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Plan for Success in 2015
This time every year there’s a lot of talk about the best way to plan for the upcoming year. Set goals… don’t set goals… how to set goals… what kind of goals to set… set an intention… select a...
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Rebirth
I couldn't see it at the time but 2014 was a huge wake-up call about putting other people's needs before my own and playing small. When I selected Warrior as my theme for 2015, I knew this year would...
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The Power of the Mastermind
Wow, mid-April already! 2015 is just flying by. So much for my intention to blog more this year.When 2015 started I had my entire year planned out. At least that’s what I thought. Then I attended...
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Epiphany
Epiphany (2015) Epiphany, an experience of sudden and striking realization that allows a problem or situation to be understood from a new and deeper perspective. I can’t think of a more apt word to...
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The Gypsy Winds Are Blowing... Again
After almost 6 years, the Santa Fe chapter of my life is coming to a close and I’m moving to Asheville, NC.I’ve been feeling the need for a change for quite a while so when I was in Asheville earlier...
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What a Difference a Year Makes
I remember standing at the window of my apartment in Santa Fe on December 31st watching the sunset and thinking 2014 had been one of the hardest years of my life. Last night I stood at the window of...
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And the Wheel of the Year Turns
This time last year the gypsy winds were blowing hard as I let go of possessions and packed to move from Santa Fe, NM to Asheville, NC. That seems like a lifetime ago. It’s taken some time to settle...
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Weaving 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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Life 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...
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Art 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...
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Getting 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,...
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Colorado 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...
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The 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...
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Planning 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…...
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Investing 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...
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Evolving 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...
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Back 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...
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Someday 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...
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Magic 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." --...
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Love 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...
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