Go Outdoors – Chapter from Twenty Second Smile

Posted On Jul 7 2023 by

Go Outdoors What could be simpler and more natural than going outdoors?  Children know this.  Your inner heart knows this.  The folks with clip boards and questionnaires know this.  Why don’t you remember?  EVERYTHING in your life gets better when you go outdoors.  Parks feed your soul better than concrete does.  OK? Another chapter chosen by the synchronous flow of the universe from my favorite book.  Get it.  You’ll like it.  Paperback Version –Very pretty book to own. May you walk in beauty, William PS Pass  this post to friends.


How You Can Use Any Book as an Oracle

Posted On May 7 2020 by

In a time of deep uncertainty, I find oracles can help me to feel into my next good steps.  From my book, The Twenty Second Smile –      When Clueless… Because these waves passing through me ruffle my cool and boost my fear, I feel lost and rudderless.  Clueless as to how to proceed, I consult the millennia-old sage, the I Ching.  She gives me the straight poop in her own convoluted way.  But it’s enough.  I take another step. In my recent Instagram account post, I mentioned using The Twenty Second Smile as an oracle for my day. …


Doodling – It’s good for you. It helps you learn and think.

Posted On Nov 28 2018 by

Doodling has been much maligned.  Schools and offices squash you and your doodles.  I have known for years that it has value in many ways.  When you doodle, you open channels in your brain that deepens understanding and makes connections, leading to creative options, and wonderful problem solving. Doodling can calm your stress and restore your spirit. Sunni Brown in her six minute TED talk I recommend  defines doodling: “Doodling is really to make spontaneous marks to help yourself think.” In her closing she says, “So here is my point: Under no circumstances should doodling be eradicated from a classroom or a …


Current Insights I’ve Uncovered and Inquiries

Posted On Apr 26 2018 by

Explore, ponder, and play with these potentially life changing ideas so you can be happy, wild, and free. In these periodic posts, I will share ideas that currently move me in some way.  I’ll be drawing from the books I’m reading, films, blog posts, conversations, and personal ponderings. I share these to further you on your journey to being happy, wild, and free. The Oracle Quote The oracle quote returns today.  Yay. Quotations act as little doorways into new worlds and new perceptions. They consist of distilled genius. My software angels choose this oracle quote for you today : 116)    My …


A Lovely Way to Connect to Oneness

Posted On Feb 27 2018 by

When I was sitting down to create a Zentangle, I recalled Thich Nhat Hanh’s sweet idea for recalling the truth of Oneness.  We are all one, and everything is in us.  When you feel Oneness and your part in it, you feel at home and deeply connected.  Unlike social media which serves to make us feel more alone, Oneness connects. Here’s what he said – An artist can see the cloud in the piece of paper she’s drawing on.   When you create a Zentangle, first you take a few deep breaths to ground and center, then you place a …


Zentangle – This Focused, Mindful Doodling Leads to Enlightenment

Posted On Feb 21 2018 by

One of my beloved and wise clients told me she was starting to do Zentangles.   A Zentangle is a small, 3.5 X 3.5 inch, delightful piece of art that’s fun to create and that looks great.  Anyone can do it. So what?  Well, it can lead you to moments of deep mindfulness, so deep that you become enlightened. Even people who are sure they have no artistic talent can create pieces they love in about 15 minutes while harvesting the benefits of deep mindfulness play. Benefits Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. –da Vinci Making art can drop you into a …


After the Black Friday Crazies, Breathe, Enjoy This Three Book Giveaway

Posted On Nov 30 2017 by

Black Friday is over along with the craziness.  Breathe. To sooth your soul, I’m giving away the Kindle versions of my three print books.  Zero Dollars, Pounds, Euros, etc.  A great price. I want you to have them, because they’re great books.  You can use the wisdom therein to be happier and more present.  It’s my gift to you this season. My last, The Twenty Second Smile, contains lots of wisdom and makes a great coffee table book.  It might be my best book of the 18 I have published and certainly the most accessible.  It summarizes everything I’ve learned …


