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Inspirational reflections for the creative soul.
"Life is like a series of awakenings from birth until death."          Contemplation is essential for the human soul and yet modern living does not easily lend to this practice. The temptation to stay continually "connected" leaves little time for reflection. Without reflection, one activity blurs into another.      Awakening... sudden awareness, recognition, or realization …
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"If we step out into the light with all of our insecurities still hidden… who can penetrate such darkness?"      These words floated through my mind as I drifted off to sleep. After they awakened me, I wrote them down. This morning, I contemplate their challenge.    Yesterday I had written a post titled "Awakenings" yet removed it when …
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Recently I posted a piece explaining why I love masks; they remind me of trying on new identities. Today, I explore a different perspective. Masks also speak to me of hiding my identity from others.  Dark, mysterious masks inexplicably draw me. As if some unseen force lures. I imagine what the former masquerade balls were …
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I love the early morning when stillness reigns. A heart so full of happiness temporarily sliced with worry for one's offspring does not even a robber make. For the early morning is God's domain. He whispers through dreams filling mind with lofty thoughts of longings coming true. Awakening to write them down is also His …
Day -2 I'm on a quest to find my blogging identity! Last night I went to bed thoroughly depressed. After a weekend of visiting some pretty amazing blogs, I came to the realization that I am having a blogging identity crisis. As a hopeless creative eclectic who cannot seem to say no to "just one more …
As I look towards the New Year and coming decade, the desire to take a personal inventory prevails. My burgeoning artistic projects and passions have become unruly. Like a plant that outgrows pot and climbs up and over the garden wall; runners stretch out in all directions while roots dig deeply firmly into my life's soil. So much to …
I just returned from taking my husband and stepson to the airport. They fly out to his family in Texas while my stepdaughter and I will follow in two days. The house is hushed save a faint ticking from the living room clock. I am alone. Yet in this silence, an irresistible "in between place" …
          There is no race with writing. We plant ourselves beside the fountain of God's inspiration and drink deeply. Whatever flows from head and heart through pen is enough for the day.            At least this is what I tell myself when feeling poetic, inspired, and scared. To be perfectly honest, I procrastinate like the …
           Yesterday was a hard day for writing after coming down from my "creative high." Having pushed several projects forward, the inevitable plummeting into a slump had to do with the unpleasant stuff: paying the bills, finishing manuscript edits, and sending for use permission—all tedious and uncreative. By afternoon, I was depressed. Add to this, mismanagement …
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