Inspiration 12/16

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jun 28, 20204 min read

“My father is not a racist.”

How could I account for my father’s worldview, that of a generation of black man born and grown into manhood in America’s Apartheid South...

“What’s coming is a million new reasons to go ahead.”

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jun 22, 20201 min read

“What’s coming is a million new reasons to go ahead.”

“What’s coming is a million new reasons not to live your life. You can deny your possibility to succeed and blame it on something else....

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jun 14, 20201 min read

New York State of Mind

Some folks like to get away Take a holiday from the neighborhood Hop a flight to Miami Beach or to Hollywood But I’m takin’ a Greyhound...

In art practice “Don’t be afraid to do the same thing repeatedly…”

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jun 6, 20202 min read

In art practice “Don’t be afraid to do the same thing repeatedly…”

“One artwork is the inspiration for another.” Shaun McNiff Digital and handmade collages by Gina Greenlee. Female portrait line drawing...

It’s June 2020. Are You on Track for the Goals You’ve Set?

Gina Greenlee, Author

May 30, 20203 min read

It’s June 2020. Are You on Track for the Goals You’ve Set?

October is the time to set goals for 2021. Not December. Certainly not January 2021. And NOW is the time to assess goals we set for this...

Gina Greenlee, Author

May 23, 20201 min read

Mailbox Poetry: Junk Mail Isn’t Junk

◊ ◊ ◊ “Took my diamond to the pawn shop, but that don’t make it junk.” – Leonard Cohen

Gina Greenlee, Author

May 16, 20205 min read

The Introvert’s Guide to Social Media

“I enjoyed myself more than ever because I was catering to a natural strength of one-on-one engagement.” In 2007, I helmed website...

Gina Greenlee, Author

May 11, 20200 min read

Spoken Word: Overheard

How to Be an Explorer of the World: Portable Art Life Museum by Keri Smith

Gina Greenlee, Author

May 3, 20202 min read

How to Be an Explorer of the World: Portable Art Life Museum by Keri Smith

“[The residual purpose of art is] purposeless play. This play, however, is an affirmaton of life – not an attempt to bring order out of...

“She had pierced the numbing anonymity of the street, if only for a moment.”

Gina Greenlee, Author

Apr 25, 20202 min read

“She had pierced the numbing anonymity of the street, if only for a moment.”

From the young adult novel, Saturday, the Twelfth of October by Norma Fox Mazer: “On an afternoon in October, walking home from school,...

“I was born a knot like my mother and her mother before her.”

Gina Greenlee, Author

Apr 19, 20202 min read

“I was born a knot like my mother and her mother before her.”

From The Book of X by Sarah Rose Etter “I was born a knot like my mother and her mother before her. Picture three women with their torsos...

A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life

Gina Greenlee, Author

Apr 12, 20202 min read

A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life

“I am called a movie producer…but really what I am is a storyteller,” writes Brian Grazer in his book A Curious Mind: The Secret to a...

On Artmaking and Mental Health: “Notes to Strangers” by Andy Leek

Gina Greenlee, Author

Apr 5, 20201 min read

On Artmaking and Mental Health: “Notes to Strangers” by Andy Leek

Meet the artist leaving positive notes for strangers around London. Too many talents remain hidden behind fear of ridicule. Andy Leek,...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Mar 29, 20201 min read

As You Consider Your Next Move…

…practice this definition of trust: the willingness to take steps while simultaneously waiting for “instructions.” ◊ ◊ ◊ Postcards and...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Mar 22, 20201 min read

Got a Minute? Write Your Memoir

In these 10, one-minute videos you have everything you need to start – and keep writing – your memoir. Letterip!

If You’re Not “Full of Yourself” Who Should You Be Full of?

Gina Greenlee, Author

Mar 14, 20201 min read

If You’re Not “Full of Yourself” Who Should You Be Full of?

“She’s full of herself.” Meant as a slur about one who holds herself in high esteem. I say we should be full of ourselves, all of us....

Gina Greenlee, Author

Mar 8, 20202 min read

Create Some Work for the Asker

Helen asked if I would circle journey with her. Circle journeying is an interactive art journal traded back and forth until complete. I...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Mar 1, 20201 min read

Make a Splash in 2020!

◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ Life will only change when you become more committed to your dreams than you are to your comfort zone. Billy Cox ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Feb 23, 20202 min read

Happy Birthday Leaplings!

After 58 revolutions around the sun I have a broader, more contemplative view of birthdays, not only those that fall on December 25. “How...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Feb 16, 20201 min read

Mix It Up in 2020!

◊ ◊ ◊ Get unreasonable and everything’s possible; if you get reasonable you are going to have to lower your standards and drop down to...