beautiful food for the soul...

creativity & beauty go hand in hand….the loveliness of everything we touch with mindfulness, with making something come alive, with acting in accordance with your calling….this is real….

as delicate as placing a flower….as seemingly small as serving dinner…..it’s about the detail….the care & depth of ourselves we give…

pleasure is beauty….creativity is pleasure…..oh the excitement when it comes alive in simplicity…….

a first rate soup is more creative than a second-rate painting…..Abraham Maslow

in the search for pleasure…remember….

look inside & see what moves you, what makes you cry for sadness or joy, & respond to that…..in the giving of yourself to this work, give bravely & with honest passion & what will come will be a gift, not only for yourself but for those in your midst who have hungered for this work……Jan Phillips

my home, my heart, my paint….

I do believe it is possible to create, even without ever writing a word or painting a picture, by simply molding one’s inner life…..& that too is a deed……Elly Hillesum