Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
- Rumi
Photo credit: Roger Hart
About Don Weaver
Before settling in beautiful Colorado Springs, I was for 40 years a clinical psychologist first and fine art photographer second. Now, those priorities are reversed.
Before, as a psychologist, I used words to connect with people, to enrich their lives. Now, in my present role, I rely more on pictures – designed to be worth thousands of words – to achieve those same goals of connection and enrichment.
As a psychologist, I helped clients to live more fully in the present moment – less in their remembered pasts and imagined futures. “Seizing the moment” made it easier and more rewarding for them to accept what could not be changed at a given moment and to change – one step at a time – what could be changed through time. Anyone can experience enhanced wisdom, problem resolution, and well-being that result from living in the present.
So now, in my present artist role, my goal continues to be to inspire people, and especially myself, to seize our own moments, here and now, with our eyes wide open…
About Carol Weaver
I have always felt a spiritual connection to Nature. Here I am at the age of 17 and now. So, when I and my husband Don relocated to Colorado Springs in 2016, I became enthralled with the beauty of the mountains and natural environment. This inspired me to create art that could celebrate my felt connection to Nature – fibre art that could capture Nature’s vibrant colors and stimulating tactile properties. I began this journey by crocheting original “yarnscapes” of Colorado nature scenes and then evolved to creating original 3-D yarn art (“yarn sculptures)” integrating Nature with the hyperbolic plane mathematical concept. Aptly, I call my present focus The Branching Out Series. I look forward to my continuing evolutionary journey.
