha put the plastic spatula in the dishwasher – grrrr. …
Holy Days Heart – Free Book Giveaway Tomorrow
Posted On Nov 11 2016Every year about this time, I giveaway my book Altar Making: An Active Meditation for Healing Your Heart and for Deepening Spiritual Meaning in Your Life. As the titles says – Reading it can help heal your heart and deepen spiritual meaning in your life. Multiple friends, masters in their own ways, contributed wonderful chapters. Pick a chapter. Be happy. It’s available free November 12, 2016 – midnight November 16th, 2016 PST… Go for it => Altar Making: An Active Meditation for Healing Your Heart and for Deepening Spiritual Meaning in Your Life. Be happy, wild, and free, William
Comforting Thoughts and Ideas on What to Do Next
Posted On Nov 9 2016This came to me this morning the morning after Trump’s victory. I found it comforting and it helped me to reboot. Wayne Muller wrote it and he has been one of the inspiring voices in my heart for years. A Time for Planting (Written before learning the final results of the U.S. Presidential Election.) For everything there is a season, And a time for every matter under heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what has been planted; A time to kill, and a time to …
Winter Is Coming – Get a Neck Gator
Posted On Nov 3 2016Every spring, I urge people to go outside and exercise. As a holistic therapist, that’s my job. Next, I tell them, even while spring explodes, October is coming. Winter is coming. Get your mind right, do not be lulled into lassitude by the lovely weather, prepare. The acupuncturists and my Taiji teacher have this aphorism – “Keep the vile and pernicious winds from your neck.” If I can keep my neck warm, I’m a happy guy. I think I could go out in the cold rain in a tee shirt if my neck was warm. Welcome to the neck gaiter. …
Walking Prayers — Art and Poetry Celebrates Women
Posted On Oct 17 2016AMEN and Hallelujah for strong women. I’ve been wondering if I should or how I should respond to Mr. trump and all the men who have turned a blind eye or ear to his behavior for decades. This is it. A beloved and wise client sent me this. Be Happy, Wild, & Free, Dear One. I Love You William P.S. In this election cycle it would be obviously useful to pass this on.
This Is O Rated for Older
Posted On Oct 13 2016This will mean nothing to you if you haven’t reached a certain age. O for Older people. A client asked me for some tips on surrendering in the middle of facing scary medical challenges. I shared a very simple idea that has given me great comfort. Dear Athena, My favorite way to surrender at our age is to recall this instruction – “Relax, you’re going to die.” I love this. Clearly, we’re going to die. We don’t know when, so we can relax. It will happen and it will happen the way it happens. We can’t get it wrong. …
Why Worry? Read this tip here.
Posted On Oct 6 2016You may know that I’m a recovering worrywart. I’m fairly far along in my recovery. But I find that avoiding news coverage of things I cannot change, helps. This US election cycle has grabbed me though. I worry. It’s not good. Besides casting my vote for the candidate of my choice, and urging others to do the same, I’m powerless. In my morning meditation, this came to mind, a set of scenes from the excellent film – Bridge of Spies. I share this clip with you. I share this clip with you. Keep breathing. May you be happy, wild, and …
The Best News You Don’t Know
Posted On Sep 29 2016We just finished the first presidential debate for 2016 election. Did you watch? I have recommended for years that people quit watching the news, reading it on-line, or getting it through social media. Why? Because it scares you. Fear drops you into fight-flight-paralysis. And pretty much universally stops you from acting on the information your watching, making you impotent and hopeless. The other reason, is that you rarely hear any good news on those outlets. Good news just doesn’t photograph as dramatically as another shooting or shouting match. Nicholas Kristof wrote a piece in the Sept. 22, 2016 N. Y. …
“Who Loves Nature?”
