It always feels good when someone LIKES your facebook status, comment, photo, YouTube video or even RETWEETS your tweet.  It’s “like” a pat on the back as if to say, “Hey, this resonates with me.  I, too, share that same emotion or belief.” However, to me, LIKING something means spectatorship.  It’s no different than someone sitting [...]

So my sister and I were talking about life like we usually do late at night.  It’s amazing how much we think alike without even trying.  We constantly test each other and marvel at that.  Last night, we talked about spiritual signs.  1. DREAMS I decided to be vulnerable and share with her that I [...]

Some of you may not know that I have dabbled in the visual arts for fun.  Yeah…I have some paintings, drawings, inventions and photos that have actually attracted some international attention.  Why?  Not sure.   Most of it is extremely childlike. (I guess blame it on the CHRONIC CREATIVITY? ) Take a look at this chicken scratch drawing [...]

An excerpt from “COLORS OF THE SPIRIT…The Creative Process of Turning You Into a Work of Art” (c) Angela K. Mack 2000 (Based on the breastplate mentioned in the Bible Exod 28:15-29) Aaron’s breastplate  hint’s about God the artist and creator.  God did not sloppily throw together just any stones on the breastplate.  He specifically [...]

Blogs are about being honest, right?  I must admit that there were years of my life where I felt that I had to maintain a strong “I have it all together” image and did my very best to maintain it.  However, little by little, finger by finger, I am letting go of that notion.  Before [...]

I have a friend, Cindy.  And for YEARS….I KID YOU NOT.  She has been asking people (including me)  the question, “What would you do if you were brave?”  The question stems from the lyrics of Jana Stanfield.  The song?  “If I Were Brave”.    Cindy has signed for and been a part of Jana’s music [...]

(c) February 2010 Angela K. Mack It was Gallery Night in the Third Ward of Milwaukee.   We went into the Artasia Gallery.  Tucked away in the back of the store there must have been hundreds of wooden and cloth asian puppets lying in a heap on a table.  I was totally mesmerized. I sat and stared [...]

  Harlem Renaissance writer, LANGSTON HUGHES “The Weary Blues” From the Eyes of a Musician (c) Angela K. Mack 2/05     Langston Hughes is a fascinating African American writer who has written many poetry books such as The Weary Blues, Fire Clothes to the Jew, Shakespeare in Harlem, Montage of a Dream Deferred, and Ask [...]

Today I decided to challenge my personal comfort level and attempted the Level 30 incline uphill on the treadmill.  Afterward, I thought about how easy it is to become complacent, traditional and favoring the status quo.  I call it the”same old-same old” mentality.  And it can happen with almost EVERYTHING.  Being a creative individual, I [...]

1) I love the color orange. 2) I love writing poems and wish I could make a living of it. 3) I feel a lot younger than I am. 4) Sunshine and water make me happy. 5) I love musicals. 6) I played in the corner in kindergarten. 7) I bit a girl the first [...]