Creativity For The Soul Blog
69 FOLLOWERS
Linda Wiggen Kraft is an artist (mandalas, art journaling, photography, pottery), creativity teacher, garden designer & garden writer. Creativity for the Soul is where creating art, gardens and indoor spaces that enliven and enhance body, mind, heart and soul is her passion and play.
Creativity For The Soul Blog
5d ago
Poetry & Painting A friend gave me some “happiness pills” for Christmas. The “pills” are short poems rolled up inside a pill capsule. The “pills” come in a glass bottle, like a medicine bottle. Open the jar, select a capsule, unroll the poem, read it and feel happiness. Or other feelings. The categories of pills ..read more
Creativity For The Soul Blog
1M ago
Midwest Cold & Florida Warm? – Watercolor Workshop For years I had been searching for a “loose flowers” watercolor workshop. I was ready to go pretty much anywhere in the states. In my search I found a workshop in Ormond Beach, Florida that looked perfect. And it was 30 minutes from my brother’s house up ..read more
Creativity For The Soul Blog
2M ago
Winter’s Womb & Harvard’s Glass Flowers We gathered & created in preparation for the start of winter. A few weeks later, in the cold of winter, I visited the ever blooming glass flowers at Harvard’s Museum of Natural History. It was a brilliant full moon, called the Long Night Moon, on December 15th when we ..read more
Creativity For The Soul Blog
3M ago
Shine Your Lovely Light – Darkness & Healing Shine Your Light The light is receding into darkness earlier now. Our monthly Mandala and Creativity gathering began and ended in the womb like darkness of fall. Our last gathering was on the third night of a clear sky full moon, the Beaver Moon, when beavers shelter ..read more
Creativity For The Soul Blog
4M ago
Shared Creativity, Hope, Lemonade from Lemons We shared the joys of nature’s beauty, diverse creativity and unexpected expressions. It had been two months since the last get together of our Mandala & Creativity Circle. September’s Circle was cancelled when I fell the day before, dislocating my shoulder and breaking my arm. Fortunately, we all gathered ..read more
Creativity For The Soul Blog
5M ago
Before the “Break” This blog is about creativity before the “break”. The “break” was an actual fall I had two weeks ago in Chicago on the L train platform. My husband and I were on our way to the airport to come home. I fell, dislocated my left shoulder and broke my arm bone near ..read more
Creativity For The Soul Blog
6M ago
Super Moon, Mandalas & More It was the first of three nights when the August super moon shone brightly in the sky. This blue moon of late summer was also the Sturgeon Moon, named for the abundance of sturgeon fish in the Great Lakes. This is a time of harvest, of gathering the bounties of ..read more
Creativity For The Soul Blog
7M ago
Special & Sacred Space The special and sacred space where our monthly Mandala & Creativity Circle meets is like a forever friend. No matter how much time has passed since last getting together, there is an instant connection as if no time has passed. We hadn’t gathered together since April. May was cancelled due to ..read more
Creativity For The Soul Blog
11M ago
Getting Loose & New Shared Creativity Taking time to make art within a circle of friends is one of the most profound ways of finding our deep centers of creativity. In that finding, new marks are made and images appear, often as if by magic. There is a union of artist, art materials and creative ..read more
Creativity For The Soul Blog
1y ago
Sharing Creativity – Handmade Books, Flower Art & More We shared creativity with handmade books, flower art from real and imagined flowers and more. All during our last Mandala and Creativity Circle. Linda M. and Christine T. were inspired by real lilies that were in my studio. They were there for a painting session a ..read more