beginner’s mind

wax on, wax off: a peek at playtime

wax on, wax off: a peek at playtime

peek #1: you blew my mindHere are a few peeks at a few of the encaustic pieces I created last weekend at the Wax Works West encaustic bootcamp. Ah...this dance with visibility:  I won't call anything I do as "art" as I was simply playing with a new medium and...

Wax Works West: waxing eloquent about encaustics

Wax Works West: waxing eloquent about encaustics

pigments on the Wax Works West studio wallThis creativity junkie has a new medium: encaustics. The word "encaustics" is derived from enkaustikos, meaning to burn in. Artists work with layers of hot wax medium and paints, then fuse them with heat. OK, I may not wax...

2011: playful experimentation

2011: playful experimentation

ready for growthThe last few months has been a time on the road, practicing reverence for the everyday sacred, and indulging in the high season of navel gazing-retrospecting-and-introspecting. 2010 turned out to be a year for sorting my internal world and dancing with...

coloring outside the lines: watercolor mandalas

coloring outside the lines: watercolor mandalas

watercolor mandala detail (c) 2010 joyThis past Saturday I attended a four-hour watercolor mandala class with Michele Faia, called "Painting as a Path to the Heart." I'd signed up at the urging of a good friend, who thought I'd love it. She was right! Michele taught...

lessons from a collage: mixing your media

lessons from a collage: mixing your media

my collage (c) 2010  joyThe Backstory: I'm in Taos with Jen Louden (@jenlouden) at her annual writing retreat. This is a good retreat if you're looking to be nurtured through the creative process, particularly around writing. Havi Brooks (@havi) is teaching yoga and...

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