Building Courage so I can be Brave Enough to Push to the Other Side of Fear
Today I received this great article in my inbox, from Christine Kane, publisher of “LiveCreative” ezine, musician and creativity consultant. I just had to share it. I’d been avoiding writing a post for a little while, because every time I sat down to write, all I could think about was FEAR. You’ve heard me talk about my fears a lot…too much lately, I think. And you’ve been introduced to my pal, “Fearsome Freddie”, so that’s old news… But courage…courage is a concept that I haven’t... [Read more]
Creating Art from Trash – Trash2Art Exhibit Intake May 2010
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Finding Your Truth thru Relationship 101: Love First
Sunday night is “Live Your Truth” night for me. LYT is a twitter chat f.ree event, #lytchat, hosted by @elizabethpw. Last night’s conversation centered on “finding your truth”. And the first thought that came to mind was, “I think my truth found me”. Then I allowed it, explored and expanded it, and now, I nurture it. How did this come to be? Love first. I opened my daily affirmative reading today, in Journey to the Heart, by Melody Beattie, and found this confirmation: (I couldn’t have written... [Read more]
Note to Self: Practice Makes Progress NOT Perfection!
So I today I posted two videos on YouTube. YEAH! Funny thing is, I thought this was the first time I had posted anything and I sent a note out to the world calling it “Nanette’s first video”. And it wasn’t. I had actually posted one a few weeks ago, but I’d forgotten. I forgot because when I heard the fuzzy sound quality I got insanely frustrated trying to “fix” it and when, after hours of trying, I couldn’t make it perfect, I just gave up the video project. AND COMPLETELY FORGOT I’D EVEN POSTED... [Read more]
Meet Daisy Distraction. Creating Characters for Self Growth.
Why is it that when I get these HUGE bursts of creative energy I am so easily pulled away from finishing the task? Just when I’ve got the plan laid out, the design outlined, all the pieces in place, I’m drifting off to other unimportant things. Meet “Daisy Distraction”! I’ve written about my friend “Fearsome Freddie” before. Freddie is my FEAR gremlin. Whenever I get paralyzed by fear, visualizing the cartoon character I created helps me realize how silly most of my fears really are. He’s become part... [Read more]
