If you are feeling lost…

Detail of “Talking with God,” 12×12 pastel drawing by Pia f. Walker, Copyright 2008 Attaining Creativity  I have spent a week simply floating, attempting to hold down to an anchor, to keep moving on, to seem like I am doing something. And yet this nagging feeling kept me still. Part of it was fear, this fear of [...]

Currently reading…

“Fall Winds,” 12×12 inch pastel drawing, Copyright 2008 Attaining Creativity My coffee table, and work desk, is getting filled with books. I though I would share some of the titles: “Marketing without advertising,” by Michael Phillips and Salli Rasberry, part of the NOLO library (http://www.nolo.com/) It took a while for me to warm up to this book. Although the tips [...]

Stretching resources…and spirits

Garden photo, by Pia f. Walker During the last year, I have learned tricks for how to get myself moving. Usually, if I don’t know what to do, the worst thing I can do is sit still. So I go out into the garden. I rake leaves, pull up weeds, clean a flower bed. The simple [...]

My art process…

When I was looking to find my art style, I drew mainly with my eyes closed. The exercise was to stretch my art muscles, swirling pencils here and there, mixing colors, and wetting papers. Without an end concept in mind, these art sessions started to demonstrate my color palette and the way my wrist would [...]

Putting a face on Facebook

   “Kicking It” (conte and pastel drawing), Copyright © Attaining Creativity 2008. Purchase the original. I admit that I am more of a Web junky than I would like to be. I need to check my e-mail box as soon as my first cup of coffee is ready in the morning, and I need to check up on blogs that I [...]