Whimsical Animal Art and Magical Mind Tricks for Joy
Are there things you tell yourself that if you just had, your life would be better? A new house, a loving partner, a new job, a box of kittens? Do you constantly judge yourself for your shortcomings? Procrastination, a messy house, being a space-case? Do you find yourself bargaining down an unending train for your happiness? Once I achieve XYZ, then I’ll be happy. Then
A sharp stone. A dull blade. A longing to stay and a need to go. Light and dark. Love and hate. More than I have now, but less I can pay late. The world swims in mercury pools of Duality. Bending to our every form, thick cold layers of silver doubt. Thrice she knocked on my door, and at the third rap, I finally heard
If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook you might have seen that I went on a solo retreat last week! Nothing but me, myself, and I and only the trees, king fishers, and waves of the Salish Sea to guide me through each day. It was pretty lovely!! But also incredibly frustrating! Haha! Things have been pretty crazy busy in my work-life for the past
How do you start your day? Do you have a routine or do you feel frantic and discombobulated like I used to? For the longest time, when I woke up my mind was already on my to-do list for the day. It’s was hard for me to handle the “hassle” of getting myself and everyone else ready for the day when my mind was already
I just had the most amazing conversation with a woman about my painting of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and it brought us both to tears. It was during my most recent show at Splash Gallery, the “Spring Unveiling”. For this event, each of our 18 artists literally unveils a new piece of artwork and talks about it in front of all the event
Three weeks ago I got super sick. Normally I can kick a cold pretty easily. Often times I don’t even get sick all the way. I have my regimen I do when I start feeling the crud: I take special herbs and vitamins, use my neti pot, cut out sugar, increase water and sleep, and manifest my buns off toward wellbeing. But this time was
As per my agreement, I have written every day this week. Woo! But man, it’s been SO hard! I’ve really enjoyed adding the daily practice to my life — writing in the mornings, painting in the afternoons. (la la laaaaa) But the actual act of writing has been frazzled, disjointed, and frustrating. I’ve been super busy AND have that PMS-induced anxiety, fatigue, and Rage (with a capital
More and more I’m drawn to write. I can feel it, calling to me. Tugging at my shirt hem. A warm whisper drawing me near. A temptress that until now, only comes to call on my doorstep and rarely stays past tea. But I desperately want to make a home in my heart for writing. I want to snuggle into its velvet love-seat and find
I am a huge list maker. I keep them on paper, in books, on my phone, on my computer, and in my brain. Lately, I’ve been really trying to focus on the creation end of my business, and all the office work seems to have fallen by the wayside. As well as a lot of house work. Today’s my day off. I should be relaxing,
Are you a wait-to-the-last-minute-er? Me too. Especially on things like taxes and project proposals. So often I think, “Oh it’s not due yet, I can focus on this other thing for now. I still have pleeeeeenty of time.” And then a month goes by and ::bam:: it’s crunch time. Someday I’ll figure out how to finish things early. But for now, here are my 5 secrets
