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Dragonfly Gardening

Quote of the day: “Whoever heard of dragonfly gardening?” — Me A couple of years ago I was working on finding an image that expressed how I wanted to live my life.  I was tired of carrying around the image of having to work hard doing something I didn’t love and believing that it was only through struggle one could succeed. I knew that my current work life wasn’t working for me any more. And since I am a visual person, the first step in creating a change was to come up with an image that expressed the feeling I Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

We are all artists.

Quote of the day: “Conceiving of ourselves as artists in whatever work we do gives us a metaphor for a life of integrity, service, enjoyment, and excellence.”  Laurence G. Boldt in Zen and the Art of Making a Living. Each one of us every day has the opportunity to live as an artist.  What does it mean to live as an artist?  I think it means living with authenticity, courage, compassion, and vulnerability.  Making art or making an artful life means being willing to be seen. That can be scary because we worry about being judged or looking stupid.  But Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

A Dragon Called Resistance

As I work on learning the art and craft of photography and on creating a business doing what I love, I am learning a lot about myself and a Dragon called “Resistance.”   Resistance shows up every single day of the week in many different forms and guises.  The latest form that had me down for a couple of days was when I started working on a 12-month cash flow analysis for my business and the initial numbers looked abysmal.  Before I knew it I was in a funk and whining to myself and anyone else who would listen about Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Mind games, heart songs

Quote of the day: “My mind tells me to give up, but my heart won’t let me.” — Unknown It’s been a challenging week to stay on track.  Just when I start feeling like I’ve turned the corner and left fear and doubt behind, they crop up again and I begin to wonder whether I should be looking harder for a traditional “job” instead of forging a path into this unknown entrepreneurial realm.  Right after I posted my first blog post and shared my photography website, the voices of my inner critic went wild.  “What do you think you’re doing? Read more…

By Marilyn, ago

Life is peachy

Peach Still Life Quote of the day: “If you follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living.  When you can see that, you begin to meet people who are in your field of bliss, and they open the doors to you. I say follow your bliss and don’t be afraid and doors will open where you didn’t know they were going to be.” — Joseph Campbell After being laid off from my Read more…

By Marilyn, ago