Playful Tool for Mindful Reflection

Posted On May 10 2017 by

What would Pirate Girl say? Listening to the wild person inside of you can be a great place to make sense of your life.  You can play with writing an exactly-50-word story as a way to bring the words to your experiences. When you engage your playful side, you find the deeper wisdom that hides from your serious mind – the one you learned for school. To help open yourself, you can choose a pen name, or a Nom de Mischief, to write under, so you can be free of the judgment of others, even if they only live in …


Book Giveaway Bonanza

Posted On May 4 2017 by

Let’s try this.  I’ll give you the schedule of the upcoming book giveaways.  You go grab them, pass them on to friends, read them, live happily ever after, then write a glorious review.  OK. Drum roll… The Schedule: 5/6/17 Playful Stress Reducing Shortcuts: Fast Drug-Free Ways to Tickle Your Nervous System to Improve Your Happiness, Peace, and Vitality 5/13/17 The Eight Fundamental Secrets to Living Well: How to Live a Happy Life and Live Life to the Fullest       5/20/17 Simply Serene: How to Calm Down, Reduce Stress, Deal with Stress, and Be Instantly Alert and at Peace …


Mysterious Madam Ling

Posted On Jul 3 2016 by

After I named my studio, Suzanne felt she wanted to get in on a good thing.  (See post.)  Since I named by studio the Chuckling Ferret Studio, Suzanne played with words, swirled them around and Chuckling became a guy – Chuck Ling,  hence Chuck Ling Ferret Studio. And since she is married to my nom de studio self, she felt that necessarily she became Mrs. Ling.  Further word play led to Madam Ling, then to The Mysterious Madam Ling. Now, it needed a favorite critter, marmot won the prize. Finally, she has The Mysterious Madam Ling’s Marmot Studio. Play is …


Chuck Ling Ferret Studio

Posted On Jun 28 2016 by

“What’s the name of your studio?”  I gently inquire. “Huh?” you wonder. “What’s the name of your studio?  What do you call the place where you do your creative work? “You do have a place to do art and to work on creative projects don’t you?” If you want to build your right brain, and I assure you that you do, then you need to have a studio. It needn’t be more than a flat surface in the corner of a room stocked with cool pens where you can doodle.  But setting aside space gives this aspect of your life …


Nature Rx

Posted On Jun 9 2016 by

Enjoy these two fun videos.  They’re tongue-in-cheek spoofs of the omnipresent pharmaceutical ads on TV. Spoofs they are, but they advertise a real benefit that research incontrovertibly supports.  That’s cool but more importantly – your common sense will recognize the truth. Fact: Nature heals you.  Just like medicine, only  better. : ) My New Book in Progress I’m writing a book with the working title – Finding Home – How the Love of Place Restores You.  I’ll tell you more about this cool book in later posts. Note the on-screen text that zips by in these videos for more humor. …


Enjoy Postcards from Heaven

Posted On Jun 7 2016 by

I have started to play with Instagram as a way to deepen and share my connection to the Sacred Ordinary, Heaven in your back yard. As you know from my art books, I use drawing and sketching as a way to profoundly sweeten those connections.  My Instagram account will show my sketches and photos I take on my daily walks in beauty. I aim to inspire you to find magic on you daily journey.  It’s all about finding places you love, and appreciating the joy of the everyday wonders. I hope for you and for me that we can use …


What’s the Sound Track of Home?

Posted On Jun 1 2016 by

As I walked through the woods around my brother, John’s, house on Cape Cod, I listened to the sounds of home.  I heard Blue Jays, Robins, Cardinals, and Mourning Doves.  His woods are populated by many more birds, but those stuck out. Whenever I stepped outside the house where I grew up in northern Ohio, I heard those songs and calls.  They formed the sound track for home. My sound track for home now is quite different.  Love of place will always have a sound track.  When I was growing up, I didn’t know I had a sound track, but …


A Quintessential Seattle Sight

Posted On Apr 14 2016 by

A Quintessential Seattle Sight On my morning constitutional, I saw this heron standing on a post with the Space Needle in the background across Elliot Bay. Fun for me to see and draw – Iconic Seattle. In my book, Color the Sky Yellow: Creative Magic, Playful Art for Your Inner Child, I talk about making your own coloring book by inking in some outlines and then coloring in the rest of the image any way you want.  You can see I did just that here. Besides showing you a pretty picture, I want to point out that I colored it …


