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| Little Boy in Pajamas by me |
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| Fairy-mom, girl and baby in a basket pencil by me |
After over ten years of an incredibly intense journey as a seeker, I find myself lying fallow. Taking a rest. When I first discovered this uncomfortable fact — threat to the hamster wheel that was my spiritual rat race, I surrendered for dead, but something wouldn’t let that fact sit as truth. I was lying fallow, but this implied that after a good rest, fruit could follow. This had nothing to do with death.
I am humbled at the courage it takes to write. For many years I kept a blog read by only a handful of very supportive people, and you’d think that after sharing writing for so long with perfect strangers, writing would have gotten easier. Actually, it got harder. In fact, at one point I was so paralyzed, I just stopped writing altogether. It was just too vulnerable. There was no trust there anymore, and I attributed any courage I had had to my youthful ignorance.
However, life continues, as it inevitably does, and there is still this pang to write, and it grows stronger and strong…
I am humbled at the courage it takes to write. For many years I kept a blog read by only a handful of very supportive people, and you’d think that after sharing writing for so long with perfect strangers, writing would have gotten easier. Actually, it got harder. In fact, at one point I was so paralyzed, I just stopped writing altogether. It was just too vulnerable. There was no trust there anymore, and I attributed any courage I had had to my youthful ignorance.
However, life continues, as it inevitably does, and there is still this pang to write, and it grows stronger and strong…
I can hardly handle the sweetness of these sketches, my friend. They just open my heart wide wide wide. Such beauty you are creating...
ReplyDeleteThank you, sweet friend. I am so glad that you are here. Thank you for resonating and I am so glad that you are feeling some inspiration for your art again. I feel the same sweet magic with yours.
DeleteSweetness! Friends and part of who you are!
ReplyDeleteI love this comment so much. I never thought of them as part of who I am + friends. This feels very deep to me! Thank you!
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