creative practice / writing

summer things

this summer has been fun/full. of all the. things. mostly parenting. plants and a good dose of art/making. it’s been clumsy and chaotic affair but deliciously human. gratitude permeates the land/me.

creative practice

botanical printing

playing around with the gelli plate. this is not my first time botanical printing or gel plating but recently inspired by Laura Horn’s YouTube. A quick way to play before lunch.

creative practice / photography / self compassion

finding a way

finding a way to thrive nestle your body in the cracks and allow your own feet to root reaching for the goodness beyond knowing that gives a soul rest the truth is it’s so easy to get wrapped in others but you can’t bloom if you don’t know who you are let the sun turn in you and remind you […]

creative practice / writing

showing up softly

the sun ebbs but flows feeling like a chickadee fluttering in the oregano still tasting the oil in my own pores wanting the soft warmth to reveal me and the chicory flowers to forgive me for doubting they would ever bloom

creative practice / photography

solace

a garden is a delight to the eye and a solace for the soul Saadi a few garden and plant places that have been feeding my heart lately. it’s so hot and humid. getting out is tricky but the plants are always there waiting.

creative practice

daily creative practice and all that jazz

I’ve been doing icad for the last 29 days, that is not amazing or maybe it is the most amazing part for me is that I don’t actually like the things I have been creating….like not at all. however, I find that my lack of attachment to what I am creating makes me enjoy my other creative pursuits more. it’s […]