Posted On Sep 22 2016On the first day of the wildlife ecology class, the professor always asks her students, “Who loves nature? Raise your hand.” Predictably, every hand goes up. She continues, “OK. Now raise your hand if you think Nature loves you.” Not a hand goes up. “Then, we have a problem.” She concludes. If you don’t think, the love and caring is reciprocal, then what’s the point. Or if you don’t think Nature is conscious, then you can’t be in relationship. Life is relationships. If you remain in shame over human’s treatment of nature and feel unworthy to be loved, what hope …
Learn about Fear
Posted On Sep 8 2016A friend wrote saying, “I’m freaking out about not having enough money. Lots of clients recently have experienced similar fears. My response might be useful for you. Dear Friend, We all need to find a strategy or strategies to handle fear. Your current freak out about money raises the point. What I tell clients is that the minute you know you’re scared, notice that you’re freaking out, you’re 90% home free. Until then, you’re just driven and possessed by it. The recent construction downstairs below my office put me into fight-flight that I’m still digging out of. I’m not scared …
What You Really Want…
Posted On Aug 30 2016What you really want… … well, maybe not what you want but what I really want. Our daughter, Sasha, says it works for her. Maybe you, too. I’m working on a post for you that will explain all, and I wanted you to have this web page goodie now. http://bodyandsoulmentor.net/iloveyou.html My dear Suzanne and I use it as our home page on our browsers. You can tell your browsers to use it too, or just view it from time to time. Naturally, you can play with it anyway you want. I did the painting for Suzanne’s birthday back in 2008 …
Celtic Seasons
Posted On Jul 28 2016A better way to imagine the seasons can deepen your connection to home. In the USA, we mark the beginning of the seasons with the equinoxes and the solstices. The Celts looked with a different eye. They looked at light. The equinoxes of March 21st and September 21st mark the time when the days and the nights are of equal length. And the solstices mark the longest day of the year in summer or the longest night of the year in winter. Find the halfway point between these events and you find the true beginning of the seasons. August 1st …
Seasons of Home
Posted On Jul 14 2016I read that the Japanese have 22 seasons. I don’t care if it’s true – I adopted it. I suggest you do as well. Not 22 seasons, but look into your heart and see what seasonal elements touch you. It’s a way to recover and feel into places you love. For example: You may be familiar with the poignantly brief Cherry Blossom Time and how the Japanese celebrate it. Every day I walk through beautiful places. As I write this, I am enjoying Dogwood season. As I walk by the lavenders in Lavender season, I caress the flowers to leave …
Mysterious Madam Ling
Posted On Jul 3 2016After I named my studio, Suzanne felt she wanted to get in on a good thing. (See post.) Since I named by studio the Chuckling Ferret Studio, Suzanne played with words, swirled them around and Chuckling became a guy – Chuck Ling, hence Chuck Ling Ferret Studio. And since she is married to my nom de studio self, she felt that necessarily she became Mrs. Ling. Further word play led to Madam Ling, then to The Mysterious Madam Ling. Now, it needed a favorite critter, marmot won the prize. Finally, she has The Mysterious Madam Ling’s Marmot Studio. Play is …
Chuck Ling Ferret Studio
Posted On Jun 28 2016“What’s the name of your studio?” I gently inquire. “Huh?” you wonder. “What’s the name of your studio? What do you call the place where you do your creative work? “You do have a place to do art and to work on creative projects don’t you?” If you want to build your right brain, and I assure you that you do, then you need to have a studio. It needn’t be more than a flat surface in the corner of a room stocked with cool pens where you can doodle. But setting aside space gives this aspect of your life …
Nature Rx
Posted On Jun 9 2016Enjoy these two fun videos. They’re tongue-in-cheek spoofs of the omnipresent pharmaceutical ads on TV. Spoofs they are, but they advertise a real benefit that research incontrovertibly supports. That’s cool but more importantly – your common sense will recognize the truth. Fact: Nature heals you. Just like medicine, only better. : ) My New Book in Progress I’m writing a book with the working title – Finding Home – How the Love of Place Restores You. I’ll tell you more about this cool book in later posts. Note the on-screen text that zips by in these videos for more humor. …
Enjoy Postcards from Heaven
Posted On Jun 7 2016I have started to play with Instagram as a way to deepen and share my connection to the Sacred Ordinary, Heaven in your back yard. As you know from my art books, I use drawing and sketching as a way to profoundly sweeten those connections. My Instagram account will show my sketches and photos I take on my daily walks in beauty. I aim to inspire you to find magic on you daily journey. It’s all about finding places you love, and appreciating the joy of the everyday wonders. I hope for you and for me that we can use …
What’s the Sound Track of Home?
