When we create, we bring all of our life’s experience to our creation.  For those of us at a certain age, it is a happy fact that what we are creating today is not the same thing we would have created "if only" we had started [ younger, healthier, more idealistic, etc – you fill in the blank]. 

So for any of you who are thinking of stretching to something new (Amping Up), different or a bit scarey, know that right now is the best time ever to do that.  Since we never, ever reach "there" (where ever that might be), it is imperative that we keep ourselves awake by shaking up our routine every now and then:  the world needs all the wide awake/conscious folks it can get right now.

Some Amp Up tips:

1.  Try figuring out how to enhance your blog.  The title below, Ceramic Goddess Torso Class, is called an "H3" title (I think) and apparently it attracts web spiders.  You create it by "<H3>[text]</H3>"  I first learned about it during one of the teleseminars with Christine Kane’s UpLevel Your Business Program.  Vaguely remembering it as a good thing, I tried it out today.  I forgot the"/" to end it, but figured it out soon enough by looking at the rest of the HTML on my HTML tab here on my blog post page.  I now have a brand new concept to use for when my new and improved website comes online (next week I hope!)

2. Write down one thing you really really want, but have decided you can’t have and so have put it away.  Trot it out of its closet. 

 Write:  I really really want to [fill in the blank]. 

 There is always something you can do to take one small step toward your dreams. For instance:  Big trip?  Give yourself a $5,000 budget and go spend it online.  Collect pictures of what you find and make a vision journal [spiral notebook is fine..just paste the pictures in.  If you want to really cement it in your subconscious, color the rest of the page with crayons].  Now that you know exactly where you’re going and what you want to see, start research group trips; sign up for special rate notices with travelzoo.com or BookingBuddy.com (there are more – go look). 

I want a room that is nothing but windows.  This is my vision journal page for it (right).

3. Enlist a friend to join you in your dreams.  Meet on line, by phone, over coffee once every two weeks.  At the start, write down your goal.  Each interim take one small step toward your goal.  At each meeting share what you’ve done, adventures you’ve encountered, forward movement and synchronicity that has happened.  There are no set backs – only lessons about what didn’t fit with your goal.  No whining allowed (aloud either).
 

Ceramic Goddess Torso Class

One of my favorite things about being so in tune with creating my Goddess torso series, is that I know the "how" well enough to teach others…even those who have never touched clay before in their lives.

This past weekend, another class finished up.  Here are two members of that class with their creations. 

This is Linda R with her piece.  She last worked in clay in the 1970s and loved coming back home to it’s possibilities.  She came to class with a sketch of what she wanted and with my technical help she was able to create the piece exactly as she imagined! 

Rachel has never touched clay before.  As a friend of my son’s, however, she’s been around my work for years and was excited to take this opportunity to try it out for herself.  She didn’t have an exact idea of how she wanted to proceed until she started designing it.  Her creation all came out as she finally envisioned, which just goes to show that any skill level works just fine!

Wylde Women’s Wisdom:    Search deep within, concealed caves hold answers to the moon’s question, “you are who?” Jessie Vitale