Every now and then, if you are a painter with any kind of visibility in the world, you receive inquiries from people interested in one of your pieces. And it is a nice thing to open an email from a … Continue reading
Category Archives: Peaceful, Calm Life
There is a lot of preconceived notions about artists; a major one is: Artists are not business people. Most of the time with the exception of a few, artists are not interested in the business part of their craft and … Continue reading
“Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.” ~ Warren Buffet Many artists will relate to this! As a fine art painter I am asked over and over again this question: “How much time did it take you … Continue reading
Years ago, I used to feel slightly irked when people told me what a “gift” I had. When told about my gift it felt like thousands of hours of work, spent honing my skills, were being dismissed, replaced in people’s … Continue reading
What to do if you are an artist or a free-lance professional in any case, and a potential client comes to you asking for an odd job? Something related to what you do generally, but not quite in your usual … Continue reading
What do Feng Sui and creative flow have in common will you ask ? They are both about energy flow. (As is everything anyway). I have been an independent artist for many years. My quality of life literally depends on … Continue reading
Hi everyone! this month you can read a interview of yours truly on https://www.crafty88.com/blog/interview-with-artist-emmeline-craigwhere you can shop for great art supplies! Meanwhile I have been quite busy lately, not so much painting but creating a website for my life coaching … Continue reading
The Call for more If you are like me, you want to grow, expand and thrive in what you do. There is a call in you to become more… So, why do we find ourselves stuck sometimes, loosing momentum, and … Continue reading
In this time and age of light speed communication and hyper efficiency, it is easy to feel guilty about spending any period of time not producing any tangible results. Sure enough, leisure time, free time, is considered by most either … Continue reading
Every day, when I wake up, no matter when or where in the wild wide world, and for almost a decade now, I give myself a celebratory moment of stillness. A moment for blessings. I want to open every day … Continue reading
On Christmas eve I cracked my sternum bone while preparing a little feast for 3 people. Of course it was unexpected, and it was a circumstance I was not pleased about at first. I assessed the situation, aware that there … Continue reading
There is a seed of light deep inside at the core a kernel of pure joy always ready to grow and glow… Unadulterated and never extinguished, it is our privilege, our gift, our true essence. It has been here before … Continue reading
November ! Shorter days and longer gatherings… Halloween is barely passed us with its sugar craze and playfulness; in Stinson Beach the whole town got together to create the most amazing Boardwalk event with fortune teller, fog machines, scary shaky … Continue reading
A few days ago I woke up with the familiar urge to go see the world. I planned to take pictures, but really what mattered was to get on the road… Not getting something done, not going somewhere for business, … Continue reading
Sometimes we make big steps, we even take leaps toward our dreams and it feels scary, wonderful, exciting… The rest of the time, we move in a smaller way. Small doings, daily steps, routine, we glide softly along, using the … Continue reading
In business there is busyness… Any small business owner knows how easy it is to get buried in multitasking up to your eyeballs planning, networking, formatting, holding a space open, driving around for errands, emailing, fixing problems, shipping items, answering … Continue reading
We see much more than we think we see! We take in visual information in a continuous stream, as long as our eyes are open, about 16 to 18 hours a day. Our angle of vision is about 120 degrees. … Continue reading
WWW… Yes: world wide wonders. I love grasses! All of them. For me they are an endless source of delight and awe… As you know, grasses have been one of the things I paint the most often. Yes… I have … Continue reading
While spending a few days in France and meeting with some old friends I was reminded of how essential connections are in the fabric of our lives. Research has shown clearly that the more we feel connected, the more we … Continue reading
It is such a pleasure these days, every time I park my car under the trees and walk up the ramp to open my gallery ! Spring is blooming: the blue Echium or “Pride of Madeira” have grown at light … Continue reading
“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh Even if my day is not going exactly as well as I’d wish, even if I am … Continue reading
Hurray hurray! My NEW website has been launched! The whole process of remodeling, rebuilding it and merging it with the Blissful Gallery site, starting with a clearer vision and a better concept took about a year…! But here it is! … Continue reading
This time of the year is when most of us vow to change something in our life. We take life-affirming resolutions, we claim ownership of a better future… We really mean it. This is it! We will exercise 3 times … Continue reading
What a better time of the year than now, at the threshold of Winter, sliding toward a long series of holidays, celebrations, rituals, gatherings, to explore inner realms… The days shorten and our gregariousness increases, as we prepare for shared … Continue reading
This is a beautiful time of the year, turning season and shifting gears while Nature gives us a riot of colors and a cornucopia of Autumnal foods. Summer is definitely behind us as we look forward to more time indoors. … Continue reading
We are all pioneers of our uncharted becoming. Being a spiritual being incarnated in this human body permits us to experience diversity, separation and growth. It also permits us to bring our very own light into the world, our very … Continue reading
It’s hard wired in me, this need for observation, contemplation, and this acute perception of the world around me. It comes with awe, with glee, with reverence, increasingly with each passing year. Beauty, beauty everywhere… The simplest things in our … Continue reading
I have to tell you, I am a Blue Spot Hunter… In all there is, all that happens, all that becomes, exists a spark, a hope, a goodness of some kind, no matter what. In the darkest moments, a seed … Continue reading
