Beautiful Light Blog

Well...I Shut My Mouth and Painted

Creating from a mindset not hijacked by perfection and doubt invites a freedom that (ironically) yields beautiful and intentional work.

Gurl, Just Shut Up and Paint!

Perfection is a selfish thing. But you can leave her and all her funky friends with their limiting beliefs on the side of the road with all the other discarded and unusable stuff.

Daddy

My father set the tone of our household with love, discipline, support and encouragement.  For every single father that is not present in the lives of their children by choice, there are countless ...

A Beautiful Light

So here I was...in the middle of a divorce, laid off from my job, and at the start of a pandemic. I probably should have been under my bed drinking, lol, but I was not.

I Am Inspired By

Being inspired reminds us that we can still be awed by the beauty in our world. As artists and creatives, inspiration is the quiet foundation of our work. From the everyday moments of life that qui...

Rhythms

“Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.”    -- Colossians 3:2 My life, so far, has been marked by rhythms - these regular and repeating patterns throug...

Distance Invites Clarity

I sat with this realization for a few days - allowing it to sink in deeply.