Month: June 2016

Engage, Connect & Expand Your Visual Vocabulary

Every Monday, Wednesday & Friday morning I invite you Behind the Scenes at my studio.

Today:   Exploring the value of cutting up magazines and highlighting books as well as gathering images to expand your visual vocabulary – all while recovering and being gentle with myself.

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Where Shannon watches the BtS

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Celebrating My Mom

Mom on Mother's Day

 As I sit here in the sunshine, listening to the birds, I am thinking of my mom, who passed away 3 years ago today. On this day my siblings and I were at her side. It was not like it’s described in stories or shown in movies. It was hard and painful and we did all we could to endure and rise above and be together in love.

I miss my mom everyday. I celebrate her gentleness and her fierceness. I celebrate her unwavering curiosity and love of learning. I celebrate her artistry and her vision. I even celebrate the way she would make a face and say “blech” at a restaurant when she didn’t like the coffee, especially because on the flip side of that was the pure and open delight she would show when something was yum.

We had a bit of a hard time together at the end and whenever that makes me sad I call up my memory of her looking at me and saying, “You have a good heart.”

Thank you, Mom. I got it from you.

JRS Good Heart

Creative Living Bookshelf: Episode 13

It’s inevitable. I’m always adding wonderful books to my creative living bookshelf – and I bet you are too! In episode 13, I share 7 interesting finds rich with inspiration, creativity and healing with topics ranging from unplugging to food, from love to monkeys and a little colouring to boot! I’ve shared links below (don’t look if you want to be surprised when you watch the show!)

Here are the books currently on my Creative Living Bookshelf

  • The Joy of Missing Out: Finding Balance in a Wired World by Christina Crook (Find on Amazon.com, Amazon.ca)
  • Shut Your Monkey: How to Control Your Inner Critic & Get More Done by Danny Gregory (Find on Amazon.com, Amazon.ca)
  • Women, Food & God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything by Geneen Roth (Find on Amazon.com, Amazon.ca)
  • Wired to Create: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind by Scott Barry Kaufman & Carolyn Gregoire (Find on Amazon.com, Amazon.ca)
  • Succulent Wild Love: Six Powerful Habits for Feeling More Love More Often by SARK and Dr. John Waddell (Find on Amazon.com, Amazon.ca)
  • Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces that Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull (Find on Amazon.com, Amazon.ca)
  • The Soul Discovery Coloring Book: Noodle, Doodle and Scribble Your Way to an Extraordinary Life by Janet Conner Illustrated by Christine Pensa & You (Find on Amazon.com, Amazon.ca)

What are you reading?

Do you have a great creative living books to recommend?

Creative Living with Jamie: The Shocking Truth

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On this week’s podcast, I reveal what I don’t care about. You may find the truth shocking.

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Dreamboards, Delights & Possibilities

Every Monday, Wednesday & Friday morning I invite you Behind the Scenes at my studio.

Today:   I’m so full of delight today my cheeks are already hurting from smiling! Today I’ll share my new tripod, my dreamboard and my baby raccoon sighting! Oh, plus a sighting of me on Spirituality & Health!

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