Posted On Jun 1 2016As I walked through the woods around my brother, John’s, house on Cape Cod, I listened to the sounds of home. I heard Blue Jays, Robins, Cardinals, and Mourning Doves. His woods are populated by many more birds, but those stuck out. Whenever I stepped outside the house where I grew up in northern Ohio, I heard those songs and calls. They formed the sound track for home. My sound track for home now is quite different. Love of place will always have a sound track. When I was growing up, I didn’t know I had a sound track, but …
Deepen Your Topophilia – Find Heaven
Posted On May 12 2016Deepen Your Topophilia & Find Heaven I love this small park, really, just this small section of the small park by the lake. I know the crows who visit, the squirrels that hop and zip, the robins singing and hunting, the sound of the waves gently lapping or crashing in winter storms, the low clouds zooming north along the lake, the sunrise peaking over the Cascades, the beaver chewed trees, the beavers passing through, the transcendent chirping of the widgeons, the honking I hear long before the Canada geese land, rippling through the water. I’ve watched the eagle spook the raft …
Get Good Answers, Fast – Read Books for Children
Posted On Apr 20 2016Get Good Answers, Fast – Read Books for Children I’m working on my new book titled – I Know I’m Crazy. Naturally, I will show ways for you to not be crazy and how to be enlightened, at least for moments. I have observed that people make up painful stories that hold little truth. Even though the stories aren’t true, their bodies and minds and behavior all respond as if the stories were fact. Quick examples of painful stories – “I can’t do anything right.” “I’m such a failure.” “Nobody will ever love me.” “I have such ugly darkness in …
Get Good Answers, Fast – Read Books for Children
Posted On Apr 20 2016I’m working on my new book titled – I Know I’m Crazy. Naturally, I will show ways for you to not be crazy and how to be enlightened, at least for moments. I have observed that people make up painful stories that hold little truth. Even though the stories aren’t true, their bodies and minds and behavior all respond as if the stories were fact. Quick examples of painful stories – “I can’t do anything right.” “I’m such a failure.” “Nobody will ever love me.” “I have such ugly darkness in me.” Yikes. Worry My craziness often takes the form …
A Quintessential Seattle Sight
Posted On Apr 14 2016A Quintessential Seattle Sight On my morning constitutional, I saw this heron standing on a post with the Space Needle in the background across Elliot Bay. Fun for me to see and draw – Iconic Seattle. In my book, Color the Sky Yellow: Creative Magic, Playful Art for Your Inner Child, I talk about making your own coloring book by inking in some outlines and then coloring in the rest of the image any way you want. You can see I did just that here. Besides showing you a pretty picture, I want to point out that I colored it …
Can’t Get Back to Sleep?
Posted On Apr 5 2016Can’t Get Back to Sleep? I rewrote, added to, fine tuned Foolproof Relaxation to make a more useful book for you – Quiet Your Fear & Get Back to Sleep: Relax, Sleep Better, and Be at Ease Anytime, Anywhere You Want. Here’s a scenario – Three AM and the demons of worry are here. “Groan!” Toss and turn. Get up. Use the bathroom. Get a drink of water. Back in bed, the fears wait for you. Still no sleep. Thoughts racing and repeating… What to do? Obviously, you use the methods you will learn in this book, Quiet Your Fear …
Sabbatical Log
Posted On Mar 11 2016Sabbatical Log People wonder what I do on my many sabbaticals. Here’s what I did over the first two weeks in March. First, what is a sabbatical? Sabbatical relates to Sabbath which in turn means rest. The Sabbath and Sabbaticals set time aside so people can enjoy themselves and explore their connection to God. For me, it’s about a period of time to connect to the Sacred more deeply. This doesn’t mean a time of solemn fasting and deprivation, but a time of joy and play. Typically, I spend more time outdoors. As you may know, my most recent book, …
The Winner Is …
Posted On Mar 4 2016The Winner Is You may have voted on which would be the best book cover. Although I liked them both, this won. Get the book now – Color the Sky Yellow: Creative Magic, Playful Art for Your Inner Child And … As the title implies, using the easy ideas in the book, you can create more fun and happiness in your life. You can connect more deeply to those things you love. And most importantly for me, you can stop your chattering mind that keeps making up painful stories of fear and shame. Go for it => Color the Sky …
