Envisioning Possibilities
Creativity
Watercolor art is a dance of fluidity and finesse, where every stroke tells a story and every hue sings a melody. It’s a medium that requires patience, yet rewards spontaneity. To be artistic in watercolor is to embrace its unpredictable nature, allowing the paint to flow and blend on the paper, creating ethereal landscapes or vibrant portraits.
Mastery lies in understanding the balance between control and surrender, knowing when to guide the paint and when to let it wander freely. It’s about capturing the essence of a subject with delicate washes and intricate details, evoking emotions through subtle gradients and bold contrasts.
Being artistic in watercolor means embracing mistakes as opportunities for innovation, turning spills and splatters into serendipitous moments of beauty. It’s a journey of exploration and discovery, where each painting is a reflection of the artist’s unique perspective and creative vision.
Outcomes
Outcomes Outcomes vs. activity. When the activity of practicing the violin matches the outcome of having a seat in an orchestra. Goal accomplished. But when business owners are so easily distracted by activity, and miss our goal and to wallow in the sea of...
Meetings
Meetings Make the meeting a SPAT meeting. Short Predictable Available Timely I think Dave Barry Sums it up well. " If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be...
Celebrate
Celebrate It is an important component of being a leader. It took me more years to learn about celebration than I would like to admit. As a company, I gave out a bonus as the end of the year. Yeah!! But so what? It was a complicated matrix - it took days to figure...
Quote #1
Quote I’m writing/authoring a book using quotes. Initially I started with the all the motivational quotes I could find. Then I looked at a book my daughter gave me with women’s quotes. We, us women, are different in how we process and how we quote. Early 1700's we...
Plan
Plan. If you plan 52 meetings a year. You may need a map. Knowing where you are going helps you choose a plan for getting there. If you plan to visit San Francisco from New York City, use the map, find the roads and plan the trip. The same is true if you plan to...
Retreat
Leadership Retreat We are business people creating a tribe. Is retreat the word we use to describe a day or two of planning? Definition of a "leaders" retreat 1a(1) : an act or process of withdrawing especially from what is difficult, dangerous, or...