Sabbatical Log

Posted On Mar 11 2016 by

Sabbatical Log People wonder what I do on my many sabbaticals.  Here’s what I did over the first two weeks in March. First, what is a sabbatical?  Sabbatical relates to Sabbath which in turn means rest.  The Sabbath and Sabbaticals set time aside so people can enjoy themselves and explore their connection to God.  For me, it’s about a period of time to connect to the Sacred more deeply. This doesn’t mean a time of solemn fasting and deprivation, but a time of joy and play.  Typically, I spend more time outdoors. As you may know, my most recent book, …


The Winner Is …

Posted On Mar 4 2016 by

The Winner Is You may have voted on which would be the best book cover. Although I liked them both, this won. Get the book now – Color the Sky Yellow: Creative Magic, Playful Art for Your Inner Child  And … As the title implies, using the easy ideas in the book, you can create more fun and happiness in your life.  You can connect more deeply to those things you love. And most importantly for me, you can stop your chattering mind that keeps making up painful stories of fear and shame. Go for it => Color the Sky …


Book Giveaway — Color the Sky Yellow

Posted On Feb 22 2016 by

 Book Giveaway – Color the Sky Yellow In case you missed the giveaway of  Color the Sky Yellow: Creative Magic, Playful Art for Your Inner Child last Saturday, you can get it at no cost starting February 23rd and ending February 26 midnight PST. Go for it, have fun => Color the Sky Yellow Vote If you didn’t vote for the book cover, please do.  Go on over to the recent post and vote. I like them both. May you walk in beauty, William


Judge this Book Cover, Please

Posted On Feb 16 2016 by

Don’t judge a book by its cover?  We do judge books by their covers all the time.  Please, help me pick a good one. But first – Color the Sky Yellow: Creative Magic, Playful Art for Your Inner Child will be my forth book on art.  This one focuses on having fun. Here’s Why When you make art, you engage a superb form of mindfulness meditation, which returns you to the Sacred present moment.  You reap the same benefits of any enlightened meditation practice.  – Willendorf. Living a life you love wholeheartedly means living creatively.    No-one can give you this …


Review My New Book

Posted On Feb 14 2016 by

I Want Your Help.  Please Review My New Book I’ve just published my newest book on Amazon – Color the Sky Yellow: Creative Magic, Playful Art for Your Inner Child.  I think you’ll like it. Like most of my other books, this one helps people become enlightened.  Naturally, I want to live in a world where people are enlightened vs. a world dominated by fear and fear mongers. I want you to feel more enlightened and happier in your daily life. This book can help. To get Color the Sky Yellow into the most hands, I need Amazon reviews.  The …


Beautiful Gifts to Discover the Sacred

Posted On Dec 19 2015 by

Beautiful Gifts to Discover the Sacred Consider giving the print versions of these books at the holiday. Drawing the Sacred: Communing with the Sacred through Drawing – An Illustrated Journey   Paper Back Version       Kindle version Sketching, Poetry, and the Sacred Present Moment: A Magically Potent Way to Savor Your Life   Paper Back Version    Kindle version They’re pretty and fun.  More, these books can connect people to the Sacred.  What better for the holydays? One or both of these books may be a perfect fit for someone you love. Blessings of the season, William


Book Giveaway – Make Your Holidays Holy

Posted On Dec 18 2015 by

Book Giveaway You can have a free copy of Altar Making: An Active Meditation for Healing Your Heart and for Deepening Spiritual Meaning in Your Life by going here. You will find this book Quite useful for making the holidays more Holy. Enjoy it.  Pass it on. Book is available for free starting Dec. 19th ending at midnight on Dec. 22, 2015 Go for it => Altar Making: An Active Meditation for Healing Your Heart and for Deepening Spiritual Meaning in Your Life May you walk in beauty, William P.S.  Can I ask a quick favor. If you enjoyed this …


Book Giveaway This Month

Posted On Oct 2 2015 by

Book Giveaway This  Month I’m playing with the idea of giving two books away each month.  They will be available on the first two weekends of the month and the third Saturday.  Amazon lets me give books away on 5 days. The first one each month will be a bestseller.  The second, one of my lesser known books. This month, October, 2015, you can get and enjoy these two – Altar Making: An Active Meditation for Healing Your Heart and for Deepening Spiritual Meaning in Your Life Get Well, Be Well, Stay Well: How to Prevent and Treat Colds and …


