The Universe Is Smiling: "Stepping Out"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:
Q: What is today's wisdom?
A: Dare to step out of your comfort zone - with a smile :)

"Don't be afraid to expand yourself, to step out of your comfort zone. That's where the joy and the adventure lie."
 - Herbie Hancock
"Creativity comes from looking for the unexpected and stepping outside your own experience."
- Masaru Ibuka  

The Universe Is Smiling: "Creation & Imagination"

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: Create a joyful life, one day at a time :)

"Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine, and at last you create what you will."

- George Bernard Shaw

"Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."

- Berthold Auerbach

"Music can change the world because it can change people."

- Bono  

The Universe Is Smiling: Art Reflections

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Asking my usual question, "what is today's wisdom?' I was surprised to see this rather strange creature evolve, cradling his art installation. This must be the effect of going to two art events in New Jersey over the weekend. Time to reflect about art .... with a smile, of course :)

 

"You can have the idea in one 'room' of your mind, and you can watch the figure develop in the 'room' between your hands."

- James Kay

"Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression."

- Isaac Bashevis Singer

 

The Universe Is Smiling: Enthusiasm

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: "It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living."

- Oliver Wendell Holmes

"Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity."

- Bo Bennett    

The Universe Is Smiling: Hoofbeats of creative exploration

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: What is today's wisdom?

A: Hoof beats of creative exploration .... 

"What is Art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of the Real."
- Rabindranath Tagore
 

The Universe is Smiling: Unlocking Creativity

Monika's weekly inner voice drawings:

Q: How to unlock creativity?

A: Be "dareful", not careful.