Welcome! Thank you for following me on my journey as I wander through the publishing process and wonder about beauty, art and creativity. I’ll continue to post Quotes of the Week on Fridays here, but all other content, including serialized chapters of my first novel THE ART COLONY are now posted on my Substack page, Confessions of a Creative. Thanks for supporting this writer by the mere act of reading my words.
All photos by Patty Mayeux, unless otherwise indicated.
Quote of the Week…
“You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.” Indira Gandhi, 1917 – 1984
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“Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.”
–Franz Kafka
About Me
Subscribers of my Substack site, Confessions of a Creative, can read chapters of my first novel, THE ART COLONY, posted on Fridays. Click here for links.
Meanwhile, I am rereading and revising my second novel, LEAVINGS, about a young woman who is stuck in the world of a child until her overbearing mother dies and she is forced to grow up, alone and in a hurry.
Feel free to visit previous pages on this site where I share inspirational posts based on the 10 ELAN Principles that I strive to live by as well as a few book reviews and personal or found writings.
In addition to journalism experience, I’ve written and co-published, with photographer Linda Lapointe, a non-fiction book on inner beauty: “Beautiful Women: Like You and Me.” I am active in local and online writers’ groups and participate in conferences, classes and workshops.
Creative and fun time is spent playing piano or guitar, reading, traveling and visiting art museums.
Quote of the Week…
“A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world. Everyone you meet is a mirror.” Ken Keyes, Jr. 1921-1995
Read THE ART COLONY on Substack…
Subscribers of my Substack site, Confessions of a Creative, can read chapters of my first novel, THE ART COLONY, posted on Fridays. Click here for links. Thanks for reading!
Quote of the Week…
“You don’t stop laughing because you grow older. You grow older because you stop laughing.” Maurice Chevalier, 1888 – 1972
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“In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful.” Alice Walker, 1944 –
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“Under trees, the urban dweller might restore his troubled soul and find the blessing of a creative pause.” Walter Gropius, 1883 – 1959
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“Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.” George Bernard Shaw, 1856 – 1950
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“Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1807 – 1882
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“As long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.” Mel Brooks, 1926 – Happy Birthday to this comedic genius who turned 100 on Sunday!
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“The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum.” Frances E. Willard, 1839 – 1898
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“Our life is frittered away by detail… simplify, simplify.” Henry David Thoreau, 1817 – 1862
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“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” Albert Camus, 1913 – 1960
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“Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better.” Martin Luther King, Jr. 1929 – 1968
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“Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.” Marcus Aurelius, 121 – 180
Come Back on Friday for a Quote…
But for now, I hope you will switch to my Substack site where subscribers are receiving three chapters of my first novel THE ART COLONY in their inbox or on the app every Friday. You will also receive my Wednesday essays about Writing, Wandering and Wondering. It’s easy, click here. Read here for the Top Ten…
Quote of the Week…
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” Albert Einstein, 1879 – 1955
Top Ten Reasons to Switch to my ConfessionsOfACreative Substack Site…
10. I’ll be phasing out this WordPress site. 9. You will continue to receive my essays about Writing, Wandering and Wondering. It’s easy, click here. 8. Subscribers will have free access to THE ART COLONY, my first novel, about a young artist who is struggling to make her way in 1970s Galveston where it is not…
Quote of the Week…
“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” Zig Ziglar, 1926 – 2012
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