Book Giveaway This Month

Posted On Sep 3 2015 by

Book Giveaway This  Month I’m playing with the idea of giving two books away each month.  They will be available on the first two weekends of the month and the third Saturday.  Amazon lets me give books away on 5 days. The first one each month will be a bestseller.  The second, one of my lesser known books. This month, September, 2015, you can get and enjoy these two – Simply Serene: How to Calm Down, Reduce Stress, Deal with Stress, and Be Instantly Alert and at Peace Foolproof Relaxation: How to Relax Your Mind Anytime, Anywhere  Consider writing a …


Drawing Cures Worry

Posted On Jul 30 2015 by

Today’s Oracle My software angels choose this oracle quote for you today: 182) Everybody asks me what I’m think about when I’m dropping in.  You don’t hear anything.  You don’t think anything.  It just naturally happens. – Shaun White, Olympic Gold Medal Snowboarder You can use my Potent Quotes Oracle page whenever you need help.  Hold a question in your heart, and see what quote comes up for you when you scroll down. Get the Wizard’s Handbook on Oracle Creation and have fun with oracles. Drawing Cures Worry I am a recovering worrywart.   Currently, I worry about my daughter, Zoe, who’s selling her …


Book Giveaway – Summer Fun

Posted On Jul 29 2015 by

Book Giveaway – Summer Fun Starting Saturday, August 1st, 2015 at 12:01 AM Pacific time and ending midnight on Sunday August 2nd I’ll be giving you the free Kindle version of Sketching, Poetry, and the Sacred Present Moment: A Magically Potent Way To Savor Your Life.     Why, because summer is a great time to start sketching? Why? Because you like to get outdoors, and sketching connects you to Nature and the Sacred in magical ways, sketching provides a wonderful channel to happiness. Enjoy this excerpt from the book – How Does Sketching and Writing Poetry Help You? You …


Wordlessness & Oneness – Heaven

Posted On Mar 11 2015 by

Today’s Oracle My software angels choose this oracle quote for you today: 411) The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our disposition and not our circumstances. – Martha Washington   You can use my Potent Quotes Oracle page whenever you need help.  Hold a question in your heart, and see what quote comes up for you when you scroll down. Get the Wizard’s Handbook on Oracle Creation and have fun with oracles.   Wordless Oneness – Heaven “Can it be that simple?” “Simpler…” she said, “it’s your native state after all.  You were born to spend most of your time …


Starved for Color? Feast on More Color

Posted On Feb 11 2015 by

Starved for Color?  Feast on More Color Winter serves up gray and dark in the northern latitudes.  I find I get starved for color and my attitude goes dark.  The solution?  Easy, consume more color.  Nay, feast on color. The last three winters, I have gotten a cold.  One of the causes may be not consuming enough color. If you live in the gray darkness, you know.  Enough suffering. To be happy, healthy and energetically creative, you might try feasting on color. Fun Ways to Get More Color Take field trips. Art museums and galleries. Conservatories.  The Volunteer Park Conservatory …


Your Sketch Is Precious

Posted On Feb 1 2015 by

Your Sketch Is Precious Let me tell you a story.  You may know that my dad was a premier art museum director.  I grew up in a home with masterpieces everywhere, and the museum, which was Dad’s second home, displayed some of the world’s best art. My mom sketched.  She did it for love and never thought much of her skills.  Dad framed a small piece of hers.  Just one. As they aged, they moved to smaller homes, selling off art on the way.  Mom’s sketch made with colored markers remained even into the last and smallest apartment Dad lived …


Sketching & Poetry Kindle Book Giveaway – Now

Posted On Jan 31 2015 by

  Sketching & Poetry Kindle Book Giveaway – Now On January 31, 2015, I will commence a giveaway of the Kindle version of my well loved book, Sketching, Poetry, and the Sacred Present Moment: A Magically Potent Way To Savor Your Life   Print Version    Kindle version. Offer ends February 4th, 2015 midnight Seattle time. Sketching can bring you quickly and easily into your right brain.  And by now, you know that’s where you want to be if you want to be connected to the Sacred.  If you want to feel peaceful, happy, joyous. And as the title says, “A Magically …


