Bob Ross painting happy little clouds, PBS re-mix

Inspirational video by Elizabeth Gilbert

I found this video inspiring.  It's Elizabeth Gilbert, writer, speaking on creativity.

Here's the link:  http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html

Why you should listen to her:

Elizabeth Gilbert faced down a ­premidlife crisis by doing what we all secretly dream of – running off for a year. Her travels through Italy, India and Indonesia resulted in the megabestselling and deeply beloved memoir Eat, Pray, Love, about her process of finding herself by leaving home. 

She's a longtime magazine writer – covering music and politics for Spin and GQ – as well as a novelist and short-story writer. Her books include the story collection Pilgrims, the novel Stern Men (about lobster fishermen in Maine) and a biography of the woodsman Eustace Conway, called The Last American Man. Her work has been the basis for one movie so far (Coyote Ugly, based on her own memoir, in this magazine article, of working at the famously raunchy bar), and now it looks as if Eat, Pray, Love is on the same track, with the part of Gilbert reportedly to be played by Julia Roberts. Not bad for a year off.

Gilbert also owns and runs the import shop Two Buttons in Frenchtown, New Jersey.

In The Sewing Room

I like to have lacy bits and trims displayed around me when I sew.  Seeing pretty pieces inspires me, allowing me to grab things spontaneously, as needed, making the outcome unknown when I start a project.  This is just the way I create, I'm not a planner, so everything I make is a surprise, even to me, when I'm finished.

Visit my shop, Pink Sewing Room, to see some of the things I've made, unusual and vintage trims and laces.  You can never have too many buttons or trims!

Visual Stimulation

Some objects that get my brain in Create Mode.  I am a visual person, I need things in front of me to stimulate my brain.