A gap, a missing part. Searching for the meaning of the word hiatus, I realized that without ceremony or even without obstructions you can go trucking through time and weeks and schedules and not notice that all that is encompassed in those groupings are lost to the calendar. It is not so much a...
Posts Tagged ‘ Inspiration ’
If you have to follow something
Why not follow your dreams? Let’s take an example from every workshop you have ever taken. You start your list of pros and cons. I’ll start mine. First thoughts count twice as much as those that you’ve edited, tossed, put back somewhere else on the list and tossed again. Images improve the quality of...
Some days we can jump the rapids
At first I was wondering if amniotic fluid was like the ocean. But the day’s journey began thinking about the color salmon; whether it works on the walls of your home or not. I remembered hearing about a paint called “dead salmon.” Clever name. Cynicism comes to your local paint and hardware store. It...
The organizing principle
Reframing ideas requires no matting or measuring. It might require the skills that a good turn of mind can provide through the agency of a friend or an open moment when your breath comes easily and you notice that the air this late spring day is pulsing and alive. The birds are starting up...
So I said, “Self…”
Unsure and unsteady in any sort of practice, I rely on notes to myself as reminders of ways of being that seem good enough to try and beneficial. The idea that a practice is something that leads to a deeper place of residence within your own being has come to be through those...
Teagong or stirring the soup
My qigong practice begins with stirring the soup. Right away I notice the interior dialogue that I’m having. It isn’t just dialogue. It’s lists and to dooz that I remembered I didn’t do. It’s imaginary conversations; even comebacks or responses I wish I had made. It is the stuff of talking with others or...
Titmice in the can
Titmice in the can. Morning doves in the box. It all sounds like a secret code based upon birds and indicating a place where the action is taking place. It is about place more than action. What is happening is a kind of falling in love with home and the sweetness that simple sights,...
Message to self and others
Writing is an interior act and behavior. Anyone that engages in this activity understands this. You enter a world of your own and begin whatever it is that you or others might call writing. It is an inside job. Its such an inside job that it’s strange for me to think of it as...
Talking, squawking and balking
I’ve experienced a wide spectrum of writing experiences over the years. Many writers will like to talk about writing with their friends and peers because they’re speaking to those that understand the road traveled. There is a lot of joy in sharing a common experience. That is true for so many of us and...
House cleaning or writing
Sometimes it’s a case of what will drive you more crazy – not doing the cleaning or not doing the writing. There are times when you can be deeply steeped in your writing. Now, the idea of being deeply steeped is in and of itself a worthwhile goal. It is a rare occurrence for...