Book Giveaway — Color the Sky Yellow
Posted On Feb 22 2016Book Giveaway – Color the Sky Yellow In case you missed the giveaway of Color the Sky Yellow: Creative Magic, Playful Art for Your Inner Child last Saturday, you can get it at no cost starting February 23rd and ending February 26 midnight PST. Go for it, have fun => Color the Sky Yellow Vote If you didn’t vote for the book cover, please do. Go on over to the recent post and vote. I like them both. May you walk in beauty, William
Judge this Book Cover, Please
Posted On Feb 16 2016Don’t judge a book by its cover? We do judge books by their covers all the time. Please, help me pick a good one. But first – Color the Sky Yellow: Creative Magic, Playful Art for Your Inner Child will be my forth book on art. This one focuses on having fun. Here’s Why When you make art, you engage a superb form of mindfulness meditation, which returns you to the Sacred present moment. You reap the same benefits of any enlightened meditation practice. – Willendorf. Living a life you love wholeheartedly means living creatively. No-one can give you this …
Review My New Book
Posted On Feb 14 2016I Want Your Help. Please Review My New Book I’ve just published my newest book on Amazon – Color the Sky Yellow: Creative Magic, Playful Art for Your Inner Child. I think you’ll like it. Like most of my other books, this one helps people become enlightened. Naturally, I want to live in a world where people are enlightened vs. a world dominated by fear and fear mongers. I want you to feel more enlightened and happier in your daily life. This book can help. To get Color the Sky Yellow into the most hands, I need Amazon reviews. The …
Big Magic
Posted On Jan 12 2016Big Magic I tried to read massive bestseller, Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. I didn’t get very far. So unless my friend, TA, hadn’t passionately recommended Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth G, I would have missed it. Further, TA recommended I listen to it as an audio book because Liz reads it. It feels like an encouraging conversation with an intimate friend especially if she talks directly into your ears through ear buds. I have recommend Big Magic to many clients, my daughters, and Suzanne. I’m on my second time through. First, the book is for …
Beautiful Gifts to Discover the Sacred
Posted On Dec 19 2015Beautiful Gifts to Discover the Sacred Consider giving the print versions of these books at the holiday. Drawing the Sacred: Communing with the Sacred through Drawing – An Illustrated Journey Paper Back Version Kindle version Sketching, Poetry, and the Sacred Present Moment: A Magically Potent Way to Savor Your Life Paper Back Version Kindle version They’re pretty and fun. More, these books can connect people to the Sacred. What better for the holydays? One or both of these books may be a perfect fit for someone you love. Blessings of the season, William
Book Giveaway – Make Your Holidays Holy
Posted On Dec 18 2015Book Giveaway You can have a free copy of Altar Making: An Active Meditation for Healing Your Heart and for Deepening Spiritual Meaning in Your Life by going here. You will find this book Quite useful for making the holidays more Holy. Enjoy it. Pass it on. Book is available for free starting Dec. 19th ending at midnight on Dec. 22, 2015 Go for it => Altar Making: An Active Meditation for Healing Your Heart and for Deepening Spiritual Meaning in Your Life May you walk in beauty, William P.S. Can I ask a quick favor. If you enjoyed this …
Honest Fat Loss and Strength Training
Posted On Nov 5 2015Honest, Healthy Fat Loss and Strength Training I have been working with fat loss and weight control for decades. And I have worked with fitness even longer. I have coached people in those areas as well. Mostly, I have referred people to great resources – books, healers, and coaches. Now, I send people here – Metabolic Effect. My doctor, Amy Hobson, went to school with Jade and Keoni Teta and suggested that I work with them. I have been following their fitness and eating suggestions ever since. And referred clients to their book. (Read my experience with the Slim Jim …
Slim Jim Diet – Honest Fat Loss
Posted On Oct 29 2015Slim Jim Diet My body and I gain weight, add fat really easily. I am sensitive to carbohydrates. Very. And I eat emotionally sometimes. This makes for a tough combination if I want to maintain my high school weight. When I travel, I get fatter. I visited the beloved Lesley in Santa Fe. She cooks beautifully. I eat. I gain 5 pounds that trip. I visit Sasha, our youngest daughter at Washington State University, we eat in good restaurants. I gain another 5 pounds. Do more of what works and less of what doesn’t. What I’m doing doesn’t work. Try …
