Fifth week of the year and my theme of the week turned out to be ‘uneven.’ It just fit!
I had a good week. Lots of space to work and think and read. Had some great workouts and talks with friends, my daughter stayed over a few nights, the weather was nice. And I continue to integrate real connection with myself into all that I do.
However.
Read MoreStopping at the trail marker of my art journey to look back for a moment at the month behind. Then looking into the distance for the next month. Rehydrate—and then keep going.
Contents of This Post: What I made, What I learned, What surprised me, Intentions for February
I’m surprised by how much I actually created this month, honestly. I had no time for art while at The Hoffman Institute for 10 days, and it feels like I veered wildly from my January intentions, especially from all the imaginative drawing and daily/urban sketching I hoped to do.
However, I really enjoyed
Read MoreThis is the fourth card for my 52 Cards Project.
Thursday I was driving home from the grocery store and I found myself waiting in a line of cars taking their turn at the stop sign. And then I looked up.
Read MoreIs it just me or did we blaze through January ’22 really fast? It seems like I just put out the list of books for my new little Read with Me project, and here we are at the end of the month, first book down.
So. I’m not going to write a formal review of the books. I really just want to pull a few of my thoughts together while the story is fresh in my mind, and then invite you to share your thoughts. I’m setting my own personal deadline to write a post by the end of each month. So here we are.
Haig’s The Humans was a lovely first book for the project.
I thought it was inventive, engaging, fun to read—and yet serious and thoughtful. I think it works for several reasons. First,
Read MoreThis is the third card for the third week three of my 52 Cards Project. I found it challenging this week to listen to the voice within. It’s so easy to get caught up in the to do list, the errands, the appointments, the have to’s and shoulds…not to mention
Read MoreCreating this week’s card for my 52 Card Project flowed out of me as I completed my experience of the weeklong Hoffman Process in Petaluma, California, last week. If you don’t know, the Hoffman Institute is renowned for its transformational experience and I’ve been on the wait list to attend for over four months. I It’s hard to put into words what the Hoffman Process is or does—so I’ll give you the surface description from Hoffman itself:
Read MoreFirst week of the new year and I am inspired to work on a year long project. Each week I will express a theme that captures the spirit of that week for me on one 4x6 card (Bristol paper).
I’ll upload my cards by the end of the week here on the blog—and talk a little about the theme.
I thought about
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