I have sketch book/art journal filled with more thoughts for work than I have years on earth. In it I doodle, and record random thoughts for bodies of work and individual paintings. I put them down on paper when inpiration hits, and if in a year an idea still rings true then I will run with it.

In the back I collect words that speak to me for those days when I need a little more help. It is a way to call on the strength and wisdom of the world. Most of the quotes relate to my work, and some to everyday life. It’s a lovely thing to hold, to flip through whenever I want to be instantly energized and uplifted. These passages are not secrets; some you will have no doubt read before. In this blog, I’d like to share a few of the gems that I’ve scribbled down over the years.

Here’s my first:

Walk on a rainbow trail; walk on a trail of song, and all about you
will be beauty. There is a way out of every dark mist, over a rainbow
trail. - Virginia Woolf