Art Matters

The recipe to a passionate & fulfilling life...

Barb Toland Creative Sparks

I hope this finds you actively engaged in a happy & fulfilled life. It's my fondest wish that you're enjoying your life, and are passionately & creatively engaged in the process of living it fully. We only get one, and we all need to make it count...

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Finding ways – even in grief, to stay creatively engaged ❤️❤️❤️

Barb Toland

As many of you know, I have been through a grieving process over the last few months. My sister Sandy passed away on 12/28/21. We were very close, just a few years apart. She's a little older than me, so she was always the one holding my hand, making sure that I was protected, and that I was actually behaving myself...

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That ONE thing you can always count on...

Barb Toland My Stuff

Truth be told, I'm not a morning person.⁣⁣ Like, at.all. ⁣⁣Yes, I do manage to get up normally by 8 or many times earlier, IF coffee has been made by the best hubster in the entire universe! Which (another truth bomb) is every single morning. Bless him & his devotion to me, and to the almighty bean...

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I stand corrected ;-)

Barb Toland Creative Sparks My Stuff

The other day I had an artist friend point something out to me that I hadn't really thought about. And since I love adding more notches to your creative arsenal belt, I was like, wait ...

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Practice makes progress

Barb Toland Creative Sparks

Have you ever started a new creative project just to get frustrated over not having it go so well? Have you ever played it safe & just keep doing the same creative thing over & over because you're good at it? Have you ever gone to an art class ...

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