Monday, January 05, 2009

Words of the year...

From friends I have heard many nice words and phrases for 2009.

Simplify, Home, Balance; all quite deep and herbal tea/yoga/natural fiber. Then there are inspiring phrases like Be Present and Out of the Box; you know those people will be making some changes that would be fun to watch.

But then my friend Jennifer tells me her word for the year is Fudge.

No kidding, she tells me this as she hands me some lovingly wrapped fudge; silky smooth thin pieces of what is, really, the best fudge in the world. She says she can't bear to think of Living In The Moment or Just Being for a whole year. Instead, she's going to perfect her fudge.

No, you can't have her phone number.

Friday, January 02, 2009

Open

My resolutions for this year...

Write a real paper letter each week to a friend or family member...it can be short, it can even be a postcard. Just write it and send it, or draw it and send it. Emails and texts and facebook posts don't count...paper, ink, envelope, stamp.

Declutter my studio by finishing projects and giving them away to friends and family. (And by writing letters on all the stationery and cards I have made/purchased over the years!)

My word for the year...Open. Open space, open communication, open to ideas, open to possibilities.

And that's it...what about yours?