by Giulietta Nardone | Feb 24, 2023 | Creativity, Exploration
“Don’t be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson When I first started blogging in 2009, I banged out a ton of copy without expending much effort. It poured out of me like it was never going to stop,...
by Giulietta Nardone | Oct 11, 2022 | Facing Fear, Feeling Alive, Taking Chances
“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.” ~ Joseph Campbell I was quite brave as a young child, setting off into the wild yonder to explore meadows, ford streams, climb small hills. Danced around the room filled with adults with no feelings of shame....
by Giulietta Nardone | Sep 8, 2022 | Feeling Alive, Taking Chances
“Courage isn’t about knowing the path, it’s about taking the first step.” ~ Katie Davis One of my book chapters is called “Begin Anywhere.” Many folks never follow their heart’s desire because they are unsure how to take that first step. We...
by Giulietta Nardone | Jul 30, 2022 | Feeling Alive, Untraining
To be wild is not to be crazy or psychotic. True Wildness is a love of nature, a delight in silence, a voice free to say spontaneous things, and an exuberant curiosity in the face of the unknown.. ~ Robert Bly In 2006, I got the idea for my very first...
by Giulietta Nardone | Jul 5, 2022 | Creativity, Imagination, Painting, Taking Chances, Untraining
Loosen Up. Unbend. You’ll Feel Better. ~ Mae West Years ago, when I started my second journey as an artist, this time as an adult, many of the experienced artists around me asked the same question of instructors: How do I loosen up? And as I became...
