Thoughtful Thursday

Creative Excuses

Copyright 2010 Valerie Jones   What have you ever told yourself or are telling yourself why you should not create? Me? I’ve told myself that I needed to wait until I had enough money. Hah! I could still tell myself that because I don’t have any more money now than…(continue reading)

Creative Withdrawal

Copyright 2010 Valerie Jones   As I revisit The Artist's Way, I keep coming back to this phrase, “We ourselves are the substance we withdraw to, not from, as we pull our overextended and misplaced creative energy back into our own core.” We ourselves are the substance we withdraw…(continue reading)

Painting by Faith

    Copyright 2010 Valerie Jones   One of my favorite quotes is by Amos Ferguson – I paint not by sight but by faith. Faith gives you sight. Julia Cameron states in her book, The Artist's Way, that many of us wish we were more creative. Many of us sense we are more…(continue reading)

Experiencing Creativity

Copyright 2010 Valerie Jones  Genesis 1:27 - So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.  NIV   Since God created us in his own image, we were made to be creative.  Look at nature around us and see God's creative handiwork! …(continue reading)

Creative Thinking

  Copyright 2010 Valerie Jones In Julia Cameron's book, The Artist's Way, , she states - “The idea that the Creator encourages creativity is a radical thought.  We tend to think, or at least fear, that creative dreams are egotistical, something God wouldn’t approve of for us…(continue reading)