But it ain't easy, trying to do without God even if you know he ain't there, trying to do without him is a strain

It's so important to unclutter the mind. For me, creativity is greatly impeded just by the chatter and visual clutter of life. It's really important to have a space that is really clear for whatever is emerging to come.

Clearly older women and especially older women who have led an active life or elder women who successfully maneuver through their own family life have so much to teach us about sharing, patience, and wisdom.

My God is not a religious God. My God is nature, my God is everything there is. That's God. Everything is God. I'm a child of that.

The only way to solace anyone who loved you in life is to be a good memory

Men make war to get attention. All killing is an expression of self-hate.

And so our mothers and grandmothers have, more often than not anonymously, handed on the creative spark, the seed of the flower they themselves never hoped to see - or like a sealed letter they could not plainly read.