so I have been navigating an obstacle course of my own creating and settling into my new work corner. Slowly working but I want to go fast. I want to create all the things and understand who and what I am doing but I feel like I am at the beginning of beginnings. I have all these skills and interests… […]
creative practice / self compassion / selflove / writing
Nourish your nervous system and dead flowers
I love what my son calls dead flowers aka cut flowers. I realize this week that I’ve slowly been collecting them from every place I go. Like a touchstone. A prayer of possibilities. Flowers are tricky because of the matrix of industrial flowers and all that. I am not here to preach because the world is full of preachers. I […]
self compassion / selflove / tinyhappy / writing
evolve
I have been writing more these days but not online or even on a devices. just in a notebook. multiple notebooks. some of the things I really enjoy and would like to explore and maybe will transfer it to a document and make it official or not. sometimes I think that just the act of writing and showing up is […]
creative practice / memory / self compassion
It’s been what it has been
I’ve been watching the sky, again. Picking slugs off greens Trying and failing to not judge People’s opinions, actions, dogs or lack there of. This morning I picked a line of carefully chewed bark off the steps… Gifts from the toddler Almost Caught in the rain But the wind reminded me of home And my grandmother and the storm bloc […]
Personal - null / self compassion / writing
The weather (random unedited thoughts)
Is weird again. And it feels strange to be commenting on it in such times but maybe watching the sky makes sense,in a way. There are times when I feel cloudy with thoughts and worry and I turn my eyes towards the sky or down to the dirt and watch an ant. I think thoughts and lament things but I […]
creative practice / self compassion / selflove / writing
what feels good
Sometimes for me life says —to get off the internets make a life worth living no matter what. You owe that to humanity. Be creative with your energy and your attention. Somehow in this confusion Find a way to feel worthy to find what feels good. And if possible share it with someone. I like to recall a story I […]
artjournaling / self compassion / writing
Yourself
Keep yourself For yourself at times Take yourself out and just be without shields Let who you are come back to the earth And fill your bones with your name Again.
memory / self compassion
bloom
last night the whole yard was baked with moonlight and clouds. I looked up at the bigness and opened my heart. the moon being as kind as she could be shone brighter. She held me tight and gave me dreams that moved into the morning like a lullaby. She took all my laments and promised them to the sun. The […]
self compassion / writing
don’t resist good things
You don’t have to resist.Let the goodness flow to you. You don’t have to make a way The way is straight ahead. Trust your steps are guided. What am I resisting and why?Pain, growth?All the above? What if I stopped and slowed down?Let my fear rise up and choke me? Then I could grab hold of it and see it’s […]
creative practice / self compassion / selflove
Walk on the water
Stop listening to voices that aren’t yours Voices that would make you doubt your purpose and power. Get the broom from the closet and sweep it all away. What remains is what belongs but if that feels too tight it’s okay to sweep again until the bones are healed and the foundation mended. Beyond words there is the water that […]