Wednesday, May 23, 2007

introduce yourselves

So, this is us; shopping in Florence for Dawn's birthday.
Here we are with friends, having dinner for Dawn's birthday in the restaurant I am featuring in my cookbook (shameless plug) about Tuscany.
Now you know who we are, or what we look like anyway. We were the best of friends, brought together by our sons, who were the best of friends, and now we are family. Our friendship has been a collaboration of creative minds and endeavors, hungrily searching the world for inspirations for our never satisfied souls. We have learned together, or more likely I have learned from Dawn, that our lives, both the ups and the downs, are nothing more than building blocks for our creativity. To be a friend of Dawn's has pushed me farther creatively than I knew was possible, and for that I am eternally grateful. So, enough sap, we laugh a lot together, we cry a little and mostly we push each other as far as we can to be the best we can all the time. This is our journey.

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Creative Endeavors and Inspiration

This blog has transpired from the need to exercise,share and challenge our creative processes.

I am an artist living in the states. I am currently involved in several organizations and show my work in various galleries. My good friend lives in Lucca, Italy at this time and is a writer with a lot of creative energies. We decided we would post little creative challenges and projects on this site and perhaps get others involved.

Our first small challenge is to create an Artists Trading card with the theme: find it in ones heart.
Check back on July 15th for the results...