New York Feminist Art Institute—which

Desire, ask, believe, receive.

When we open ourselves to our creativity, we open ourselves to the creator’s creativity within us and our lives. We are, ourselves, creations. And we, in turn, are meant to continue creativity by being creative ourselves. Creativity is God’s gift to us. Using our creativity is our gift back to God. The refusal to be creative is self-will and is

The same tools, used over a longer period, can alter the trajectory of a lifetime.

dreams. Shame is retriggered in us as adults because our internal artist is always our creative child.

List ongoing self-nurturing toys you could buy your artist: books on tape, magazine subscriptions, theater tickets, a bowling ball.

she does not run for fitness. Jenny runs for her soul, not her body. It is the fitness of her spirit that sets the tone of her days, changes their timbre from strained to effortless.

Luxury is a learned practice for most of us.

Needlework, by definition regular and repetitive, both soothes and stimulates the artist within.