Carol Wiebe

I love making art and I love writing, but when I can put the two together, that is pure bliss. I have discovered an app called Steller,...

Creativity is a precious gift that need not diminish as you grow older. Tap the picture to see my complete Steller book. #agingartist...

But sharing is tricky. My aim (need?) has always been to appear accomplished, polished. Works in progress (WIPs) are messy, half-done,...

I have a million ideas in my head. When I concentrate on a particular one, it flows out from my mind like a flag, waving and inviting me...

Tomorrow will mark another milestone for me, 18 months of continuous daily blogging. I’ve had my ups and down, but always managed to say...

Yesterday was my last day of “regular” employment. In other words, I have joined the retirement crowd. It was an emotional day ~ with...

We can see the world as a doomed place, bound for destruction and full of people who only consider the bottom line. However, if we allow...

Tell me how you are feeling, she told him. I mean, really feeling. Fine, he said. Not the dressed up, phony, everything is fine kind of...

I saw this door, she said, and just knew that if I crossed the threshold, I would see something that would cause my whole life to change....

What is inscribed in your heart? What wish or hope or dream that you dare not even whisper but which you sometimes admit you must have or...

You know that awful art work you have hidden away? The one you conceived with such excitement, and began with such high hopes? Now, it...

I’m getting lots of hugs at work this week. I’ve been pretty emotional in my classes, because I know this is the last I’ll see of the...

This month, I end my journey as a school teacher and embark, with full sails flying, on my full-time artist life. I have dreamed of being...

A whirlwind of activity can be exhilarating ~ for a while. However, a whirlwind can develop into a tornado, where everything in its path...

Compromise is over-rated. We are always being told to compromise, to meet others half way, to make sure we get along. Wouldn’t it be...

Many people are all bent out of shape over their huge array of unfinished projects. That is an issue, no doubt, but equally important is...

I have often used the phrase, “That blew my mind.” I imagine my mind exploding into a million bits, that fly in all directions, each...

I was told the story of Jonah when I was a child, and it terrified me. Jonah was running away (or trying to sail away) from what God...

We are terrified of the possibility of our computers being infected with a virus. It is much more likely you could be infected by someone...

So you have lots of ideas, way too many to ever complete. Overwhelming numbers, really, because what is the point of an idea if you can’t...