Those of you who have been with me a while here at w.p.r. may remember that at the start of 2010, I chose a word to carry me through the year. My word for 2010 was nourish, and overall I think it has served me well. Now that it’s December, I want to look back [...]
Something really wonderful has been happening to me since I decided to sign up for the 21*5*800 project. Through the community and the daily practices of yoga & writing, I have been surprising myself. I’ve been writing different types of things and revisiting long lost creative pursuits. I even made a drawing, which is [...]
“Thursday Poetry” has happened accidentally on Fridays enough times now that I’m just going to rename the feature Friday Poetry! So there.
Here’s a poem I wrote this morning while contemplating cyclical creativity. In handling myself as an artist, I need to remember to be gentle and tell myself that just because I’m not blooming, doesn’t [...]
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. – Anais Nin
This morning I woke up with the thought, “Today is my Before…”
I was thinking of those makeover shows where they always show a before & after set of pictures of [...]
Several years ago I moved back home from college and lived with my parents for a little while. It wasn’t my first choice, and it took me awhile to get over having to be there, but it’s what I needed to do at the time.
There is a small town square where they live that has [...]
