The Secret In The Search

Phases Of The Creative Process: Preparation-gathering Impressions Incubation-letting Go Of Certainties Immersion/illumination-creative Intervention/risk Revision-conscious Structuring And Editing Of Creative Material.

Growth Demands A Temporary Surrender Of Security.

Husbands Come And Go; Children Come And Eventually They Go. Friends Grow Up And Move Away. But The One Thing That's Never Lost Is Your Sister.

A Seasoned Woman Is Spicy. She Has Been Marinated In Life Experiences. Like A Complex Wine, She Can Be Alternately Sweet, Tart, Sparkling, Mellow. She Is Both Maternal And Playful. Assured, Alluring, And Resourceful. She Is Less Likely To Have An Agenda Than A Young Woman-no Biological Clock Tick-tocking Beside Her Lover's Bed, No Campaign To Lead Him To The Altar, No Rescue Fantasies. The Seasoned Woman Knows Who She Is. She Could Be Any One Of Us, As Long A She Is Committed To Living Fully And Passionately In The Second Half Of Her Life, Despite Failures And False Starts.

The Perceptions Of Middle Age Have Their Own Luminosity.