Gateways to Joy

I'm amazed at what a made up mind can do, in a little over a month.   Right before I decided to do Nester's writing challenge, I decided to get serious with my designs, in particular, my graphic designs. I'm the kind of person whose always thinking and reflecting.   I knew I had some deep thinking to do for a while now, so a couple of nights, I sat back, sipping my Cinnamon Spice tea, talking with God and reflecting.  Days before I had been struck deeply by Emily's blog post: 31 days of Living Art .  The first thing that came to my mind as I began reading her posts was, "This little light of mine.  I'm gonna let it shine.  This little light of mine.  I'm gonna let it shine.  This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine,  let it shine, let in shine let it shine..."   Over and over again for days this song filled my heart. Guess what I realized? I wasn't letting my little light shine in my sphere .  I had uncovere...

Am I an artist? "No," would be my first answer.  However upon further reflection I would have to say, "Yes.  Yes I am an artist.  I love creating." For years and years I've fought against my love for creating.  I love to write, but for years I've said, "No. I can't write.  I'm not a writer." I love to paint and doodle, but if you asked me am I a painter, am I someone who draws?  I would tell you, "No!  I'm not!" Finally, at age 47 I am coming out!  I'm coming out with the fact that I love design.  I love to write, to paint, to doodle and to create. I have a friend who saw my work and he suggested that I "get it in front of eyes," so that's what I am doing.  I'm showing my work to you. After much conversation I learned that he loves words too,  just in a different way then me.  So we've joined teams and have put together this shop which is very much a work in progress.  I am pretty much...