My Creative Process
Here goes: Begin with “You are loved, whether you produce anything today or not.” Your offering is already acceptable. You have brought yourself to this day. Surround yourself with the things you enjoy, people you love and the things you love to do. Begin. If it flows, continue. If not, set it aside and begin again. […]
Expectant
How brave the mother cardinal, perched atop the feeder, not feeding, but performing, not performing, but calling. With words I do not know, but a voice I dearly do. I am here! I have a message for you! Come! She calls out and waits, calls out and waits, for the answering call in a pitch and rhythm […]
On-going
“Come” Oh, how much heaviness there is in that word: come. Grudgingly, we drag ourselves over into the compliant pile. Hauling our stuff with us. We wipe our brow, let out a sigh and, just as we are poised to rest on our laurels God says, “Follow me” What an invitation: follow me. But I […]
Go ahead, run that stop sign!
If I come to a complete stop, I’m stuck. Not that I’m prone to hyperactivity. I’m actually quite a measured person. I consider carefully what I do. I’m not a risk-taker or an impulsive doer. Just a mover. Something about being in motion gives me a sense of myself in space, in place, in life. […]
The Pavlovian ding of my phone
When you hear your phone ding how fast do you look?
