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It Really Helps To Know Who You Are

So school is out and kids are holidaying! I bravely pulled out an old etching of mine and started to rework it into something new. I’ve added red ink and white chalk. I’ve added pencil and words from the newspaper. The result is a mixed media type of artwork. It sits, a work in progressContinue reading “It Really Helps To Know Who You Are”

Feeling the Love

Hi this is Tania and we’re talking creativity. I have a friend called Mike and ever so often he talks about “feeling the love”. It could be when we share a cappuccino or I’ve sent a bowl of soup to the office via my husband Al. Simple things make Mike “feel the love”. As IContinue reading “Feeling the Love”

Wake Up!

Hi this is Tania and we’re talking creativity. I clearly remember the day I woke up to the immense creativity of humanity. I was enjoying a coffee in the café of a large bookshop in Johannesburg, South Africa and suddenly I felt startled and overwhelmed by the amount of books, each line sharing a newContinue reading “Wake Up!”

The Creative Art of Listening

This is Tania Ahlfeldt and we’re talking creative listening. Do Women listen better than men? Brenda Ueland famed writer and teacher had some interesting things to say on the subject. She felt that women have the listening faculty more than men, this not being the fault of men as they lost it because of theirContinue reading “The Creative Art of Listening”

These purple shoes made me think of this.

Never say no to purple. I often think about who I am going to be when I am old. I believe that we need to make decisions in our youth about who we’ll be when we get older. It’s so easy to lose oneself and creep into bitterness. So this here is my hope. WhenContinue reading “These purple shoes made me think of this.”

More Than Functional

This is Tania Ahlfeldt and we’re talking creativity. What is your function? What is your practical purpose? Most of us can start reeling off all the functions we have in life. It gives us such a feeling of being needed. Our functions demand from us and almost robotic-ally we fulfill their purpose. Our functionality becomesContinue reading “More Than Functional”

Double Beige. You don’t have to like it to love it.

Do you know the term double beige? I have an aunt, and she’s not just any aunt, she’s a glorious aunt, a ‘sparky’ lady, the kind I wish everyone had in their lives. She taught me about living or not living for that matter, a double beige life. I love those words, “Double beige.” What’sContinue reading “Double Beige. You don’t have to like it to love it.”