Now that I’ve finished the application to study in France, there’s suddenly a lot of empty space in my head. And since nature abhors a vacuum, it’s being filled with the clamoring of things that wish to be healed. You’ll recall that I took September off on retreat and that was good. It helped me [...]
Tag Archives: healing
The Sunday Hug: Slightly Belated
November 7, 2010 – 6:50 pm
Today’s edition of the Sunday Hug is a little belated as I’ve spent the whole day in the studio, working feverishly to finish the paintings for my application to study in France. Fingers crossed I’ll have it done by Friday. So this is just a quick hug, and a hug I don’t quite have the [...]
Reclaiming.
October 1, 2010 – 11:01 am
It’s been a long month. I’m still not sure if I’m ready to write this, ready to be here. I feel raw, vulnerable. Putting my Self, my words out in the world right now – it’s scary. There’s a hard knot in the pit of my stomach that only wants us to keep on hiding. [...]
A confession and a plan
August 31, 2010 – 10:39 am
I have a confession to make: Behind the scenes, I’ve been kind of falling apart. I haven’t spoken about it yet, but things have been tough lately. I guess I didn’t really know how to put it into words. Let me rephrase that – I didn’t want to put it into words. I’ve finally had [...]
Painting the roses, healing my soul
June 22, 2010 – 6:27 pm
I woke up this morning, early. It happens sometimes when my sleep is drug induced – I was in so much pain yesterday I had to take sleeping pills last night to get any kind of relief. I pottered around for a few hours, did some web design work and then wandered into the living [...]
Tempting the artist
May 19, 2010 – 11:50 pm
So I thought that I was officially over the whole gallery fiasco. But then yesterday I woke up feeling thoroughly discouraged and crappy all over again. I’d been trying to get back on the creativity horse and doing little drawings. I had all these plans about drawing from life every day and painting from life [...]
Nourishment for the soul
April 4, 2010 – 2:26 pm
In my current extremely burnt out state, I’ve been contemplating ways to prevent ending up here again, which brought me to ask myself the question – what nourishes my soul? What makes me feel alive? Happy? Exuberant? What gets me really excited about life? And how can I add more of that to my life? [...]
Helplessness
March 23, 2010 – 12:02 pm
Oh helplessness. You and me have a long, and colorful history. You’ve been by my side, hanging out for over 9 years now. And I’m sure that you’ve served a good purpose, somewhere, somehow. I’m sure you’ve tried to protect me in some way. But it might be time for you to move along now, [...]
A personal ad to my creativity
December 23, 2009 – 7:38 am
Today, I’m going to write a very, very personal ad. It’s a little bit of a desperate personal ad. I’d almost classify this as a prayer, or maybe one of those wishes that you hope if you wish really really hard, it’ll come true. This is a personal ad to my art. More specifically, to [...]
