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Wordless Wednesdays – summer scenes

26 Wednesday Jun 2013

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In the past week, I’ve canoed through a beautiful bayou to reach the lake at sunset, walked amidst towering cypress trees to watch the moon rise, and sat in the grass in my front yard staring up at mockingbirds and blue jays sharing the power lines while a cicada made the most amazingly loud sound just over my head in the pine tree.  When I try to describe these experiences with words, they always come out as lists of things seen.  But the experience itself, being there, is so much more than that.  I guess that’s why it’s called wordlessness.  If you live in the NOLA area and want to reconnect with nature and experience some wordlessness for yourself, come join me next week for sunrise wordless walks at the swamp. More details here:

Meanwhile, enjoy these peaceful images from my recent explorings…

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30 Day Challenge Day 3 – honeymoon!

11 Wednesday Jul 2012

Posted by in 30 Day Challenge, creativity, making change, managing time, nature

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What a difference it makes to feed your soul while you get things done, and to make that a priority!  3 days, just 30 minutes a day, and I have this:

It’s no Van Gogh, but it makes my heart happy, and that’s what matters.  If you’ve ever been in a cypress swamp in the fall, hopefully you’ll know what you’re looking at.  Otherwise it might appear to be an interesting abstract!

And ten minutes in the grass soothed my soul, and produced this pretty pine cone photo:

Lastly, keeping up with my paper stuff for ten minutes a day means I can take things like bank statements that come in the mail and deal with them immediately instead of putting them in a pile for later that grows and grows until there are three months of bank statements in the pile along with all kinds of other put-off tasks and decisions.  There’s power and momentum in taking care of things now.

But the most power comes from giving myself the gift of time to play at making art. I can’t tell you how delicious that is.

This is typical for me – I start strong, I’m intoxicated by the challenge and love the rewards.  When I have to pay attention is when I get tired or a little overwhelmed or I miss a day and go into “Abort, Abort!” mode.  But right now I’m in the honeymoon phase and I’m going to bask in that!

Want to join the challenge?  Come sign up to our Facebook group so you can have a community of supporters – you can start anytime this month as the challenge goes through the end of August.  Come have fun and make a positive change! Or share more in the comments here about your challenge.  I’d love to hear!