nicolebcreative

I got emotional today. No big milestone for Finn, no self-realization wave, just overcome with emotion about my financial contribution to the family. I was holding Finn, he had just eaten and I glanced out to my latest Green Art Squared art pieces drying in the sun. I thought, they will sell, they will be talked about, people will want my creations, why, because I deserve it. I deserve to stay home to care for Finn, Finn deserves to have a mom that can stay at home with him. I deserve to be able to create and earn a living at it, not just on the computer by other peoples ideas, constraints but by my own love and vision. My love for the physicality of it, my love for the expression of it, my love of the care taken for the earth and those in it. This form of art making may seem simple, too marketable, too mass media. For me that is the beauty in it, it's simplicity. Simple in the fact that it reuses what others deem as trash, not in a kitschy sort of way but in an elegant way that yo...

What is with me and all this Biblical speech patterns. I think I'm being influenced by the book I'm reading, Lamb by Christopher Moore. It's for book club, I would have never picked it because of my Christian upbringing, I'm over reading about Christ and feeling guilty about it. However this book is nothing like that, it takes the perspective of Jesus' life before he was baptized, when he was young. It brings comedy and light to a familiar character, the son of God. Now where was I before my rant, ah yes the boy wonder in my life, Finn. It does one good to wake every morning and after feeding this squaking sleepyhead of a person find the pure delight of just being alive in his face. How wonderful to wake with the wonder and awe of a new day, such a happy boy. To be able to make one person light up the way he does when I smile at him makes all the drudgery of being pregnant and day to day of a mom worth it. I've been heeding the counsel of my intuit Joy. She was ...

In the beginning she was created ... created thus having the essence of creation. In the image. Every time I create I praise, it is my form of worship because it was the gift we were all given. Some choose to hone this gift more than others. Then there are those of us who crave it, who need it to feel like themselves. Lately I've thrown myself aside and have not been taking care of the caregiver. But what does that leave for those I care for? Not much if I am not replenishing the well. So with that proclamation I am here now standing before the world ready to promise. This blog is a promise, something I can do to replenish the well. Yes the physical act of writing is more creative, however I am a mother now and my time is limited, typing is quicker. Also I am promising to create my art, this is really what replenishes my well. I am excited about my new form of art-making. It utilizes 95% recycled and reclaimed materials. I call it "Green Squared" - Going Green One Square ...