Carol Wiebe

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 full-time artist since I was old enough to know what that meant, and am finally poised to take the plunge. Throughout my life, I succumbed to the conventional wisdom that you can’t make a living as an artist. What conventional wisdom doesn’t tell you is that you must really watch out for soul death if you don’t let that inner artist out o

You are born an artist or you are not. And you stay an artist, dear, even if your voice is less of a fireworks. The artist is always there. ………..~ Maria Callas Fireworks 4 Fireworks 5 Fireworks 6 #CWWOL20110809c #CWWOL20110809a #artist #MariaCallas #CWWOL20110809b #fireworks

What does the artist see? What happens when an artist follows her vision as far as it wants to take her? The Artist's Vision The visionary is the one who brings his or her voice into the world and who refuses to edit, rehearse, perform, or hide. It is the visionary who knows that the power of creativity is aligned with authenticity. ………….~ Angeles Arrien #CWWOL20110628 #vision #artist #AngelesArrien #selfportrait

It is quite a step to jump from doodles to passion, but I am inspired, for whatever strange reasons, to do so. I have a great passion for doing art. I am constantly drawn to others who exhibit this passion, who spend every spare moment, or, who “steal” moments from activities that others might consider more necessary, or even sacrosanct, in order to practice art. My thoughts seldom stray far from some aspect of it. Whenever I spend money, it is usually in service of art. I re