I have to admit that I wanted more than anything to be outside all day. But despite the distractingly gorgeous weather on Saturday, the workshop I presented at the Highland Cultural Center's Career Development Institute -- Sacred Balance: The Circle of Art, Work, Life -- was a great way to spend the afternoon.

Everyone who participated was courageous in sharing their personal difficulties and experiences juggling the many balls we artists tend to have in the air at any given time.

And special thanks to Elisa Pritzker for joining us with her many valuable insights into the business of being an artist.

It's an amazing experience simply to be in the space that Elisa has created with her husband Rob at Casa del Arte in Highland, New York (check out pritzkerstudio.com). Her living room is filled with art and always new ideas.

I hope that everyone who attended left with inspiration to find the sacred balances in their own circles of life, work and art.

One of the most amazing things I find in presenting these workshops is the unexpected things I learn myself. My eyes are continually opened to new ways of seeing. As I mentioned in the workshop, you never know when some small thing you say may change another person's life.