An Art Mecca is Born
© 2017, Contemporary Narrative Weavings by Bonnie Clark / Dakini Dreams, Adobe #1, Magic in the Desert: Santa Fe Reflections In the early 1900s, Taos, NM had become an important outpost of American...
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© 2017, Contemporary Narrative Weavings by Bonnie Clark / Dakini Dreams, Chimayó #1, Magic in the Desert: Santa Fe Reflections Winding through the Sangre de Christo Mountains between Santa Fe and...
View ArticleMorning Meditation
© 2017, Contemporary Narrative Weavings by Bonnie Clark / Dakini Dreams, High Desert Dawn #1, Magic in the Desert: Santa Fe Reflections If you aren’t a morning person already, living in Santa Fe will...
View ArticleMay Your Trails Be Crooked...
“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.” – Edward Abbey © 2017, Contemporary Narrative Weavings...
View ArticleThe Mystique of the Mother Road
© 2017, Contemporary Narrative Weavings by Bonnie Clark / Dakini Dreams, Route 66 #1, Magic in the Desert: Santa Fe Reflections "The road must eventually lead to the whole world." -- Jack...
View ArticleRituals
© 2017, Contemporary Narrative Weavings by Bonnie Clark / Dakini Dreams, Santa Fe Nights - Winter, Magic in the Desert: Santa Fe Reflections "Never let go of the fiery sadness called desire." --...
View ArticleSpirits of the Mountains
“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.” – Edward Abbey © 2017, Contemporary Narrative Weavings...
View ArticleLove Letters to Santa Fe
© 2017, Contemporary Narrative Weavings by Bonnie Clark / Dakini Dreams, Santa Fe Gardens #I, Magic in the Desert: Santa Fe Reflections Santa Fe Gardens #1 is a celebration of the breathtaking...
View ArticleMagic in the Desert: Santa Fe Reflections
© 2017, Contemporary Narrative Weavings by Bonnie Clark / Dakini Dreams, Aspens #I, Magic in the Desert: Santa Fe Reflections "I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught." --...
View ArticleSomeday May Never Come
“Tell me, what is it you plan to dowith your one wild and precious life?”-- The Summer Day, Mary OliverI woke up yesterday morning to the headline that the Arrowmont Arts and Crafts School had been...
View ArticleBack to the Garden
Back to the Garden I (2016) “We are stardust, we are golden, we are caught in the devil’s bargain,And we got to get ourselves back to the garden.” – Crosby, Stills, Nash & YoungI’ve always had a...
View ArticleEvolving Visions
I was in beautiful Golden, CO, last week for Art Biz Breakthrough. It was a wonderful and enlightening three days spent with other artists sharing stories and talking about building our art...
View ArticleInvesting in Your Success
Many artists feel stuck. They want to grow their art business, increase their income, and have a bigger presence in the art world but they continue to struggle year after year. They look at artists...
View ArticlePlanning for Success
Yes, it’s that time of year again. When everyone online starts talking about the “best” way to plan for the upcoming year. Set goals… don’t set goals… what kind of goals to set… set an intention…...
View ArticleThe Power of Clarity
Serenity I (detail) I realized this week that the longer a weaving is on the loom without me working on it, the less likely I am to finish it at all. I should just recognize this about my creative...
View ArticleColorado Here I Come
In 2 ½ weeks I head out to Golden, CO to attend Alyson Stanfield’s Art Biz Breakthrough and I have to admit I’m a bit like a little kid waiting for Christmas morning to arrive. This is really the...
View ArticleGetting Social
Every artist knows it’s a challenge balancing studio time with time spent marketing your artwork. And if you have a full-time job on top of everything else, it feels like you’ll never get caught up,...
View ArticleArt in the Big Easy
I’m in New Orleans this week, staying at a hotel down in the French Quarter. After dinner last night at the Court of Two Sisters, I decided to take a walk down Bourbon Street. I always remember New...
View ArticleLife is a Spiral
“According to ancient Asian philosophy, life is not a circle but a spiral. Every life lesson that has ever been presented to you (which means everything you have ever been through) will come back...
View ArticleWeaving a Life
As the days get shorter and the nights start to cool off here in Asheville, my life is finding a new rhythm. Evenings are now spent curled up in the papasan chair on my balcony with my laptop,...
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