Book Giveaway This Month
Posted On Oct 2 2015Book Giveaway This Month I’m playing with the idea of giving two books away each month. They will be available on the first two weekends of the month and the third Saturday. Amazon lets me give books away on 5 days. The first one each month will be a bestseller. The second, one of my lesser known books. This month, October, 2015, you can get and enjoy these two – Altar Making: An Active Meditation for Healing Your Heart and for Deepening Spiritual Meaning in Your Life Get Well, Be Well, Stay Well: How to Prevent and Treat Colds and …
Book Giveaway This Month
Posted On Sep 3 2015Book Giveaway This Month I’m playing with the idea of giving two books away each month. They will be available on the first two weekends of the month and the third Saturday. Amazon lets me give books away on 5 days. The first one each month will be a bestseller. The second, one of my lesser known books. This month, September, 2015, you can get and enjoy these two – Simply Serene: How to Calm Down, Reduce Stress, Deal with Stress, and Be Instantly Alert and at Peace Foolproof Relaxation: How to Relax Your Mind Anytime, Anywhere Consider writing a …
Drawing Cures Worry
Posted On Jul 30 2015Today’s Oracle My software angels choose this oracle quote for you today: 182) Everybody asks me what I’m think about when I’m dropping in. You don’t hear anything. You don’t think anything. It just naturally happens. – Shaun White, Olympic Gold Medal Snowboarder You can use my Potent Quotes Oracle page whenever you need help. Hold a question in your heart, and see what quote comes up for you when you scroll down. Get the Wizard’s Handbook on Oracle Creation and have fun with oracles. Drawing Cures Worry I am a recovering worrywart. Currently, I worry about my daughter, Zoe, who’s selling her …
Book Giveaway – Summer Fun
Posted On Jul 29 2015Book Giveaway – Summer Fun Starting Saturday, August 1st, 2015 at 12:01 AM Pacific time and ending midnight on Sunday August 2nd I’ll be giving you the free Kindle version of Sketching, Poetry, and the Sacred Present Moment: A Magically Potent Way To Savor Your Life. Why, because summer is a great time to start sketching? Why? Because you like to get outdoors, and sketching connects you to Nature and the Sacred in magical ways, sketching provides a wonderful channel to happiness. Enjoy this excerpt from the book – How Does Sketching and Writing Poetry Help You? You …
Happy Relationships – Free Book
Posted On Jul 17 2015Happy Relationships – Free Book Starting 12:01 tomorrow, Saturday July 18, 2015 I will be giving away my Kindle book — Amazingly Content: How to Be in Love with All You See & Hear, And Be in Harmony with Family, Friends & Work Offer ends midnight Sunday, the 19th… Take advantage of this opportunity to make all your relationships more peaceful and happy. I use this simple science of reconciliation daily. It’s easy and fast. Joe Vitale introduced me to this Hawaiian method of Ho’oponopono by telling an amazing story that took place on a mental ward for the criminally …
Book Giveaway – Cool Summer Fun
Posted On Jul 10 2015Book Giveaway – Cool Summer Fun When: Book giveaway starts July 11, 2015 at 12:01 PDT. Ends Midnight July 14, 2015. What: Drawing the Sacred: Communing with the Sacred through Drawing – An Illustrated Journey Why Take Advantage of the Book Giveaway? ‘Cause it’s summer and drawing is a cool way to spend your time outdoors connecting with the Sacred. And, certainly, drawing or sketching can be one of the best and fastest ways to make love to the present moment. Clearly, that will connect you with Heaven. Go for it => Drawing the Sacred: Communing with the Sacred …
This Tweak Works to Lower Stress
Posted On Jul 2 2015Today’s Oracle My software angels choose this oracle quote for you today: 53) Until one is committed there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation) there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favour all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man …
What’s It Take to Live a Life You Love Wholeheartedly – Body and Soul?
Posted On Jun 2 2015What’s It Take to Live a Life You Love Wholeheartedly – Body and Soul? Here’s the big life question: What’s It Take to Live a Life You Love Wholeheartedly – Body and Soul? Have you ever wanted your life to run more smoothly? Have you ever felt you were missing an easier, more effective way to navigate life? Have you ever wished for help in figuring out your life? Clearly, my life coaching clients over the past 40 years have wanted to figure out their lives. You want to figure out your life; I want it, too. The fact that …
Easy Fitness Method?
