Carol Wiebe

We are the 1 percent.

My son sent a link to me yesterday, saying that a Ted Talk he listened to, given by Brené Brown, had affected him deeply. Opening to...

In my four years of writing on Silverspring Studio, I’ve published 409 posts (today is the 410th). I have 776 drafts that I have not, as...

Julianne’s comments are “off,” so I will tell you, here, how stimulated I was by her post “Shell Game.” Julianne’s lifelong shell...

Dance, sing, pray, make art . . . . to heal yourself and our Mother Earth. #YouTube #prayer #education #MotherEarth...

Years ago I read a book called Your Money or Your Life, by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin. It was a life changing book, for me, as it...

Watch this phenomenal video and marvel that this man has found a “simple” solution to a complex and horrific problem. Landmines continue...

At the end of this month, it will be four years since I started writing  in Silverspring Studio. I can’t say I instigated the blog; my...

Fourth amendment underwear is showing up, here and there. It would make you laugh if it wasn’t so sad. You can actually buy them at Cargo...

I’ve been fascinated by videos that feature Barbara Marx Hubbard, lately. She offers some very intriguing ideas. Take a look and tell me...

A friend of mine, Roberta Hickey, gave me some literature and advised, “Carol, you should go see this glass display, especially the work...

Wikipedia offers a succinct synopsis, as well as plenty of information about the film and actor Roberto Benigni, who directed and...

Listening for the promptings of spirit, and seeking to follow them, has been my way of life for decades. In fact, I have clear memories...

A Creative Life. Art is what saved her from continuing down a former path of working at meaningless and unfulfilling jobs (see Humana...

There’s no need for me to say anything, today. Julianne has said it for me. She is an oil painter and I use acrylics. She is an art...

There is an exquisite timing in creating art, like when you realize you must stop and allow those beautiful brushstrokes and textures to...

I am licking my lips over these luscious figurative paintings, and the way they are set into their abstract backgrounds. I was totally...

I admit I have never been concerned with being “current.” It’s not important to me to be the first to buy something or see something. I...

Susan, the amazing artist from Susan’s Art and Sketchbook Blog, describes her participation in a SketchCrawl in Freestone, California....

Here are some of the the books from my book shelf which focus on color: Color: a course in mastering the art of mixing colors by Betty...