Welcome to the Alive! With Creating E-Newsletter for people who are
passionate about being alive, creative and joyful; creating their lives as
living works of art!

The purpose of this newsletter is to inspire you to explore your own
creativity and to follow the dreams of your heart.

Volume #16, February 2001

Carefully select who you invite to be on your creative team. If you have a
loved one and a friend or two who are happy for your successes, consider
yourself lucky. When it comes to working creatively, choose like minds and
train them to be honest, yet unconditionally constructive.
Paraphrased by Helen Gurley Brown and Submitted by Iris Fanning

Table of Contents
1. Welcome Notes from Carol
2. Inspirations from our Creative Community: Kudos and Poetry
3. Ask Your Creativity Coach Carol: Create your own Valentine's Day
4. Creativity Tip: Artists Magazine's Creativity Corner
5. Sound Tip: Ham it up with movement and sound
6. Schedule of Creative Events and Retreats: Carol visits California in March

1. Welcome Notes
Aloha and welcome once again! Thank you for passing this newsletter along to
others you know who would be inspired by our creative community. We are a
community of approximately 1,000 readers now. To unsubscribe, hit reply and put unsubscribe in the subject line.

I hope your new year is off to a creative start. I spent the last month doing
a lot of clearing, cleaning and decluttering of mind, body and spirit. I
began by doing a week long juice and vegetable fast to cleanse my body and
increase health and vitality. (For the last eight years I have used a
wonderful book by Dr. Paavo Airola called Juice Fasting.) After a Feng Sui
appointment with a very skilled practitioner (who works here and on the
mainland) I decluttered and refurbished my home and office, and got the
energies moving especially in my wealth and relationships corners. The use of
colors, fabrics and fountains have been fun creative projects. I finished up
my cleanse with a powerful bodywork session that helped me to let go of old
thought patterns stored in my body's cells. A very powerful experience that
has made a big difference in how my body looks and feels! If you would like
references to any of the above, I am happy to share. I feel ready now to
greet the new year with renewed vitality and aliveness!

2. Inspirations from our Creative Community

Comments from readers:

Aloha! You've been on my mind this week, so I guess it's fitting for your
newsletter to arrive! I pulled into a parking lot the other day and the car
parked next to me had a bumper sticker that said, "Well mannered women seldom
make history!" It was a reminder to me that "no" is not a reason to stop
going after something we believe in.

JoAnn Crabtree, Oregon

Right on JoAnn! Every no gets you closer to a yes! CL

Wow, great newsletter, once again! Just love experiencing you in your life!

Denise Byron, Ashland, Oregon

Thanks Denise! I am loving my life too, as I create it newly every day. It is
fulfilling to know my life can be an inspiration to others. CL

I've been doing all the things I want to do and the things that make me very
happy . . . that's what it's all about.

Diane Schon, Illinois

Yea! Diane! Even with the stress of a busy corporate life, you are making
time to make yourself happy! Congratulations on following your heart. CL

Dear Carol,
Congratulations on creating a superb website. I so enjoy the visual flow of
exquisite creations by Carol Lorraine and dearly appreciate the enormous
variety of choices that you display to all viewers insofar as creating, coaching and
teaching. You've done an exceptional job of organizing your online site and
presenting an enormous buffet of choices. Well done dear Alive Creator!
Aloha,
Patty O'Rourke, California

Thank you Patty! I LOVE to offer a variety of choices to others and
consciously create variety as I thrive on it as a creator. CL

Hi Carol,
I enjoyed your newsletter.....directly on my path.

Had an incredible session with two 21 years olds today who had no clue where
life was taking them and no goals. I plunged in not knowing where
we were headed and came out of the two hours with strong commitments from
both of them, goals firmly implanted, inspiration flowing from their bodies.

I am always amazed at how perfect the outcomes of these sessions are when
you allow spirit to guide you step by step...

It is afternoons like this that lift my spirit to great heights and touch my
heart with the knowingness that our capacity for love and guidance has
depths that transcend any definition we could possibly elaborate.

So, I thank you your offerings and hopefully, one day in the next year or
so, I will be able to take advantage of one of your workshops.
Safe journeys and magical meanderings,

SHARON HOOPER, Certified Coach

And thank you Sharon for the contributions you are making to others as well!
CL

THANK YOU. A BREATH OF FRESH AIR. BLESSINGS TO YOU ALL.

MARION WALLACE

Congratulations to Joe Palladino, Greensboro, North Carolina

This poem was one of 33 selected by the International Society of Poetry for
inclusion in their new collection, The Sound of Poetry. It will be read by a
professional reader with a background of baroque music and released on CDs
and cassette.

