My Mission - To fully live inside the art of entertainment, creatively express, enjoy in balance, prosperously earn, spread laughter, peacefully live, love, learn, and honor myself and serve my fellow human beings for the remainder of my life.
Honoring myself by giving myself the permission to be who I am has been a bit of a struggle...
I am so grateful that I have become Me! Go figure.
I committed to become who everyone else wanted or thought I should be... when all along, I already knew who I was! But... that is life, learning, and understanding that YOU know better than all the rest.
From your heart and soul ... do YOURSELF and everyone else a favor - BE WHO YOU ARE!!!
“I
realize that the dominating thoughts of my mind will eventually
reproduce themselves in outward physical action, and gradually transform
themselves into physical reality; therefore; I will concentrate my
thoughts 30 minutes daily upon the task of thinking of the person I
intend to become, thereby creating in my mind a clear mental picture of
that person.”
~ Napoleon Hill's second step of his self-confidence formula
Hardly a
day has gone by since April 25, 2012 (my Mother's passing), that I
haven't thought of putting butterflies to canvas... well, just sixteen
days prior to the anniversary of her own transformative departure...
here is the first of hopefully many...
INSTEAD of continually telling the Universe/God that "something" isn't
going to work (before you actually FOR SURE KNOW THIS TO BE TRUE)... Ask
God to show you what you NEED to KNOW to move to your NEXT STEP in your
Life PROSPEROUSLY.
You have NOTHING to lose to TRY this... but you have to ask, then let it go and know that God is on IT! ASK and IT is GIVEN!
BUT, you must LET GO of the outcome and TRUST in GOD! Easier said, then done... I know for sure...
I
have a GOD box, I put things in the box, then forget about them... go
in weeks, months, years later... and they have been taken care of...
Week Two of Positively Perfect Prints! The Life Mastery training continues and is beginning to show the most amazing promise as I incorporate the teachings to my life on a daily basis.
I am meditating first thing in the morning to Mary Morrissey Life SOULutions CD recordings. This entire month is on MANIFESTATION!
Starting each morning with such a blessing is making the difference in my day - a loving way to begin each day, a gift to myself.
I am making these prints so affordable, how could you pass them by? This is a 5x7" ready to frame print, or just put it up in your office, kitchen, wall, bathroom, or wherever it is you need a little bit more positivity!
In 1992 I moved to Tennessee to start my life over after a divorce, and to pursue my career as a southern country rock artist. I had fallen in love with Nashville, TN and the surrounding countryside on my initial visit, and thought it would be a perfect place to start my life anew.
After arriving and beginning my pursuit, I started picking up odd jobs here and there to make a few dollars. I worked as an administrative temp, a singer for Pepsi Co., a songwriter, an actor, a cocktail waitress, and on weekends, I'd work at a bed and breakfast cleaning up rooms and dusting the rest of the mansion. It was at the B&B where I met Pervis. She too was working there to pick up a few extra dollars on the weekend. We hit it off immediately, and after a few years when I could afford it, Pervis came to work for me cleaning my house. But the thing was, we worked together, and she'd spend the weekend with me, and after we finished cleaning, we'd have FUN together.
Many years have passed, and Pervis is now raising her GREAT-Grandson's - there are THREE of them! She lives in Gallatin, TN where she was raised. She has traveled around the World, but came home to live with her Mother in her final years... now she's raising three GROWING boys.
She applied for a HABITAT house and was denied. But because Pervis doesn't give up easily, she applied again a few years later and qualified. She and the boys move into the house in just a couple of weeks and I'd like to help her out with some of the expenses.
So, give what you can - $1, $5, $10, $20, $40, $50, $100, $250, $500 - Whatever your heart moves you to do. I've put in $100, and two other friends/family have put in another $250. So I'm already part of the way to my goal.
PURPLE is my favorite color - Creating random interestingly artistic photos is one of my favorite pastimes. My iPhone allows me to take random photos that I wouldn't normally get to take with my professional camera. Sometimes when I lift up my pro equipment, I'm quickly told I can't do that... my iPhone has stopped this irritation.
I gotta say, I really LOVE this photo! The light is so beautiful with the shadows pronounced!
We are powerful beyond our wildest imagination - I'm proving it! And YOU can too! Come with me on this path to fulfillment of every desire... And so it is!
1. You can target-market your communications to people who honestly want to hear from you. 2. Your newsletter is a great place to sell advertising space or trade it for a sponsorship. 3. You can create anticipation for your shows and your music. 4. You can conduct surveys to learn important information about your fans. 5. You can introduce new music, try out new songs or even get opinions on new merchandise ideas. 6. You can drive your fans to your website, to iTunes and/or to YouTube. You control what you want them to see and hear. 7. You can market your shows directly to fans in the specific geographic regions you’ll be performing in. 8. Monthly or bi-monthly newsletters keep your music and your shows in the forefront of your fans minds. Remember, out of sight, out of mind. 9. You can attract and mobilize a street team. 10.You can share your personal stories, anecdotes, challenges etc. with people who really want to know more about you. There may be some things you don’t necessarily want the whole world to know.
This list could easily be modified for the visual artist.
Pictured: Robyn Morshead, Camille Engel, Carla Christina Contreras (me), and Thomas Royalty - We each won the BEST award for our art medium. Being a FEATURED ARTIST in this show was an AMAZING experience! I also taught a workshop for artists on "Marketing, Promoting, and Branding YOU & Your Art!"
