Does this ever happen to you: no sooner do you start a creative project than the thought of all the chores you need to do starts nipping at your mind like a pack of junkyard dogs? Perhaps it’s your day off and you are torn between paying bills, doing laundry, cleaning house and working on your novel or other fun project.

It’s not fair! Unless you can afford a maid, those chores aren’t going to budge, but if you never take time for creative projects, you’re not going to have much fun. It can be a struggle to balance the creative versus the practical aspects of life, which is why I came up with my own method for dealing with this.

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I recently found a website that jibes with my, “start where you are; use what you have” philosophy. It’s called Go Make Art and that’s just what it encourages you to do!

Go Make Art has some freebies to download, too, such as the first issue of their quarterly magazine (called Astarte’s Megazine.) The articles are upbeat, informative and full of ideas to try for yourself.

Go Make Art is one big permission slip to be creative and have fun doing it. Check it out!

When someone says, “Are you busy Saturday?” what do you see? Have you ever paid attention to the image that appears in your mind’s eye?

For me, the current week is a flat elliptical plane, rather like a pie chart. In my mind’s eye, I am at its axis. I look out at each day and see if there is anything on that particular slice of pie, like a doctor’s appointment, or lunch with friends. The week starts with Monday and proceeds clockwise through the days.

It took me a while to figure out why, however, Saturday and Sunday are twice as big as the other days in my mental image of the week. Read more »