After the Black Friday Crazies, Breathe, Enjoy This Three Book Giveaway
Posted On Nov 30 2017Black Friday is over along with the craziness. Breathe. To sooth your soul, I’m giving away the Kindle versions of my three print books. Zero Dollars, Pounds, Euros, etc. A great price. I want you to have them, because they’re great books. You can use the wisdom therein to be happier and more present. It’s my gift to you this season. My last, The Twenty Second Smile, contains lots of wisdom and makes a great coffee table book. It might be my best book of the 18 I have published and certainly the most accessible. It summarizes everything I’ve learned …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
A Life of Happy Moments – Book Giveaway
Posted On Sep 26 2014Your book Giveaway is live now! Come and get it. Go for it now => Sketching, Poetry, and the Sacred Present Moment: a Magically Potent Way to Savor Your Life Sketching, Poetry, and the Sacred Present Moment: a Magically Potent Way to Savor Your Life will be free starting 12:01 AM (midnight) Sept. 27th, 2014. Offer ends Midnight October 1st, 2014. Pacific Time. Sketching, even amateur sketching, will bring you into the present moment. Clearly, it’s a lovely mindfulness practice. When you then add a poem to your sketch, you get to deepen your experience of the now. Again, the quality of …
Crazy No More –Three Practices That Always Work
Posted On Sep 25 2014Three Practices That Always Work First, you suffer, I suffer all God’s children suffer – that is, we get caught in our mental habits of being right or wrong, making other people bad or better than us depending on the flavor of you craziness. Me? I’m just not good enough. Buddhism has a set of four vows, one of them says: The number of delusions are infinite. I vow to penetrate them all. When I feel crazy or delusions hit, these three practices always work to restore me to peace and wholeness. 1. Riding a bike – as long as …
Savoring Life vs. the Been There, Done That Attitude
Posted On Sep 2 2014Savoring Your Life vs. the Been There, Done That Attitude What would your life be like if you savored your moments? What is your life like if you live in the attitude of been there, done that, bought the T-shirt and moved on? The former feels magical. The latter feels like a circle of hell. Do more savoring and less of the ennui of been there… You might like this film: About Time. It beautifully explores the distinctions around savoring your moments, savoring your life. The synopsis from IMDB.com: At the age of 21, Tim discovers he can travel in time …
Powerfully Potent Way to Heaven
Posted On Aug 20 2014Powerfully Potent Way to Heaven You can get my latest book NOW: Sketching, Poetry, and the Sacred Present Moment: A Magically Potent Way To Savor Your Life. You’ll like the plethora of pictures and the premise of the book will inspire you. Some wonderful friends contributed examples for you as well as my own sketches. If we can do it, you can too. : ) How Does Sketching and Writing Poetry Help You? You could live a life you love. You could learn to fall in love with your life. . Ultimately, you could fall in love with everything. …