Independence Day…This is one of the most celebrated holidays in USA. People of all ages and all walks of life mingle in the streets all over the States to celebrate what started by becoming free from the British tutelage and … Continue reading
Simplicity, clarity and mindfulness when applied deliberately in one’s daily life, make for a quality of presence in the moment that illuminates and deepens my experience of being in remarkable ways. I keep forgetting, and reminding myself this. Actually painting … Continue reading
Relationning: the position, association, connection, or status of one person or thing with regard to another or others While traveling abroad, I had an interesting conversation with a friend of mine, someone I always enjoy verbally jousting with and whose … Continue reading
We are living in a world of sensory stimulation. One of the definitions of Art could be “an organized ensemble of sensory signals designed to express and evoke a particular emotional or/and intellectual response in the human psyche”… Aware of … Continue reading
As I drove up Route One, from Bolinas, I realized that in a week time, all the fields had grown a good layer of fuzzy young grass, making the whole landscape turn bright green. I mean GREEN!… Happy young cattle, … Continue reading
There is no growing in the comfort zone. (Except maybe growing complacent) Our comfort zone is basically an ensemble of parameters with which we can function almost on automatic pilot. It’s a paradigm. No matter what it is and what … Continue reading
In the wake of this symbolic beginning that is the “new year” celebration, many of us set up goals and resolutions for the 12 months ahead. As you might know, I have been learning how to attract, manifest, and vibrate … Continue reading
It’s not new; many ancient practices, philosophies, and scriptures point in the same direction: to create inner spaciousness brings forth awareness, clarity and empowerment. Which ultimately translate in a greater life, better health and keeps the door open to Serendipity. … Continue reading
Today on FaceBook I read a post that said: “I am so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” Well, I am too! Did you notice how beautiful and bountiful the world is around us here in Marin … Continue reading
The other day, as I drove about, enjoying the smooth feeling of my wheels on the asphalt, a part of my brain registering Nature’s wonders on both sides of the road, I found myself having the most delicious feeling of … Continue reading
Tonight, I was an invited guest at a local “Dinner on the farm” to be shared in a beautiful old barn with about a hundred other local people, many of them familiar faces, some closer friends, and some that became … Continue reading
So here we are: already on the other side of the midyear mark and the summer unfolds its golds, ochres and tans all over the hills in beautiful Marin County… I realized a few days ago that I had let … Continue reading
I was driving along the Bolinas lagoon this afternoon, with my window open and rather not focused on the scenery, simply watching the road and lost in thought, when my nostrils were at once assaulted by the fabulous anise smell … Continue reading
Wow… I know memory is a tricky thing, but I really don’t remember being so late to start working in my garden ! Actually, I think I was not completely aware of it when this Spring season sprang… I have … Continue reading
Being a self employed independent Artist has been a slow and long learning curve for me. Of course I must have done something right every now and then, because my artwork is actually permitting me to make a somewhat decent … Continue reading
Ah…! Here we are again: the quintessential Hallmark date… Coming up and fast: Valentine’s Day! I can tell many of us have mixed feelings about this… On one hand, it’s a cool thing to celebrate Love and Romance, mating, and … Continue reading
Visions, words and intentions have been put forth continuously and deliberately and honed, refined, sharpened with every passing day… Slowly but surely, out of the blue, what has become The Blissful Gallery emerged and took form, getting more substantial and … Continue reading
So here I am, in the seemingly endless chain of tasks to accomplish before opening my very own Blissful Gallery. In a few weeks, the place will be bright and inviting, open for business, all set up and pretty: this … Continue reading
So once again the year is coming to an end, the days have shortened, leaves have fallen and Thanksgiving is around the corner… It has been a great year so far, in my book. Great in that it was full, … Continue reading
Today I went for a walk on the beach ! I know, it seems like a simple ordinary thing, right ? Well, not for me. Since I broke my knee in 2010, I did not go walk on the beach … Continue reading
Ahhhhh… Completion, release… now is the time for harvest and celebration…! The gardener in me can’t help but look at things as all part of a system and going through cycles: time for attentive cultivation, intense growth, lush blooming, ripening … Continue reading
Lately I have been pondering : how can I be a useful Activist without losing the necessary Lightness of being that goes with Life’s harmonious flow ? Because of course, there are causes out there in the world, that I’d … Continue reading
All wise speakers tell us: our power is in the now moment ! So, after all kinds of planning, searching, estimating and projecting, since no tangible result actually came through yet, I decided to completely let myself into the flow … Continue reading
So there we are, at the middle of this momentous year, already ! Time has flown and many things have been incubating and brewing and taking form in the apparent stillness of my world. Most of my important moves in … Continue reading
As an artist, a human being and a woman, I have more or less reluctance to choose a category or a virtual box to fit who I am, what I do and how it’s called… Of course, for practical purposes, … Continue reading
Well, this is daunting… what do I want to “open” the year with ? I’ll spare you the old list of resolutions routine… except for one: I decided to drink a lot more water… Simple thing that helps my body … Continue reading
These last few years it’s been very much talked about by all the law of attraction believers and revealers: our dreams… how and why we should clarify and sustain them to see them take substance and shape into our physical … Continue reading