Stay Healthy During Flu Season

Posted On Jan 7 2015 by

Stay Healthy During Flu Season You can stay healthy during flu season.  Just attend to a few simple ideas.  Really. “Blaming disease on germs is like blaming stagnant water on mosquitoes.” This simple notion forms the basis of staying well.  The prescription?  Don’t get stagnant.  Get your juices moving. Get Your Juices Moving This can be quite literal.  Where are your juices?  You recall the counterintuitive notion that your body is mostly made up of water.  The water resides in three places – You cells Your blood And the little known  lymphatic vessels and the interstitial fluid.  Interstitial fluid makes …


Urban Sketching as Path to Oneness

Posted On Dec 17 2014 by

Urban Sketching as Path to Oneness Can you find the Sacred even in the city? Finding the Sacred in Nature can almost be automatic.  The study of awe tells us that when people are confronted by stunning beauty in nature, they go into awe.  Their inner chatter quiets.  Connection and reverence for all of Life arises. Just as sketching in Nature can feed your soul, urban sketching can be a wonderful way to connect to the Sacred everywhere.  Gabriel Campanario, a sketch artist for the Seattle Times, put the term Urban Sketching on the map.  I like it. I invite …


The Pleasure of Making an Altar

Posted On Dec 12 2014 by

The Pleasure of Making an Altar Building an altar can be simple, easy, and playful.  And in this case, communal. And sometimes, rule breaking. “Dad, a jade plant is not a Christmas tree,” she said. “I beg to differ.  Jade’s sprit works for me.” The stuffed mouse was added by Suzanne.  The photo has been moved by several people.  What you can’t tell is that it is an image of an opened mouth, whistling marmot.  One of my totemic creatures.  He was at the birth of Christ.  It’s documented. This altar clearly has roots in my Christian heritage.  Make ones …


A Fun Way to Honor Your Art or Your Child’s Art

Posted On Dec 11 2014 by

A Fun Way to Honor Your Art or Your Child’s Art Finally. I have decided I need a tablet computer, one with a keyboard.  Need.  Right.  It’s a toy that might have some delightful uses that I can use to justify my purchase.  By the way, I still don’t own a cell phone. The ASUS Transformer I settled on comes in Gray or gray.    But that can be fixed with a laptop skin, a protective material that adheres to its surface making it pretty. My daughter Sasha introduced me to skins at Nuvango.com.  They ask artists to create images for …


Kindle Book Giveaway – Altar Making for Happiness

Posted On Dec 4 2014 by

Can Making Your Own Altars and Shrines Make You Happier This Holiday Season?  Like you maybe, I suffer during the holidays.  I did until I stumbled onto making altars.  One snowy Christmas at my parents home in northern Ohio, an inspiration grabbed me – create a mobile with origami cranes made from this beautiful red wrapping paper and found twigs… Hang it in the stairwell.  Make it Big. I did.  It took hours to create, happy hours spent in my right brain.  Recall, the right brain is the place to be if you wish to feel oneness, peace, and harmony.  …


Immersing in Oneness

Posted On Oct 28 2014 by

Today’s Oracle My software angels choose this oracle quote for you today: 310) Life, we learn too late, is in the living, in the tissue of every day and hour. – Stephen Leacock You can use my Potent Quotes Oracle page whenever you need help.  Hold a question in your heart, and see what quote comes up for you when you scroll down. Get the Wizard’s Handbook on Oracle Creation and have fun with oracles.   Immersing in Oneness I want to experience oneness all the time. I have many practices that help train me to do this which I have shared …


He Did Not Get It

Posted On Sep 29 2014 by

He Did Not Get It “The ‘sketches’ were not that great and not at all inspiring,” David Terry said in his Amazon review of my book – Sketching, Poetry, and the Sacred Present Moment: A Magically Potent Way To Savor Your Life. He didn’t get it. The sketches indeed are not great art – that’s the point.  This spiritual practice can be done by anyone, not just trained artists. When you sketch, even sketching with little skill, you can deeply enjoy the Sacred Present Moment. And the Present Moment can fill your heart with peace and joy.  Look to your …


