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Art Every Day Month is coming up!

Art Every Day Month is coming up!

By Joodie | Creativity, General

A visual artist’s version of “National Novel Writing Month” (NaNoWriMo), Art Every Day Monthis coming up this November 1st. I plan on trying to do something each day and posting it to my Flickr. We do celebrate Thanksgiving here in November so it’s going to be hard to smash in some art making on those days.

Creative Every Day – Zentangle

By Joodie | Creativity, General

Creative Every Day – Zentangle, originally uploaded by Joodie. Here is a Flickr photo I have just uploaded… I’ve just discovered Zentangles. It’s sort of like a structuring system for patterns and repetitive doodles. I took a video of my drawing one if you’d like to see the process, you can find that here: youtu.be/pzBA8y5Q1AM

My Happy Life Toolkit – 7 Online Tools

By Joodie | General

Image via Wikipedia This is a list of 7 online tools I use every week (if not more often) to maintain my happiness and sanity. Some keep me organized- allowing a clear, focused mindset; others serve as reminders- prodding me to continue with what’s working and be mindful along the way. www.optimismonline.com – This is

How do you alter your mind?

By Joodie | General, NaBloPoMo

Image by Joodie via Flickr An interesting question from Monday’s NaBloPoMo prompt: Do you use anything to alter your consciousness, like alcohol or drugs? Why, or why not? I’ve never done any recreational drugs and I don’t drink alcohol. To me it’s really like cheating. It’s unfair to people who do things the hard way,

Where's Your Pride?

By Joodie | General, NaBloPoMo

Today’s NaBloPoMo prompt is a bit different than the others: Everybody needs a pat on the back now and then. Thank yourself for something you’re proud of having done recently, and then tell us about it. Well sometimes it’s hard to give ourselves credit for the little things, so I’m glad this was brought up.