Mask and What I Have Learned by Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa
Sep10

Mask and What I Have Learned by Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa

  “Mask” by Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa     “What I Have Learned” by Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa   I have learned some things. I may want to write everyday but many days my creativity takes another route. During these past Covid months, I have been doing handwork; fiber arts projects pieces done in knitting, crocheting and embroidery, what used to be called women’s crafts. I created something for all...

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My Room by Barbara Presnell
Sep10

My Room by Barbara Presnell

  “My Room” by Barbara Presnell     In sum this work is about: The place where I have space that is mine and only mine, where words and pictures come, where thoughts are past and future, right and left, north and south, up and down, clockwise and counterclockwise. My pup and my pencil guide me.   ____________________ Barbara Presnell’s Artist Statement: I call myself an artist with a big A,...

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Procrastination as Part of the Process by Gina Moriarty
Sep10

Procrastination as Part of the Process by Gina Moriarty

  “Procrastination as Part of the Process” by Gina Moriarty   I know I’m acting cowardly when I procrastinate taking a seat at my desk. When I wash dishes that I typically neglect, when I dust my bookshelves and reorder my to-be-read… when I scrub the walls, I know I should be writing. I must face the facts, that my writing process is meant to heal. To process. To forgive. To learn. To make sense of my heart, I...

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Come Be With Us En El Jardin
Jul16

Come Be With Us En El Jardin

Dear Creative Woman, WE ARE FROM THE DESERT, THE DEEP FOREST, THE CLEARING BY THE RIVER, A UNIVERSE OF SECRET GARDENS.   “Help us to be ever faithful gardeners of the spirit, who know that without darkness nothing comes to birth, and without light nothing flowers.” — May Sarton “In search of my mother’s garden, I found my own.” — Alice Walker     “En El Jardin” by Karina Puente,...

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Life is Precious by Tonya Russell
Jul16

Life is Precious by Tonya Russell

  “Life is Precious” by Tonya Russell As a creative woman, my deepest need is: to create     Tonya Russell Artist Statement: I consider myself an artist, a self-taught photographer with a borrowed camera. Photography is a way for me to connect with a part of myself I have yet to fully find. The world is changing, so am I. Little by little, I am understanding myself. Fragments are coming together and...

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