As An Artist, What Is It That I Do?

People will sometimes ask me, as an artist, what it is that I do. To explain, I tell them that I am a translator of creativity. I take an experience and from this, I create it in an outer form. This is the continual quest of an artist. This translation may come in the [...]

By |2021-01-12T08:16:30-08:00January 10th, 2021|Authentic Self, Response to Art, video|0 Comments

Words I Would Leave Behind

“What words would you leave behind?” I was asked. And so I began to share (in the video below) what my years have taught me. These words are not spoken lightly. They are words from truths that have driven me to create courses and talks, artwork and writings. These are words that bring water [...]

By |2020-10-21T11:39:07-07:00October 21st, 2020|Authentic Self, Blog by Diane Mathias, Courage, Encouragement, video|1 Comment

Remembering How Strong We Are

When we stop to remember how strong we are, something happens. Our world is fraught with anxiety and uncertainly. I invite you to join me today to embrace the truth that we have, in our lives, grown in strength. This is why I have created this guided mediation. Like powerful trees, we [...]

Allowing Myself To Be Seen, Part 2

In 2015 I took a huge risk.  I started to share my own personal work in a blog. This blog was not about business, like I had blogged before.   In those early blogging days, I became a part of a 30 day blogging challenge created by Bradley Wills.  A part [...]

Dance to the Music You Hear

“And those who were seen dancing, were thought to be crazy, by those who could not hear the music.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche No one told me that not everyone could hear the music that I heard... As a child, I just assumed the people around me were like me. [...]

By |2020-01-29T14:29:04-08:00December 5th, 2019|Authentic Self, Blog by Diane Mathias, Courage, Intuition|0 Comments

How Art Can Inspire Us In Difficult Times

I wrote this blog post a few years back and published it on another site.  When I first wrote this article, I reached out to the artist of this sculpture,  Ann Gildner. I told her how deeply moved I was as I stood before her sculpture.  Her response to me was this: “You not [...]

Creative Thinking: A Ladder To The Sky

Creative thinking is enhanced by understanding how the creative process works. There are times when creatives spend their energy in very big ways. I call the thin and dim weariness that can follow this time The Flatlands. The following video is a visual tour of this place... [...]

Going Deeper Into Our Written Work

Going Deeper Into Our Written Work I know that going deeper into our written work involves meeting with the shadow side. These shadows are sometimes called "the dark side." They are parts of us that we may want to hide because they make us look less than perfect. Meeting with my shadow side [...]

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