The Gift, 11.4" x 14" crayon on dry media by Tammy Vitale

Sometimes you just have to believe – through the dark, through the rain, through the cold, through the balmy sunny days, through jealousy, through hurt, through grieving, through whatever crosses your path.  This has been one of those years.  And since we're coming up on the time to remember to be grateful (if not every day), now is as good as ever to think about all the gifts we receive and hardly notice, don't notice, notice but don't think much about.

thought for the day:  Faith moves mountains, and when we see art as an act of faith, then we begin to see that when we commit to our art, mountains may indeed be moved as a path becomes clear.  commited to the "what," we trigger the "how"….  Julia Cameron Walking in This World:  The Practical Art of Creativity