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Intuitive Painting: Permission to Make “Ugly” Art

April 5, 2009

Since February, I’ve been attending Chris Zydel’s Intuitive Painting class at her cozy Oakland studio.  What a gift to have stumbled upon Chris via twitter and to have this opportunity to explore my creative self in new ways.  I’ve always loved painting.  What’s great about playing with this approach, though, is that I’m accessing different [...]

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Creative Every Day 2009

January 1, 2009

Happy New Year! Today rings in the first day of Creative Every Day 2009, a challenge started by the wonderful artist and creative blogger Leah Piken Kolidas.  This year Leah will be providing a theme for each month to help spark our creativity.  January’s theme is play – one of my core values!
I’ve already had [...]

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AEDM Day 30: Right-Brain Business Plan ‘09 Part I

November 30, 2008

Today is the last day of the Art Everyday Month challenge! What an awesome month of creativity, exploration and play. I also love the community and new connections this challenge fosters!

During the final two days of AEDM 2007, I invented my Right-Brain Business Plan, so it was only befitting that I use the [...]

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AEDM Day 29: An Explosive Year in Review

November 29, 2008

Most of today was spent completing my “year in review” project on my exploding box.  It ended up taking a lot longer than I anticipated, but it was great to spend time reflecting on all the exciting events and accomplishments that have transpired so far in 2008.

My moo cards were the perfect size to decorate [...]

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AEDM Day 28: A Year in Review Prep

November 28, 2008

This morning I had a flash of an idea for how to decorate my exploding box.  I had planned to do a “year in review” piece and then realized the 12 squares of the box are the perfect format for documenting this past year!  Since I was gone most of the day in Sacramento for [...]

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AEDM Day 26: Family Collage

November 26, 2008

No, I don’t have a bun in the oven!  Nor is there one planned for anytime soon.  However, when I was pulling magazine clippings for my values collage cards earlier this month, I happened to come across several Asian-American babies, kids and moms (and a dad!).  I figured I’d grab them while I could since [...]

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AEDM Day 25: Staying Warm and Toasty

November 25, 2008

With the chilly weather here, it’s hard to believe that I actually went for a dip in the pool on a sunny afternoon just last week.  Cooler days and grayer skies call for sips of soothing tea or yummy cocoa to warm my spirits.  Today’s art is in honor of some of my favorite cold [...]

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AEDM Day 21: Fall Leaves

November 21, 2008

While walking Emmett this evening, a tree caught my eye.  The golden leaves looked so stunning against the midnight blue of the sky.   That inspired my art for today.
I recently finished Keri Smith’s latest book How to be an Explorer of the World and enjoyed her simple suggestions for appreciating the beauty all around us [...]

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AEDM Day 20: Colors and Lines

November 20, 2008

A simple doodle tonight.  Brian started it off with a scribble which I then turned into this shape and filled in with color.  A nice, quick exercise!

And how cute is this?  I met with a woman named Kimiko Sakuma this afternoon to share ideas with her about how to incorporate art and creativity with her [...]

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AEDM Day 19: Book Sell Sheet Part II

November 19, 2008

So, I kept the commitment that I made in yesterday’s post to spend the afternoon today doing work related to the book.  I printed out drafts, organized my book binder and did some writing.  I also did the second side of the future book sell sheet.  I based it on the format of the other [...]

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