Crazy No More –Three Practices That Always Work

Posted On Sep 25 2014 by

Three Practices That Always Work First, you suffer, I suffer all God’s children suffer – that is, we get caught in our mental habits of being right or wrong, making other people bad or better than us depending on the flavor of you craziness. Me? I’m just not good enough. Buddhism has a set of four vows, one of them says: The number of delusions are infinite. I vow to penetrate them all. When I feel crazy or delusions hit, these three practices always work to restore me to peace and wholeness. 1. Riding a bike – as long as …


Powerfully Potent Way to Heaven

Posted On Aug 20 2014 by

  Powerfully Potent Way to Heaven You can get my latest book NOW: Sketching, Poetry, and the Sacred Present Moment: A Magically Potent Way To Savor Your Life. You’ll like the plethora of pictures and the premise of the book will inspire you.  Some wonderful friends contributed examples for you as well as my own sketches.  If we can do it, you can too. : ) How Does Sketching and Writing Poetry Help You? You could live a life you love.  You could learn to fall in love with your life. . Ultimately, you could fall in love with everything. …


Joyous Creativity

Posted On Jul 4 2014 by

Joyous Creativity It’s a delight to watch Linsey Pollak create a playing clarinet from a lovely orange carrot.  He’s infectious.  May you catch this joy. His shirt and hat make him a great role model for happiness. Walk in beauty, William


A Trick to Free Your Spirit

Posted On Mar 27 2014 by

Today’s Oracle My software angels choose this oracle quote for you today: 309) If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change. – Buddha Our mind is like a clear glass of water.  If we put salt into the water, it becomes salt water; sugar, it becomes sugar water.  But originally the water is clear.  No thinking, no mind.  No mind, no problem. – Seung Sahn You can use my Potent Quotes Oracle page whenever you need help.  Hold a question in your heart, and see what quote comes up for you when you …


Serene Giveaway

Posted On Feb 14 2014 by

Today’s Oracle My software angels choose this oracle quote for you today: 411) The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our disposition and not our circumstances. – Martha Washington    You can use my Potent Quotes Oracle page whenever you need help.  Hold a question in your heart, and see what quote comes up for you when you scroll down. Get the Wizard’s Handbook on Oracle Creation and have fun with oracles.   Serene Giveaway Starting February 15, 2014 at 12:01 AM PST –  You can get Simply Serene: How to Calm Down, Reduce Stress, Deal with Stress, and Be Instantly …


Why I Recommend Poetry

Posted On Jan 23 2014 by

Today’s Oracle My software angels choose this oracle quote for you today: 132)    The Zen student asks the teacher, who am I?”  The teacher responds with, “Who’s asking.” The teacher responds with, “Who’s asking.” You can use my Potent Quotes Oracle page whenever you need help.  Hold a question in your heart, and see what quote comes up for you when you scroll down.  It will be a response to your question.  Play with it. Quotations act as little doorways into new worlds and new perceptions. They consist of distilled genius.  Get the Wizard’s Handbook on Oracle Creation and have fun with oracles.  …


Book Giveaway Is Live

Posted On Nov 22 2013 by

Book Giveaway Is Live If  You’re Reading This After 12:01 AM PST November 23, 2013 then you can get Altar Making: An Active Meditation for Healing Your Heart and for Deepening Spiritual Meaning in Your Life at no cost… NOW.  Go for it => Altar Making You can read more about why you want to get the book HERE. Heads Up: The offer ends midnight, PST November 27, 2013. Tell your friends.  Remember to let people know that they don’t need a Kindle to read Kindles, Amazon has software so you can read Kindles on anything. Walk in beauty, William P.S. You can …


Why Make an Altar?

