Make Time for Your Creative Mind to Rest and Retreat
MONDAY TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 8/1/2022 Theme, 4 of Swords. Swords is the element of Air in the realm of mind, thoughts, attitudes, beliefs, and communication. Four is a number of stability. Because creatives are by necessity entrepreneurial the mind is always at work—on the next idea, the need for a new idea, planning, […]
Rest Your Creative Mind to Hear Your Muse
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 1/29/2018 Theme, 4 of Swords. Swords is the element of Air in the realm of mind, thoughts, attitudes, beliefs and communication. Four is a number of stability. This week, for the sake of your stability, look for times to rest your creative mind. If you want to hear the […]
Move Forward with Creative Confidence
MONDAY’S TAROT MESSAGE FROM THE MUSE, 11/14/2016 Theme, 6 of Wands. Wands is the element of Fire in the realm of spirit, creativity, career, work. This card encourages creative confidence and optimism this week. Build on past successes for future ones. You’ve done it before, you can do it again. Focus, 6 of Swords. Swords […]
Follow the Bread Crumbs
For this post in this special series by Beth Barany and I on Travel and Writing, we share about the importance of following the bread crumbs of curiosity when you travel in order to discover new stories, settings and information. Look for more posts from us every other Wednesday. And get information on Beth’s Paris […]
3 Reasons to Travel for your Writing
Join Beth Barany and I as we share with you the magic of travel and writing. Whether you write fiction or nonfiction, novels, short stories, personal essays or keep journals, we offer information, tips, techniques and tools for using travel to inspire, inform, enrich and empower your writing. Look for posts from both of us […]
Why Greece? Travel & Writing Series
For the next 24 weeks, you are invited to join Beth Barany and I as we share with you about the magic of travel and writing. Whether you write fiction or nonfiction, novels, short stories, personal essays or keep journals, we will offer information, tips, techniques and tools for using travel to inspire, inform, enrich […]
Be the High Priestess of Your Creativity
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse, 5/19/2014 Theme, The High Priestess. See how she emerges from the deep waters? You do that for your creativity. You bring to light the mystery and magic of your creative work for others. Be the doorway into your work. Focus, 4 of Swords. Swords is the element of Air, […]
Take the Leap for Your Creativity
Monday’s Tarot Message from the Muse for 3/3/2014 Theme, The Fool. The first card of the tarot and the Major Arcana of the Tarot. The place of beginnings, of new journeys and adventures. But to venture forth means taking a risk, leaping into the unknown. Be willing this week to leap into the unknown for […]
3 Reasons You Need to be a Hermit…Occasionally
After almost four years of writing articles for this newsletter, sometimes I’m not sure what to write that won’t seem redundant or unimportant. So this time, I consulted the oracles in the form of Ciro Marchetti’s Legacy of the Divine Tarot. I pulled the first card to represent the subject of the article and turned […]
4 Alternatives for a Retreat when You Can’t Afford to Travel
I know I’ve emphasized many times here how important making time to get away is for your life and especially for your creativity. But sometimes time, money, family and health prevent traveling to idyllic locales such as the one here in the Catskills where I am holding my retreat. So, you have to get creative […]