How Fear Eats Our "What Ifs" for Breakfast
I’m so tired of my fear right now. It’s like having another person in the room with me at all times, making me doubt my every move. And when I say “every move”, I mean EVERY MOVE.
Tag: faith
How Not to Punch Friends Who Think the Pandemic is a Conspiracy
One of the biggest challenges for me during all of this uncertainty, is feeling how I feel about how we should be acting within our communities, while having to deal with the fact that not all of my family and friends feel the same way. In fact, I seem to be in the minority.
I Don't Like Hugging Strangers: Quarantine Discovery of the Week
While we’re all feeling pretty dang trapped by this situation, I am trying to find a sense of freedom within this new normal. If you think about it, the second that we decide to loosen our grip and just let the new normal develop as it will, we are liberated. Because the truth is, it’s not up to us. And it won’t be for a while.
Join the Great QuARTantine of 2020!
I’d love it if you would join me. For those of you on Facebook, I have started a private group called “QuARTantine”. This group is a place to share your art, craft, music, essays, poems, monologs, skits, etc. while we're under quarantine. It looks like we're going to be inside for a while. The good news is art is NOT cancelled. Let's inspire each other during this time and stay in touch with our creative nature.
My Profile on the Anxiety Chronicles (by the Washington Post)
In 2017, The Washington Post brought the Lily back as an online publication with the two-fold mission to, "Empower with news and information and promote inclusivity by exposing diverse voices." I am ecstatic that I have been selected to be one of those voices.
Slow and Simple Poetry from an Anxious Artist
Today I long to keep things simple. Simple mind and simple actions. Slow and simple, I say. The idea of getting into a long blog post about how I’m feeling seems a sad prospect. So, here I am, attempting a simple poem. I don’t write poems that often, but today, poetry seems to fit. So here you go.
How to Move Slowly & Mindfully Through Sadness
I don’t feel that great. Life has been challenging. It’s one of those weeks where tears flow easily and at inconvenient times. I am sitting in it. I am not frantically looking for escape. I want clarity. If the brain tornado must spin, maybe I can make it spin slower, just slow enough so I can actually see what’s happening.
How Slowing Down Helps Me Accomplish More
I had been working on a painting that wasn’t coming along well. I was attempting to create the first in the series of “breathe paintings” that I told you about last week. What was coming out was the prickliest looking “breath” I have ever seen. It was pointy, sharp, not at all the feeling of inhale and exhale that I had hoped to create. I realized that my state of mind at the time was abrupt, self-critical, and racing like it was running around on fire.
Being Kind to Yourself This New Year: Three Ways to Ease into 2020
My therapist had to remind me that I am quite a capable person. I had to remind myself that it’s ok to take re-entry slow. So that’s where I’m at today. My new year’s intentions have become strategies to easing in to 2020.
Setting New Year’s Intentions Instead of Resolutions
I always want to start the new year bright eyed and bushy tailed, with confidence exuding from my pours and optimism oozing from my eye balls. AND I always find that come New Year’s Eve, I’m so stinkin’ tired from the holiday, that all I want to do is sleep. I mean, who wants to start 2020 in a coma.