A week of gratitude
I love making fresh mixed-fruit-and-vegetable juice. It’s not only delicious and nourishing… but it’s splendiferously colorful too! A big YUM for all the senses! The joyful colors of freshly made juice

Dyeing Silk Satin — an overdue update
My creation in 4-day workshop with Ruth Issett at Cadro, Ticino A wonderful course with Ruth Issett at Creative Days Ticino last week has made possible a long-overdue update on

Interview with Carmen Mensink, Dutch thangka painter
It’s finally here! The first interview in my intercultural artist series! Carmen Mensink painting a Medicine Buddha thangka Today we meet Dutch thangka painter Carmen Mensink. An enthusiastic and dedicated painter, teacher, and Buddhist practitioner, Carmen was trained by Andy Weber, co-author

Ten Breaths
I gave myself a new practice this week, inspired by a function I discovered on my computer. I’ve set my computer to announce the time on the hour and the half hour. When I hear the announcement on the hour, I’ve promised myself to stop whatever I’m doing and breathe consciously. Sounds simple, right? So first I told myself I’d stop for one minute, just 1 minute. Well, it was hard to tear myself away from the task at hand when “Alex” announced the hour

Weekend Thangka Apprenticeship in Milan
I’ve been teaching fabric thangka making through email for several months now. My first student was a woman named Louise, whose passionate questioning gave me the kick start I needed to package my skills into lessons. She came to visit me last summer for a brief introduction and has been working diligently with my lessons all year. This weekend,