(c) Angie Mack June 2010 Went to WALMART today.  (Ew! Ack! Cough!)  Yes I abhor going to WALMART.  But my husband seems to like it.  So we went today to get a few things.  And I seemed to notice that I said, “I don’t care” a lot.  “What kind of soap should we get?” he [...]

Based on the book, “COLORS OF THE SPIRIT….The Creative Process of Turning You Into a Work of Art” (c) Angela K. Mack 2000 “Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a coat of many colours.  And when his brothers saw [...]

Written by Angela Mack   (c) 2004 The time period between 1918 and 1929 contained an explosion of African American immigration, literary and artistic expression in Harlem, NY.(c) Angela Mack 2004    The Harlem Renaissance, also known as “The Negro Movement” was the time period between 1918 and 1929 in which there was an explosion of African [...]

I just had the priveledge of spending some fabulous and restful time up north with my family.   We knew that we would have quite a bit of free time so we brought along Seasons 1 and 2 of the show, “Little House on the Prairie”.  After a week of bathing myself in my all time [...]

The necessity of having creative friends August 11th, 2008 (c)  angmack Who an artist surrounds themself with is key. Artists must have like-minded people to engage in creative and educational discussions. My husband and I are very inspired when we go to see our artist friend, Maria, and her chef husband, Paul. We went to [...]

Freedom of Expression November 16th, 2008 (c) angmack OK, back to creativity…… At the core of creativity is EXPRESSION. Basically, it’s taking those feelings that you have inside…whether real or imagined….and letting them out. It’s about hearing that song within and unleashing it into music. It’s about taking that idea for something and building it. It’s [...]

The Anticipation is Everything December 8th, 2008 (c) by angmack I have come to the conclusion that the anticipation of something is usually much larger than the actual event. For example, when you know that you are to get a shot at the doctor’s office or have work done at the dentist, the anticipation of [...]

I went to the Olive Garden one day with a friend for lunch.  She asked, “Angie, why don’t you go to church anymore?”  I poured out my heart, “I am waiting for a different model…..I’m not sure if it will happen in my lifetime or not….but, somehow, I feel like we’ve got ‘church’ all wrong…I’m [...]

I’ve been spending today doing what I absolutely ABHOR…..handling finances.  My body works itself into a nervous and dizzy spin whenever I sit down to deal with finances.  It produces a ton of anxiety within me…..perhaps because of past trauma in that area of life.  idk…  However, I don’t let the anxious feelings get to me [...]

I’m not an expert on social phobias.  But I can say that I have primarily surrounded myself with highly creative people for the past 16 years or so.  I have gotten to know the quirks of creative people so much so that I can spot them a mile away.  They think that they are hidden [...]