Category: personal growth and spirituality
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A Sunday Morning Meditation
Golden Hour, paper collage, 2022 If you spend your life in pursuit of power, love, and esteem, you are certain to fail. Even if you become the most powerful person on the planet, you will have failed. If you end up famous, universally adored and revered by the masses, you will have failed. If you…
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On the Art of Sensitivity
Butterfly Lounge, paper collage, 2023 The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: A human creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive. To them… a touch is a blow, a sound is a noise, a misfortune is a tragedy, a joy is an ecstasy, a friend is a lover, a lover is a god,…
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On Creative Energy
Wild and Free, paper collage, 2022 Creativity is energy being put to work in a constructive fashion. Frank X. Barron I am not certain when I began thinking of creativity in terms of energy, or life force. Though, to be sure, I have long associated my own creativity with the inner experience of having too…
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Where Humanity Lives
Northern Mockingbird Yesterday, I got inspired to write a post about the importance of challenging ourselves. Of continually trying new things, of seeking out new and exciting ways to test our abilities, and of having the courage to follow our passions, interests, curiosities. As I was organizing my thoughts on the subject, a small voice…
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On Overwhelm
Contemplation, paper collage, 2022 I get overwhelmed easily and often. More easily and more often, perhaps, than I would like to admit. I get overwhelmed by strong emotions. I get overwhelmed from feeling my to-do list is too long. I get overwhelmed by too much stimulation (e.g., loud noises, bright lights, too much social media,…
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Everything I Am, I Was Once Afraid Of
Times Are Changing, paper collage, 2021 Everything I am, I was once afraid of or vehemently disliked or found to be boring, uninspiring, or otherwise not worthy of my own time and attention. It’s true. When I was a child, I was terrified of water. And I mean terrified. Screaming, wailing, panic-stricken terrified. So, my…
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The Road I Know
Life of Objects No. 3, paper collage, 2022 I’ve been sprinkling food on the ground beneath my bird feeders for the past year. The squirrels very much appreciate it, of course, as do the doves and sparrows, who often show up in large numbers during cold weather. Although, the reason I do it, really, is…
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Trust in Everyday Life
Stuck in the Middle, paper collage, 2022 The ego is not master in its own house. Sigmund Freud I made a trip to my favorite used bookstore on Saturday. They have the largest and most eclectic psychology section of any local bookstore I know, and since I began Freud’s New Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis a…
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The Nature of Belonging
Self-Portrait with Machine, paper collage, 2021 My last post began with a statement, or rather, a realization, that came to me Saturday morning on waking: It is not your job to acquire belongings; it is your job to figure out what belongs to you and create extensions of its light. This was a wonderful thought…
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What Belongs to You
Ascending, paper collage, 2022 It is not your job to acquire belongings; it is your job to figure out what belongs to you and create extensions of its light. It is not often that my first thought of the day is as meaningful as this one. But on those rare occasions when, suspended somewhere between…
The Used Life 