Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.― Salvador Dali For my birthday back in May, I got this beautiful handmade cup which was made by Absolutely Clay. I’d not even had it a month, and I accidentally knocked it off the table and onto the hard floor, where it inevitably cracked into […]
Focus for the month: my Etsy shop Yoga Spirit Art
Several years ago, I made a conscious effort to make my interests and hobbies my work, figure out creative ways of monetising these things, and be 100% self employed. I’m now doing this (Yayy!), which includes yoga and meditation teaching, running my website Thought Brick, and also co-owning with my Mum our Etsy shop Yoga […]
Celebrating 2 years of my Etsy shop Yoga Spirit Art
Two years ago, my Mum Joan Hudson and I decided to open up an Etsy shop together — Yoga Spirit Art, creating environmentally friendly, high quality yoga designs and prints with the aim of sharing the spirit of yoga through inspiring words and art that you can display in your home, yoga studio, or anywhere that […]
Selfies, diary writing, and creating our lives with words
Selfie to Self-Expression Over the weekend I went to the Saatchi gallery to see the Selfie to Self-Expression exhibition with my Mum. As I walked into the first room, huge screens adorned the walls of famous portrait paintings from Van Gogh to Freida Kahlo. Next to each screen was a mobile phone which allowed you […]
Introducing Yoga Spirit Art — my new Etsy art shop
A few weeks ago, my Mum and I created Yoga Spirit Art — an Etsy art shop, selling affordable handmade zen/yoga/nature art prints. At the end of 2015, I got really into making mandalas, which first started as a 30 day challenge, where I’d do a piece of mandala art every day for 30 days. This […]
Wise words from a tree — An artist is not just somebody who paints
The other week, I was at glastonbury Festival and although I included this image in my Glastonbury Festival 2014 — My top 10 highlights post, and most recent newsletter, I feel that it deserves to be a post in its own right. Please share if you agree. If you’d like to get more words like these, […]
Glastonbury Festival 2014 — My top 10 highlights
Glastonbury Festival is often (so I’ve heard anyway) been named the heart chakra of the world. It’s certainly easy to see why! Considering the festival is so huge (approx 175,000 people), there’s a loving connecting energy everywhere you go. This year will be my third Glastonbury, and each time I’m blown away by the place. […]