In this tumultuous sea we all share, the coming changes will be exacting and excruciating. As the wave crests and threatens to throw us overboard, we may despair. Together. As the wave's trough eventually comes, we will, on mutual exhaustion, find reprieve. Together. Except. Except the ones lost along the wave. Of which there are … Continue reading Sea Change
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When the Going Gets Tough
The tough make bone broth? In Finding Water: The Art of Perseverance by Julia Cameron, the author says: When we remember that we have a daily life, we begin to find our grounding....It is our job, faced with impending changes, to continue to husband the life that we have got. She wrote of career changes, … Continue reading When the Going Gets Tough
Discipline: Course Correction
Trigger/Content Warning for depression and suicidal ideation. One tenet of discipline I discovered this year: instigate self change or course correction without shame, blame, or loss of frame. Lucky me, I had a few different opportunities to do this. First, after the news broke. I've said I became suicidal. I've talked about steps I undertook. … Continue reading Discipline: Course Correction
Paint with a Two-Inch Brush
My! how times have changed! Still no mirrors or saw blades. But more than walls. -AS Paint with a Two-Inch Brush Originally posted on a 6s community April 11, 2011 at 11:58pm I paint, not watercolor or oil on canvas or mirrors or old saw blades, not realist and not impressionist and certainly not surrealist. I … Continue reading Paint with a Two-Inch Brush
Human is Our Race
I wrote this a couple of years ago and painted it on my wall. I want to just whisper it into the world tonight. Because I can't magically fix the problems. Because I don't have the standing or the resources to right the wrongs of today or any day. Because all I have in this moment … Continue reading Human is Our Race