weightless

Being the unconventional wild woman that I am, I don’t do New Year’s resolutions.  I don’t do anything that might feel like an empty promise or a failed expectation or a glorified to-do list.  There’s too much room for self-criticism and doubt and that yucky feeling of well-I-guess-I’m-not-good-enough-so-I’ll-try-again-next-year.  While I appreciate the magic of new [...]

pilgrimage

The other night, the wild women and I walked through the woods, silently….  our senses tuned into our breath, the songs of birds, a slight breeze, water bouncing off of rocks, the smell of damp leaves, the way that sharp stones feel on tender toes. As strangers passed by, we cut through the small talk [...]

soul of an artist

“The sacred cycle of transformation begins by cultivating life experiences and embracing the evolving human spirit. Meaning, purpose and joy are our birthright and by dancing our sacred dream we create a richly woven tapestry of spiritual thought and action.” ~Micheal Teal Lately, I have not been able to put down my paintbrush. It’s funny [...]

express yourself.

Just a quick check-in between brush strokes…. You see, sometimes we can’t be picky about how we are to express what needs to be expressed.  I’ve been working on a painting this week that simply won’t let go.  Do you ever feel that way?  I’m anxious to write among other things, but for whatever mysterious [...]

am i stirred up, or am i wanting to stir things up?

There are times in one’s life, or I should perhaps say, MY life, that I get an itch to sHaKe ThInGs uP a bit….  to spend a day, a week, a month stewing on all that I’ve done, and really ask myself–am I still headed in the direction my heart longs to go?  Some might [...]