Inspiration Archives - Page 15 of 29

I am fiftyonederful today and glad to be alive. Thanks to my family and friends and you dear followers who have joined me in this journey round and round the sun, I am truly blessed. This morning I went for a

Lisa Thorpe

August 13, 2013

Art, Inspiration

expectations, Fall, quiet, summer, time bends, vacation

When Time Bends

The summer has whooshed by, my son starts his senior year of High school on Thursday I start teaching art at the elementary school next Tuesday. At the beginning of summer there are so many plans, so many events, a

Lisa Thorpe

August 3, 2013

Art, Inspiration, spiritual

art classes, creative classes, encaustic collage class, iPad as art, iPad drawing class, landscape painting class, retreats, workshops

So much to do, so much to share!

It’s been a busy summer with camps, vacations and visitors. And while summer isn’t over yet there is a sense of winding down from one mode to the next. Summer for me has a bit of a different energy and

Lisa Thorpe

July 16, 2013

Art, Inspiration

fabric, photo montage, pillows, quilting, spoonflower fabric, urban images

Urban Wabi Sabi Comes Home to the Country

At the beginning of June my little family left our country home and headed out to NYC to spend a couple of weeks with my city mouse sister and her family in their uptown (way uptown) Manhattan apartment. The spin

Lisa Thorpe

July 7, 2013

Art, Inspiration

artsy craftsy, baseboards, dust bunny, DYI, flooring, home improvement project, mixologist, Pinterist, rough edges, sore muscle

DIY week!

This week was mostly dedicated to redoing the floors in our little house at the Bishop’s Ranch. When we moved in 17 years ago we had pulled up the carpet and put down plywood and varnished it. It worked well

Lisa Thorpe

June 30, 2013

Art, Inspiration

blogging, cleaning house, journaling, journals

An Incomplete Picture

Hello dear readers, I haven’t forgotten about you. It has been several weeks and many miles since my last blog post but now I’m back in ordinary time swaying between computer screen and studio time. One of my summer endeavors

Lisa Thorpe

May 31, 2013

Art, Inspiration

Annual Forum, center pieces, decorations, floral arrangements, flowers, Kay Ryan, poetry, The Bishop's Ranch

Birds & Other Beautiful Things

This weekend I get to do one of my favorite things in my role as Resident Artist at The Bishop’s Ranch, make things pretty. We have a big event that starts today called the Annual Forum. It’s a time when

Lisa Thorpe

May 24, 2013

Art, Inspiration

boysenberries, Deborah Madison, fresh berries, pancakes, raspberries, summer

Hello Summer YUM!

Hello faithful followers welcome to summer. I know I know it is not officially summer but from my point of view once school is out (I had my last teaching day Wednesday) and there are berries to pick fresh from

Lisa Thorpe

May 17, 2013

Art, Inspiration

breathe, fabric art, marbled fabric, meditation, meditative practice, monoprint on fabric, prayer meditation, quilting, quilting and meditation

As simple as breathing…..OM to OOPS nine times out of ten

Breathe in breathe out, mind clear, body relaxed, onions, sandwich bread, yogurt…OOPS, breathe in breathe out, mind clear, body relaxed, after work I’ll drive too… Oops….and so goes my meditation practice. I try, that’s something and sometimes I hit a

Lisa Thorpe

May 3, 2013

Art, Inspiration, spiritual

hope, one day, poetry, poetry foundation, Robert Creele

One Day

One day - a whole unit neatly marked by sunrise and sunset, by mockingbird and great horned owl. One day to work and rest and play. One day to be who we need, want, hope to be. One day to