My personal thanks to Sage Sweetwater who befriended and encouraged me with her reviews, “Joyce’s poems are really good…Feminist godly mythology… sensuous, of love, of women and addictive, competitive drama…Angel-bearing wings, Joyce White’s poetry flies above life’s fault line.” Of my book, Sculpting the Heart with Art Therapy E-book, she says, “this book is about [...]
Spring, Summer and Fall, you find artists outdoors and in galleries painting all over towns, cities and in the country. Don’t be afraid to speak with them. What if you feel like you would be disturbing them? Ask them if they would mind a short conversation. If they are receptive, ask your questions, make your [...]
Artist/Teacher Barbara Garro says, Seeing with an Artist’s Eyes, looks for the art beyond expectation, the invisible life in the visible. I intend to bless the world when I paint an image as well as to bring blessings to the image. Each framed painting becomes a child, a real, living breathing entity. Cézanne is quoted [...]
Half of this oversize red leather bound Liber Novis (New Life) is devoted almost half to C.G. Jung’s Oil and Watercolor fantasy painting out of his awake conscious explorations. Although the first half of the book with the majority of the paintings is in German, the second half of the book is in English. I [...]
Bad communications bring busy people to their knees. You’re busy, your clients, students, prospects, suppliers, vendors, lenders and everyone you deal with on a daily basis are busy. Quickly picking up on the best way to communicate with each person can save you huge amounts of time. Garro’s Personality Detective System (PDS) is all about [...]
By mid-morning, the glorious clear blue sky had vanished. Ominous gray clouds now hung low as the onset of the predicted snowstorm advanced. This was to be a significant event, and severe weather alerts had been issued. In anticipation of the imminent onslaught, my husband and I rushed around the farm to make the necessary [...]
A guy friend, and as of yet undiscovered relationship advice expert, recently shared with me three words that he considered to be the Kiss of Death to any and every relationship. With a sinking feeling in my stomach, I faced my friend and braced for these apparently crippling words. “Can we talk?” were the supposedly horrific [...]
Art: Real or Not Real? * In a 100-day study of English poet, W.H. Auden, I have read many things about what art is and what art is not- * The world of art is not real and artists are creative illusionists. * Art analyzes life rather than identifies with it. * Art reflects the [...]
Some people can’t manage their thoughts, their thoughts manage them, leading to more alcoholics, drug addicts, depression, obesity, anorexia, child molesters, some diseases, and gays. In order to complete this picture, we must see the commonality in all people. Can we correct these behaviors? If not, nature does have variety. The only way to work [...]
I wish you all a Merry Christmas or Happy Whatever You Celebrate and for 2012, I share my secret to being a happy person–I associate with happy people! Honestly, it is that simple– Back in 1982 during my first year of clowning I did birthday parties, taught clowning at ———— Community College, and invented a [...]