Posted On Oct 31 2013 by

Today’s Oracle My software angels choose this oracle quote for you today: 260) The fastest way to become rich as to socialize with the poor; the fastest way to the become poor is to socialize with the rich. — Nassim Taleb You can use my Potent Quotes Oracle page whenever you need help.  Hold a question in your heart, and see what quote comes up for you when you scroll down.  It will be a response to your question.  Play with it. Quotations act as little doorways into new worlds and new perceptions. They consist of distilled genius.  Get the Wizard’s Handbook …


Last Day Book Giveaway

Posted On Oct 8 2013 by

Last Day for Book Giveaway   This is the last day I will be giving away my Kindle book – Drawing the Sacred: Communing with the Sacred through Drawing – An Illustrated Journey .  Ends at midnight PDT Wednesday, Oct. 9th, 2013. I love the book and its 39 paintings and drawings.  I reveal my heart and soul in each image. ·         If you like art, you might enjoy Drawing the Sacred.  ·         If you want to learn to draw, this book might inspire you. ·         If you want motivation to make pilgrimages to Sacred places, this will inspire you. ·         …


Kindle Invites You to Heaven

Posted On Oct 7 2013 by

  Here’s the press release for my book: Seattle, WA, USA.  “An invitation to step across a threshold into an unknown place that turned out to be heaven,” Dr. Alexandra Gayek, an early reviewer said.  William Wittmann’s newest Kindle book, Drawing the Sacred will be available for free download until 11:59 PM PST Oct. 9, 2013. “What does that mean?” I asked Wittmann. “This book shows people how to connect to the Sacred by using tricks that artist’s use.  And if you practice these ideas for a bit, you move into the Kingdom of Heaven that Jesus and the Buddha …


Kindle Book Giveaway Active NOW

Posted On Oct 4 2013 by

It’s Here – Go Get Your Free Book Now : ) Go for it => Drawing the Sacred: Communing with the Sacred through Drawing – An Illustrated Journey. You can get more information on the book here.  Note: this one is for the paperback edition. => http://www.bodyandsoulmentor.net/MentorBlog/?p=708 Or => http://www.bodyandsoulmentor.net/MentorBlog/?p=713   Remember, You Don’t Need a Kindle to Read Kindle Books The nice boys and girls at Amazon will provide you with software to read Drawing the Sacred on your laptop, your desktop or even your phone.  Certainly, your iPad. Go for it => Drawing the Sacred Walk in beauty, …


Kindle Book Giveaway Almost Here

Posted On Oct 3 2013 by

Almost here… I promised to let you know about Free Goodies.  Here’s a wonderful one: I will be giving away my Kindle book – Drawing the Sacred: Communing with the Sacred through Drawing – An Illustrated Journey  starting at 12:01 AM PDT on Saturday Oct. 5th, 2013 and ending at midnight PDT Oct. 9th, 2013. The Book Works for Photographers, Too One of the books early readers enjoys the book and finds kinship with it as a photographer. Even if you don’t draw and don’t want to draw you probably carry a camera with you all the time as part …


Free Book Giveaway Coming

Posted On Sep 23 2013 by

  Today’s Oracle You can use my Potent Quotes Oracle page whenever you need help.  Hold a question in your heart, and see what quote comes up for you when you scroll down.  It will be a response to your question.  Play with it. Quotations act as little doorways into new worlds and new perceptions. They consist of distilled genius. My software angels choose this oracle quote for you today:  395) What is the body? That shadow of a shadow of your love, that somehow contains the whole universe. – Jallal al-Din Rumi Get the Wizard’s Handbook on Oracle Creation and have fun …


Announcing – Drawing the Sacred

Posted On Sep 4 2013 by

Today’s Oracle You can use my Potent Quotes Oracle page whenever you need help.  Hold a question in your heart, and see what quote comes up for you when you scroll down.  It will be a response to your question.  Play with it. Quotations act as little doorways into new worlds and new perceptions. They consist of distilled genius.  My software angels choose this oracle quote for you today: Anytime you see a turtle on top of a fence post, you know he had some help. – Alex Haley Get the Wizard’s Handbook on Oracle Creation and have fun with oracles.   Announcing – …


Announcing 99 Cents

Posted On Jul 9 2013 by

You can get my newest book Drawing the Sacred: Communing with the Sacred through Drawing – An Illustrated Journey as a Kindle now.    I’ve dropped the price from $9.99 to $.99. Why?  Because, I want you to enjoy the book and then write a shining review.  And yes, if you’ve been paying attention, the book price will eventually drop to zero for five days.  Then back to $9.99.  Will you help me by getting the book now and reviewing it?  Please and thank you.  Soon I will publish it as an 8 in. by 10 in. paperback.  The print proof …


