I SAY EVERYONE SHOULD ART JOURNAL

I SAY EVERYONE SHOULD ART JOURNAL

My secret dream is that everyone in the world keeps an art journal. Wouldn't that be something? A whole world of people, young and old, sick and healthy, laborers and power brokers, all who reflect, experiment, express...who witness and value their own creativity... and then go out into the world as the creative beings they are (we all are) and unleash that force into all the occupations on earth.

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DO YOU GIVE YOURSELF PERMISSION TO PLAY?

DO YOU GIVE YOURSELF PERMISSION TO PLAY?

As the oldest of three siblings with a single mother, I carried responsibility from an early age. I took care of my brother and sister, household chores and dinners, and somewhere along the way I also  made it my job to keep everyone happy. (Ahem, I'm working on that). I learned that play came after work—if at all.

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