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Mystic Garden Lamp, an Upcycling Project

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Francesca De Grandis

Scored at the second-hand store! Hobnail milk-glass lamp: $5. Plus a $2 lampshade with masculine, modern lines to counterpoint the lamp’s old-fashioned femininity. Nevertheless, the shade required tweaking to harmonize with the lamp. The shade also had stains that needed … Continue reading →

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See Beauty, Express Beauty, Adorn the Cosmos

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Francesca De Grandis

I calligraphed today’s blog. Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Writing, and Music, Community, Spirit, The Whole Thing | Tagged anarchy, art, beauty, blog, book, calligraph class, Calligraphed, calligraphy, Celtic knot work, chaos, connections, connectivity, creativity, Francesca De Grandis, inner, madness, meditation, methods, musings, mystic, mysticism, ornamentation, poetry, prose, Share My Insanity, subconscious, Third Road | 1 Comment

Share My Insanity—Reviews

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Francesca De Grandis

Midwest Book Review gave Share My Insanity a big thumbs up: “an inclusive call to improve one’s own life with its unique brand of humor, very much recommended.” Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Writing, and Music, Classes, Books, and Other News, Community, Spirit, The Whole Thing | Tagged book, books, connectivity, creative ideas, ecstatic path, Francesca De Grandis, heal, healing, humor, Mari Powers, mystic, Paul B Rucker, self-help, Share My Insanity, spiritual, unitarian univer | Leave a comment

Crip-Dancing Grief, Calligraphing Grief

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Francesca De Grandis

Cat’s taken over my wheelchair, I hate everyone, do you think this is depression? I am deeply sad. Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Writing, and Music, Community, Spirit, The Whole Thing | Tagged art, blog, calligraph, Calligraphing, cat, classes, crafts self-help, crip, dance, dancing, deeply, depressed, depression, DIY inner-transformation, exercise, Francesca De Grandis, garden, glycerite, god, grief, hate, healing, heart, hurts, inner, invigorating, leader, lift, Motherwort, movement feel, mystic, outside, pain, physical therapy, sad, SADD, sadness, Share My Insanity, spirit, spiritual, spirituality, St John's wort, sun, surrender, transformation, weather, wheelchair, work out | 9 Comments

Now, Self, Alone, God

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Francesca De Grandis

survival, mourning, sorrow, Sicilian heritage, the daily scramble, illness, worry, powerlessness, spiritual practices, beauty, & divine blessings Continue reading →

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Posted on November 28, 2011 by Francesca De Grandis

THE SPIRITUALITY OF ART AND THE ART OF SPIRITUALITY: a 14 week process that 1) integrates your spirituality and creativity 2) uses each to nurture the other. We meet in a group phone call. No computer or special equipment needed. … Continue reading →

Posted in Classes, Books, and Other News, Community, Spirit, The Whole Thing | Tagged connectivity, contemplation, ecstatic, ecstatic path, fey, finances, Francesca De Grandis, heal, healing, magic, mystic, pagan, painting, peace, picture poem, self-help, shaman, shamanic, stardrenched, unitarian univer | 8 Comments

Mysticism and Writing as Tools to Change Self and Society

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Francesca De Grandis

Mysticism and Writing as Tools to Change Self and Society: A
weeklong virtual interfaith panel and community discussion Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Writing, and Music, Classes, Books, and Other News, Community, Spirit, The Whole Thing | Tagged 3rd road, @outlawbunny, black, books, Buddhism, Change, Christ, community, daily, discussion, divine, druid, faerie, Francesca De Grandis, freedom, fyr, goddess, hearted, humor, interfaith, Judaism, Kristilee Williams, merlin, Mike Dickman, mystic, mystical, mysticism, nature, oral tradition, outlaw bunny, Pittsburgh, practice, Share My Insanity, Shmuel Shalom, Society, spiritual, spirituality, Taoism, teaching, Tibetan, Tools, Torah, tradition, trickster, unitarian universalist, Writers, writing, yetzer harah | 78 Comments

I Need Help with My New Book

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Francesca De Grandis

I need help with my new book. Indie culture relies on community support. It frightens me to ask for help. But I wrote “Share My Insanity” to be of service. Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Writing, and Music, Classes, Books, and Other News, Community, Spirit, The Whole Thing | Tagged authors, blog, book, books, community, culture, divine madness, Francesca De Grandis, healing, humor, indie, May Sarton, midlist, mystic, readers, self-help, Share My Insanity, spiritualty, stardusted, transformative, traveler, trickster, Trickster spirituality, unitarian universalist, writer's life | 6 Comments

What May Sarton Said

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Francesca De Grandis

Late night thoughts, exhausted, fighting the flu. Exhausted by daily terror. If you’re lucky enough to publish, you’re not supposed to complain about it. But where there is great light, there will be great dark. Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Writing, and Music, Classes, Books, and Other News, Community, Spirit, The Whole Thing | Tagged antics, blog, book, clown, Divinity, ecstasy, Francesca De Grandis, hater, haters, healer, jubilation, May Sarton, mystic, poet, promotion, publish, saint, service, Share My Insanity, spiritual, teacher, terror, writer's life, writing | 11 Comments

Domestic Elf Pendant: Fantasy Dye Art Project

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Francesca De Grandis

On days off, Santa’s elf is a domestic elf, and needs a bit of fantasy jewelry: Domestic Elf Pendant; Fantasy Dye Art Project Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Writing, and Music | Tagged art, beading, beads, cloth, creative, dye, dyeing, elf, fantasy, hand, hand-painted, ideas, Jacquard, Jacquard Products, jewelry, mystic, pagan, painted, painting, silk, stardrenched, upcycling, vintage, wearable art | Leave a comment

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