See Things How They Are…

This quote! It always opens my eyes. We navigate our days and interactions based on how “we are”. We make assumptions without realizing we are doing it. There’s no way we can know what it’s like to walk in someone else’s shoes. Our hard might be easy for someone else OR our hard might be […]

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Till Death We Do Art

“Till Death We Do Art” – Joe Craven This quote really hit me during a dedication to Jeff Austin at the 2019 Grand Targhee Bluegrass Festival. Jeff had recently died unexpectedly. Joe Craven spoke reminding people to share their passion saying, “Tell your story and make your art”. Life is hard. Honestly, it’s harder than […]

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Please Believe It

You look in the mirror and see yourself, but really, it’s not you at all. I mean, there’s your eyes and your nose and your cute little smile, but that’s to all there is to you. Because you’re not seeing the amount of lives you’ve touched in your presence. You’re not seeing all the people […]

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Simplify Continued…

The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. – Hans Hofmann This week I’m continuing to focus on keeping it simple. When our mind is cluttered, it’s almost impossible to be creative or to know what we truly want. When we don’t know what we want, we get […]

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