Posted On Apr 11 2015Today’s Oracle My software angels choose this oracle quote for you today: 378) Indeed, the very act of “seeing the paradox” is at the crux of creative thinking – the ability to entertain two different, often contradictory, notions at the same time. – Roger von Oech You can use my Potent Quotes Oracle page whenever you need help. Hold a question in your heart, and see what quote comes up for you when you scroll down. Get the Wizard’s Handbook on Oracle Creation and have fun with oracles. Easy Fitness Method? Interval training works to produce functional fitness, powerfully, and relatively easily. …
For Seattle people – strength training
Posted On Apr 2 2015I’m selling my PowerBlock Dumbbell set 5-90# Email me if you’re interested. PowerBlocks are amazing. Changing weights is fast and easy. You can go from a five pound dumbbell to a 90# one in 5# increments. The higher weights makes it practical for dead lifts. Has weight range from 5-90 lbs Replaces 28 pairs of dumbbells or 2565 lbs of free weights Expandable to 130 lbs You save money in buying locally. New set costs $557 + 89 for shipping + Tax. For more information on PowerBlocks => http://www.powerblock.com/prod_homeuse_elite5-90.php Walk in beauty, William
Wordlessness & Oneness – Heaven
Posted On Mar 11 2015Today’s Oracle My software angels choose this oracle quote for you today: 411) The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our disposition and not our circumstances. – Martha Washington You can use my Potent Quotes Oracle page whenever you need help. Hold a question in your heart, and see what quote comes up for you when you scroll down. Get the Wizard’s Handbook on Oracle Creation and have fun with oracles. Wordless Oneness – Heaven “Can it be that simple?” “Simpler…” she said, “it’s your native state after all. You were born to spend most of your time …
Starved for Color? Feast on More Color
Posted On Feb 11 2015Starved for Color? Feast on More Color Winter serves up gray and dark in the northern latitudes. I find I get starved for color and my attitude goes dark. The solution? Easy, consume more color. Nay, feast on color. The last three winters, I have gotten a cold. One of the causes may be not consuming enough color. If you live in the gray darkness, you know. Enough suffering. To be happy, healthy and energetically creative, you might try feasting on color. Fun Ways to Get More Color Take field trips. Art museums and galleries. Conservatories. The Volunteer Park Conservatory …
Your Sketch Is Precious
Posted On Feb 1 2015Your Sketch Is Precious Let me tell you a story. You may know that my dad was a premier art museum director. I grew up in a home with masterpieces everywhere, and the museum, which was Dad’s second home, displayed some of the world’s best art. My mom sketched. She did it for love and never thought much of her skills. Dad framed a small piece of hers. Just one. As they aged, they moved to smaller homes, selling off art on the way. Mom’s sketch made with colored markers remained even into the last and smallest apartment Dad lived …
Sketching & Poetry Kindle Book Giveaway – Now
Posted On Jan 31 2015Sketching & Poetry Kindle Book Giveaway – Now On January 31, 2015, I will commence a giveaway of the Kindle version of my well loved book, Sketching, Poetry, and the Sacred Present Moment: A Magically Potent Way To Savor Your Life Print Version Kindle version. Offer ends February 4th, 2015 midnight Seattle time. Sketching can bring you quickly and easily into your right brain. And by now, you know that’s where you want to be if you want to be connected to the Sacred. If you want to feel peaceful, happy, joyous. And as the title says, “A Magically …
Stay Healthy During Flu Season
Posted On Jan 7 2015Stay Healthy During Flu Season You can stay healthy during flu season. Just attend to a few simple ideas. Really. “Blaming disease on germs is like blaming stagnant water on mosquitoes.” This simple notion forms the basis of staying well. The prescription? Don’t get stagnant. Get your juices moving. Get Your Juices Moving This can be quite literal. Where are your juices? You recall the counterintuitive notion that your body is mostly made up of water. The water resides in three places – You cells Your blood And the little known lymphatic vessels and the interstitial fluid. Interstitial fluid makes …
Urban Sketching as Path to Oneness
