Frustrated by not being able to execute my ideas due to lack of know how is a constant part of my creative journey. Luckily I also like to learn things. This year I am determined to learn to use digital tools for graphic design and image editing. My starting point is GIMP (like photoshop but […]
Clear as Mud
“We often forget that WE ARE NATURE. Nature is not something separate from us. So when we say that we have lost our connection to nature, we’ve lost our connection to ourselves.” Andy Goldsworthy Day 1 of 2022 . The first day of the year is heavy with expectation. My mind is busy, busy, busy with […]
Workshops are a gateway-drug
Jillian Bowles only went to the workshop because her friend wanted her company. She wasn’t too impressed with the idea of learning to basket weave. She had an image of hard formal willow baskets in her mind. She stepped into a whole new world of fibre arts. She was enthralled by the sensual and visual […]
A Silly Secret
I’ll tell you a secret. I have no idea what I’m doing starting a blog on inspiration, ideas, creative projects and living wholeheartedly. And despite that I’m excited. And daunted. And secretly very scared. Silly, right? My deeply hidden I’m not good enough part of me is raising it’s head with peaked interest.“Hang on” she […]
Sometimes you just need to start
All blogs need to start somewhere. Studio of Wild Ideas has been an idea sitting on the back burner for waaaayyy too long. So my friends, thank you for being here with me at the beginning. A poem: Sometimes you just need to start. Written whilst wrapping up my “old” business, Ready Mindset Go; feeling […]