To NOT

To NOT be yourself is expensive!

On Writing

Writing is a place I go -- to hold myself!

Belonging

Art belongs to all of us. It is thorugh Art we discover who we really are.

Rolling Stones Wisdom

You can't always get what you want...but, did you get what you needed?....

Moving IN

Creating works of writing art is hard, discipined work. Writing is a personal, devotional practice. How can I not turn my full attention into its embracing arms when it contains the totality of Me?

Writing has become this place for me. Thank you, Art, for living and breathing in me so I can aspire to create life art for all to enjoy.

Process II

No one values Process more than the artist. The artist knows it is the spine of Process where discovery transforms into joy. Long live Process. There is no greater wonder than this to the ever-evolving being called the artist.

Process

Accept everything in Process. Great art is created when Process is honored because everything in Process serves the final art called Form.

Stand-Alone

Enjoy the singular beauty of each day. Refrain the need to impose repetition. Let each day stand-alone. You will come to understand the true meaning of beauty. Each day contains its own flow, its own breath, its own power. Glory unflowers daily onto anyone who cares to listen.

Places & Spaces - Negotiation 101

We all need places and spaces in our lives where we can go and find the rhythm of our voice. It is our responsibility, and ours alone, to create our own unique portals of expression. Only we can ever truly know what it is that we need -- in what way, shape, size, quantity and volume that speaks to our growing spirit within.

Places & spaces vary to accommodate the ever-changing shifting seasons within. So, march on soldier, and create the places & spaces you hunger for. Fit them into your life, come hell or high water. You'll be glad you did.

Community

A community is Spirit, enlarged. That is, a community is any place or space that enlarges spirit.

Sprint Writer

I am a sprint writer. I write in the form of a 50-yard dash. I run to the end of a thought and call it writing. Well, it's feels more like a writing prayer than anything else. But let's just call it writing for now so I don't feel like a complete loser.

I've been feeling like it was time for me to a shot at a 100-yard dash. So, miraculously I just finished my first short story. Repeat -- finished! Not started and I'll get back to it later as 72 weeks go by and it's still sitting there while I have start several new ones. Actually D-O-N-E and gotta tell you, DONE feels rather good. I'm celebrating done - doesn't always come easy in creative process.

Feels like I've dropped 10 lbs (though I am actually struggling to drop 5) but that's a whole another story. For now, mission accomplished and I'm going to soak in the aura of my own done-ness for a seriously short possibly seriously long while....

Thirst4Me

Heaven knows we are strangers unto ourselves.

Thirst4writing is a place I go to hear the sound of myself. Through myself I can hear right through to the other side. All sides point to the thirst within. The sound that holds the echoes of my own voice, is like a path, leading me back to Self - the silent place that holds all my selves.