“Picasso said that we are all born children. The trick is to remain one,
lean into our ease and enjoy the ride of our gift.” — Julia Cameron
Walker’s creativity also paddled
onto the computer screen, where he
assembled some of his nature photos
into a PowerPoint presentation for town
council members and residents. “I like
using my creativity for this noble cause
of protecting the interest of something
that has no voice,” says Walker. “It is
fulfi lling and uplifting.”
Nature is a powerful and abundant
source of creative inspiration and ex-
pression for many. Poet William Blake
expressed this ideal when he wrote,
“To see a world in a grain of sand and
a heaven in a wild fl ower, hold infi nity
in the palm of your hand and eternity in
an hour.”
Sandy Henson might agree with
that sentiment as she spends her Artist’s
Dates observing hummingbirds and
butterfl ies in the themed gardens that
she maintains in Kensington, Ohio.
Visual evidence of Henson’s creativ-
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