Getting Serene, a Story

Posted On Mar 13 2013 by

My friend Dr. Alexandra Gayak of the Science of Being Well website wrote this lovely story about getting Simply Serene.  Read on – Yesterday I was having a rare bad day. Really bad. But I had promised my dear friend William to let you know about his book give-away. That meant I promised myself to re-read the book I remembered loving when he first wrote it three years ago, and write a fresh review.  To my intelligent side, this would be an obvious solution to the state I’d gotten myself into.  To my emotional side, there was no way it …


Want Serenity? This Free Book Has It All

Posted On Mar 11 2013 by

Press Release for Simply Serene Seattle, WA – March 9, 2013. The book, Simply Serene: How to Calm Down, Reduce Stress, Deal with Stress, and Be Instantly Alert and at Peace has it all, that is, if you want to reduce stress and feel serene in your everyday life?  Author, life coach William Wittmann, is giving the book away for the next five days only.  Wittmann is giving the book away free starting today and running five days until 11:59 PST on March 13th.  You can download it here http://amzn.to/12cYqxz at no cost.  Wittmann says, “I packed this book with …


Clearly, Your Life’s Uncertain — You Can Get the Answers

Posted On Jan 19 2013 by

Clearly, Your Life’s Uncertain, but You Can Get the Answers You Need to Make the Right Decision and Navigate Your Life. People need answers to life’s tough questions. Decisions need to be made. “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.”  Terrorist attacks along with the surprising worldwide Great Recession will have driven this point home. Both are unpredicted, except in hindsight, of course. So, how do you learn to navigate the global economic, social, political, and spiritual transformations taking place? How do you learn to navigate your life of jobs and relationships. People have always wanted …


Labyrinth Insights Free You

Posted On Sep 15 2012 by

My youngest daughter, Sasha, starts attending Washington State University as a 31 year old freshman this week.  Worry is not required, but as a recovering worrier, I worry about her.   One of the ways I heal myself, make myself more whole, is by making pilgrimages.  Often on my pilgrimages, I find and walk labyrinths.  Pullman has a wonderful labyrinth on top of a hill with 100 mile vistas looking out over the rolling wheat fields of the Palouse.  Just before dawn, I walked the labyrinth each day I was in Pullman helping her move in.  These insights came:  “A labyrinth …


The Responsibility of Humor

Posted On Jul 23 2012 by

Again, my goal for you – live a life you love wholeheartedly – body and soul.  Remember?  You have heard, no doubt, that laughing promotes good health.  Today, I will share the youtube Muppet Channel with you.  My daughter, Sasha, turned me onto this channel.  Laughing produces endorphins – happy brain chemicals that last.  Laughing produces other brain chemicals that promote health in other ways.  I love the Muppets in general and these videos in particular.  Enjoy.  Bohemian Rhapsody     Ode to Joy with Beaker     The Habanera from Carmen Featuring Beaker & the Swedish Chef  Wisdom Quotes …


Buddha’s Brain

Posted On Jul 19 2012 by

Want to have Buddha mind?  Buddha mind is quiet and still, at one with  all. Say, “Yes, William.” You can think of your right brain as the Buddha brain.  Why?  Because the ceaseless mind chatter doesn’t happen in the right brain.  Chatter only occurs in your left brain. When you move from the linear thinking left brain to the holistic right brain, you are in Buddha mode.  (See end of article for more neurology.) I got The Art of Urban Sketching: Drawing On Location Around The World by Gabriel Campanario because I wanted to look at the pictures.  I have …


Pilgrimage: a Calling to Your Heart and Your Soul

Posted On Mar 19 2012 by

How, then, can we recalibrate the speed of our lives in such a way that it honors, mirrors, and is readily informed by, the speed of the human heart?  If we don’t, how can we possibly imagine ever getting “caught up” to anything sacred, deeply authentic, loving, healing, or sufficient?  How will we feel we are ever getting closer to catching up with some quiet contentment, sustained in the gentle pace of the heart, of living at the speed of enough?  Wayne Muller from A Life of Being, Having, and Doing Enough   Feeling out of touch with my soul, hungry …