Movement
October 24, 2008Many thanks to everyone for all of the very thoughtful, thought provoking comments. So much good stuff! There is something incredibly powerful about letting our thoughts and ideas out into the world when the time is right for their release. It is as if our thoughts begin to become terribly heavy when they are held in for too long, like bricks around our neck, but when we finally let them loose upon the world they instantly become like the little white fluffy feathers, wanting nothing more than to dance in the breeze and float away gently.
My husband and I took a road trip to Boulder, CO for a long weekend and this begins another round of intense travel. Even though the next many weeks involve a lot of miles in the car, plane rides, and zig zag movement around the country, it feels strangely calm for me. After having so many crazy days of plowing through to do lists, orders, projects and what-not, the idea of having plenty of time to sit absolutely still en route to fun places is a welcome respite. I am also reading Natalie Goldberg’s Writing Down the Bones and beginning to see writing in a whole new light. I see this period of travel – of being away from my studio and out of my element – as a brilliant opportunity to start learning how to carve out as much time as possible for writing, a practice I want to nurture and strengthen through the rest of the year and into 2009.
I’ll be posting some new goodies for sale on Etsy next week, more affordable collages like the one shown above – which right now is the last one left of the first batch I posted recently – and posting about some fun ways to get free loot with book purchases before the holidays. For now, Happy Friday and, once again, thank you.
Hello Christine,
I finished your book. I love it, love it, love it!! I wish more people wrote like you and I love how your art work was incorporated in every page.
Safe travels and I look forward to the possiblities of more books from you.
Smiles,
~Jill
Hello there SwirlySwammie,
This speaks directly to me:
our thoughts begin to become terribly heavy when they are held in for too long, like bricks around our neck, but when we finally let them loose upon the world they instantly become like the little white fluffy feathers
Last month I started to released deep held thoughts and truths into the world and it is a release. Denying authentic feelings and repressing them for years pays a price on your soul. I’m quietly extricating myself from these self imposed chains but OSM definitely illuminated the flashlight to start. Thank you!
Trish
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“writing down the bones” is a GREAT book….I learned so much from reading this one….enjoy !!!
wishing you safe and happy travels…
Cant wait for more collages…I want one!!!
more books? yummie!!!
you know what is great about the blogging thing except the friendships and all that? to read how you are ‘writing’ your book / doing art / experiencing it all. it is as if looking into the soul/heart of the artist!
i love it! have fun on the trips and remember to hold his hand! Tee hee! xx
It all sounds like one giant, growing, fun, exasperating mix. May you not feel consumed by your consumers, dear sister.