mind walls
My mind has been shifting perspectives lately on some big stuff in my life. My mind has also been resisting those new perspectives, habitually returning to the old thought patterns,…
live & unplugged
"Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you." – Anne Lamott We all have different ways of unplugging: meditating, taking a walk, eating…
a room for surprise
"Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise." – Julia Cameron I went to hear Paul Simon sing at the Hollywood Bowl recently. He told a story about…
for the sake of the climb
"The ones who climb the mountain don’t wait for permission. They just start walking." – Trinity Bourne As a New Yorker, I excelled at urban hiking. There is plenty of…
sensing a surrender
"The creative process is a process of surrender, not control." – Julia Cameron An artist friend was recently touring through LA, and so we spent an afternoon together. She kept…
tasting fortune
When I was young, a friend told me that, if I wanted the message from a fortune cookie to come true, I had to eat it. She said I had…
charmed by a bee
A friend and I were relaxing on the beach when she suddenly gasped. I looked down to see that a bee had landed on my finger. Bees have always fascinated…
up the stairs
"Never look backwards or you’ll fall down the stairs." – Rudyard Kipling I’m not sure of the context of this quote, but I like to think it’s a poetic instruction…
a peek at the inside
It seems like the roots of this tree are supposed to be under the earth rather than on top of it. Walking past, I felt like I got a secret…
please rain on my parade
"Trade your expectations for appreciation and the world changes instantly." – Tony Robbins Moving from the Northeast to the Southwest has shifted my relationship with precipitation. I now find rain…
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