Posted On Dec 17 2014Urban Sketching as Path to Oneness Can you find the Sacred even in the city? Finding the Sacred in Nature can almost be automatic. The study of awe tells us that when people are confronted by stunning beauty in nature, they go into awe. Their inner chatter quiets. Connection and reverence for all of Life arises. Just as sketching in Nature can feed your soul, urban sketching can be a wonderful way to connect to the Sacred everywhere. Gabriel Campanario, a sketch artist for the Seattle Times, put the term Urban Sketching on the map. I like it. I invite …
The Pleasure of Making an Altar
Posted On Dec 12 2014The Pleasure of Making an Altar Building an altar can be simple, easy, and playful. And in this case, communal. And sometimes, rule breaking. “Dad, a jade plant is not a Christmas tree,” she said. “I beg to differ. Jade’s sprit works for me.” The stuffed mouse was added by Suzanne. The photo has been moved by several people. What you can’t tell is that it is an image of an opened mouth, whistling marmot. One of my totemic creatures. He was at the birth of Christ. It’s documented. This altar clearly has roots in my Christian heritage. Make ones …
A Fun Way to Honor Your Art or Your Child’s Art
Posted On Dec 11 2014A Fun Way to Honor Your Art or Your Child’s Art Finally. I have decided I need a tablet computer, one with a keyboard. Need. Right. It’s a toy that might have some delightful uses that I can use to justify my purchase. By the way, I still don’t own a cell phone. The ASUS Transformer I settled on comes in Gray or gray. But that can be fixed with a laptop skin, a protective material that adheres to its surface making it pretty. My daughter Sasha introduced me to skins at Nuvango.com. They ask artists to create images for …
Kindle Book Giveaway – Altar Making for Happiness
Posted On Dec 4 2014Can Making Your Own Altars and Shrines Make You Happier This Holiday Season? Like you maybe, I suffer during the holidays. I did until I stumbled onto making altars. One snowy Christmas at my parents home in northern Ohio, an inspiration grabbed me – create a mobile with origami cranes made from this beautiful red wrapping paper and found twigs… Hang it in the stairwell. Make it Big. I did. It took hours to create, happy hours spent in my right brain. Recall, the right brain is the place to be if you wish to feel oneness, peace, and harmony. …
An Easy Way to a Peaceful Restful Sleep
Posted On Nov 25 2014Today’s Oracle My software angels choose this oracle quote for you today: 403) Stop, where are you running to, Heaven is within you if you are looking for God elsewhere, you miss him entirely. – Angelus Silesius, 1624 – 1677 You can use my Potent Quotes Oracle page whenever you need help. Hold a question in your heart, and see what quote comes up for you when you scroll down. Get the Wizard’s Handbook on Oracle Creation and have fun with oracles. An Easy Way to a Peaceful Restful Sleep She was more than ready for sleep even before she listened to …
Immersing in Oneness
Posted On Oct 28 2014Today’s Oracle My software angels choose this oracle quote for you today: 310) Life, we learn too late, is in the living, in the tissue of every day and hour. – Stephen Leacock You can use my Potent Quotes Oracle page whenever you need help. Hold a question in your heart, and see what quote comes up for you when you scroll down. Get the Wizard’s Handbook on Oracle Creation and have fun with oracles. Immersing in Oneness I want to experience oneness all the time. I have many practices that help train me to do this which I have shared …
Finding Your Own North Star – a Review
Posted On Oct 7 2014Today’s Oracle My software angels choose this oracle quote for you today: 310) Life, we learn too late, is in the living, in the tissue of every day and hour. – Stephen Leacock You can use my Potent Quotes Oracle page whenever you need help. Hold a question in your heart, and see what quote comes up for you when you scroll down. Get the Wizard’s Handbook on Oracle Creation and have fun with oracles. Finding Your Own North Star – a Review Some books excite me. They resonate so deeply with me that I yearn to have each of my …
He Did Not Get It
Posted On Sep 29 2014He Did Not Get It “The ‘sketches’ were not that great and not at all inspiring,” David Terry said in his Amazon review of my book – Sketching, Poetry, and the Sacred Present Moment: A Magically Potent Way To Savor Your Life. He didn’t get it. The sketches indeed are not great art – that’s the point. This spiritual practice can be done by anyone, not just trained artists. When you sketch, even sketching with little skill, you can deeply enjoy the Sacred Present Moment. And the Present Moment can fill your heart with peace and joy. Look to your …