blooming...

it is just simply in my nature, perhaps it is the gemini in me, to deliberate over things, to ponder so long, think things into the ground, go back and forth, call it what you may...however, in keeping with this i listened to my truth and my yearning to get outside this box that has kept me...well, boxed in, regarding painting and expressing myself with brush and color. so, although i did sit on the decision for a spell, i slipped into blooming true and am quite giddy about what is to come...for there has really never been a better time for me to be brave & bloom...

this i trust completely.

p.s. thank you for the most delightful patchwork up-cycled tee skirt (above) and messy, juicy journal making workshop Emily...meeting you was divine!

on hats and breaking through...

it is a bit of a mystery but for some reason since the age of around 9 i have knitted...however, in all the years (it's quite a few years, mind you), all the yarn, all the work has ever resulted in have been scarves, long scarves, short scarves, scarves that get sewn together to make cowl neck scarves, sure, i got creative and made some wrist/arm warmers and even a headband, but never have i learned to read a pattern, or understand knitting lingo...i am not saying these things because i think it rather admirable to just stay in a wee box and just do what you know/are comfortable with, au contraire mes amis, i guess there is a bit of charm in just teaching oneself ladadada, so low and behold, i went out and bought myself some needles on the round (this, before was a very daunting act),...took a few tries and many pots of tea, but here she is my first hat ever (still needs to be sewn at top)...

this brings me to a point and back to this idea...i trusted i could do the hat thing (which, btw was pretty silly easy)...now, i must trust that i can make and bring to completion the other creatives of which i do so love...it can happen...with trust.

what might you be trusting in these days?

word for a year...

I, like so many, do subscribe to the thought that a word for the year is a wonderful thing...I cannot give you my words of years past or how I have a track record of the remarkable ways that word worked for me and took me to new heights, for there is something about me that, at some point in the year lets the word slip out of my mindset and vocabulary.

There are so many things of which I do creatively that I do not follow through on, so many avenues untraveled and ideas un-nurtured and as a result I just become overwhelmed by all I want to do and have done, but do not know what direction to go with them all.

So, I have been spending the last 3 days of this brand spanking New Year mulling over words, I find myself distracted in Yoga thinking of my intentions...odd as that might seem.

I would like to expand, stay focused, be present, feel lighter of heart, laugh more, resolve, be true, and well, the list really could go on...however, I have decided that the word of the year for me is going to be...are you ready?

drumroll please...

TRUST

in

myself

love

art

choices

my heart

possibilities

outcomes

risks

adventures

just to name a few...

what is your word for the year?