The Cauldron
Life is like a cauldron
No one knows what the cauldron brings
Add some fire to the coals,
Quench the story as it grows.
In the burnishing trials of
Our steps thru life's failures and triumphs
Our eagle wings earn their flight from
The cauldron of life's challenges.

(copyright, 2001, Joseph Palladino)

LET'S SHARE and INSPIRE EACH OTHER! Please send me YOUR creative writing, articles, poems, stories, songs or experiences of your creativity.

3. Ask Your Creativity Coach, Carol

Question: How do you suggest creating Valentine's Day as a single person in a
culture that so highly stresses being a couple on this day?

Answer from Creativity Coach Carol:

Holidays are great opportunities to be creative. Several years ago I had the
exact same question. So this is what I did. I decided to be my own valentine
and create an ideal day just for me! I bought myself my favorite beautiful
flowers and a really big coffee mug with red hearts all over it that says "I
love you." (It is still my favorite.) I made myself a special meal of my
favorite comfort foods. I played my favorite music and boogied all over my
house. I rented a great movie! I went for a walk on the beach. I turned
Valentine's Day into a special lovefest for myself and I felt totally
nurtured, loved and cherished. It is one of the best Valentine's Day I can
remember to date.

PS You could also plan to do something fun with a group of friends so you
feel supported and connected and not alone.

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4. Creative Tip of the Month
Check out the Creativity Corner at this website for wonderful creative tips.
This month's is a suggestion to buy old calendars (now on sale) to use the
photos for resources: for your collages, treasure maps or inspiration for
your art work. The photos are copyrighted, so they are for resource use only.
click here: The Artist's Magazine - Creativity Corner

5. Sound Tip of the Month

This month we are going to add movement to our sound exercise. My friend
Elisa Lodge is in her sixties and in phenomenal shape. In The Humming Book
she suggests breaking up the density we carry in our body by using sound
coupled with movement. She suggests that you start out humming while you
vigorously shake out different body parts; hands, head, shoulders, back,
pelvis legs, feet, etc. So go for it! Hum and shake out your body. Let
yourself make all kinds of funny sounds. Let your body make funny movements.
Have fun humming and hamming it up and allow as many natural impulses and
creative rhythms as you can dream up. Include this in your daily exercise
program, let me know how you feel by the end of the month.

Namaste,
Peggy Black, Sacred Sound Salutarist
e-mail peggyblack@aol.com or www.healingmusic.org/PeggyBlack.htm

6. Schedule of Creative Events and Retreats

I look forward to being in northern California again the first two weeks of
March. I have been asked to do some personal color and style consultations,
spring personal shopping, creativity coaching and to show my spring silks.
Wow! Is this exciting. If you would like to set up an appointment for any of
the above, please email or call me ASAP. I would love to work with you in
California.

I have had a request to do the Alive! with Vision course by telephone
(Discover your vision and purpose and create a life plan to create and
manifest all that your heart desires). Great idea! It can be done one-on-one
or we can form a group. If you would like more information on this program,
check out the coaching page on my website at selfimages.com or email me.

WISE WILD WOMEN CREATIVITY RETREATS (note new name)

Third Annual Wise Wild Woman Creativity Retreat in Hawaii.
Make Time for YOU!!
May 19-26, 2001 (week prior to Memorial Day weekend).
On the Kona coast of the big island of Hawaii, at beautiful Kealakekua Bay,
the retreat offers dolphin swims, mask making, deep relaxation, visits to
sacred sites, music and story telling of Hawaii. SEND $250 DEPOSIT NOW to
hold your space. There is room for 8 women. There are 4 spaces open.
Early registration by March 1 $1595. After March 1 $1695.
See retreats at SELFIMAGES for more information and photos.

Alive! with Creation Spirituality Retreat in Hawaii. June 16-23, 2001.
FOR MEN AND WOMEN

Unleash your creativity, deepen your spirituality and release the artist
within. Join us for a week at Paradise Point, overlooking the ocean on the
Kona coast on the big island of Hawaii. Through mandala making, journey for
self discovery, deeper creativity, aliveness, joy, love and healing. No art
experience necessary. Dolphin swims, massage, visits to sacred sites, and
Nature's gentle nurturing.
Send $250 deposit now to reserve your space.
Early Registration April 1st $1595. After April 1st, $1695.
Space for 12 participants.
See www.selfimages.com/retreats for more information. SELFIMAGES

THANKS FOR JOINING US THIS MONTH!

Deep Peace, Radiant Joy, Playful Creativity,
and Warmest Aloha to you,

CAROL
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