My Journal
Forced Out of My Comfort Zone: Incidental Findings
– My Comfort Zone Crumbles – Nothing like a health scare to yank you out of your comfort zone. A series of tangled, messy health issues, and a couple of major surgeries, hijacked my life force and creative energy. Although, I’ve been teaching art and healing for over 20 years and making art for over […]
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The Art and Healing of Heidi Darr-Hope
Art and Healing. Powerful passionate works for me. I’ve been teaching art and healing for over 20 years. I’ve been making art for over 40. But not until this year, did I personally feel the terror associated with a serious health scare. 2017 was a tough year, but I was able to forge a deeper relationship […]
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Finding Inspiration in Troubling Times
In the depths of troubling, disturbing times, finding inspiration feels hopelessly overwhelming. Darkness is casting its troubling shadow around the world. There are so many things to be upset and concerned about – So much anger – So much violence – So much distrust – So much frustration – So much division – So much […]
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Creative Block: My Frozen Pile
My Creative Block, My Fierce Inner Critic usually shows up when I’m wearing too many hats and just squeezing in studio time between all the other demands of a wonderfully full and rich life. It happens when I am worn down and bone tired. When “The Funk” malaise settles in and my creativity becomes frozen. The voice of […]
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SCETV: Original SC – Portrait of an Artist
Creating a 5 minute video portrait that sums up an artist’s work is not an easy task! The creator of the SCETV series Original SC, Tabitha Safdi, does an extraordinary job of it. I received an email from Tabitha the very first day of December. She had gotten wind of Healing Icons 20th Anniversary and […]
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Making Room for Art: Thank You Vista Studios
Vista Studios is my saving grace. There is no place like it. In one stop, you can find 12 extraordinarily dedicated and talented artists. We are multi-generational, men and women working in a variety of mediums. Having a studio there for almost 25 years, has afforded me two yearly exhibition opportunities – April’s Artista Vista and November’s Vista […]
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Creative Musings: Shoes for O’Keeffe
2015 marks the year! 100 years ago Georgia O’Keeffe was a professor of art at Columbia College. She was a focused and self-supporting twenty-eight year old when she arrived in Columbia, SC. It is here where she planted the seeds for her mature abstract expressionist style. My community is celebrating her creative period at Columbia College with […]
