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Continue reading →: The Cat Came Back
Despite my intentions, I’ve somehow managed to adopt another cat. She is a tiny, delicate void kitty, and her name is M. I’m pretty sure that she’s the daughter of the black cat that died in my backyard last month, and perhaps even the sister of the sick stray kitten…
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Continue reading →: Currency
Only have a few minutes this morning. I forgot to take my meds yesterday and I woke up somewhere between rage and whatever this feeling is (being flat like a paint splotch?). Gotta love being fucking insane. I joke. Kinda. Anyway. I’m drinking a cup of coffee. I took a…
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Continue reading →: Casting
I am fully aware that this website is being “wasted” in some ways. No content plan. No overall theme. The design is unattractive. I seldom use imagery, AND I’m incredibly longwinded. Who has the time or energy to read these long, rambling paragraphs that lead to nowhere? Add to this…
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Continue reading →: The Black Cat
Trigger Warning: This post contains a graphic description of an animal’s death. Do not read this. I wish I didn’t even have to write it, but it has to go somewhere. I’m going to tell you the story of something awful. Maybe you’re the kind of person who will read…
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Continue reading →: Say Yes
I’ve been thinking a lot (too much) about my upcoming wedding(s). I think there will be two – one at a courthouse, one under the desert stars. There’s a lot going on in my daily life, so I really don’t have the room or the time right now to spend…
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Continue reading →: Imaginary Lives
One exercise in The Artist’s Way asks: “If you had five other lives to live, what would you do in each of them?” It’s an exercise in imagination, but also a way to reconsider if what we’re doing is what we’re supposed to be doing, and if there are any…
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Continue reading →: A Sense of Safety
Week 1 in The Artist’s Way is all about feeling safe to practice your art. It’s called “Recovering a Sense of Safety.” Basically, it’s an exploration of all of the subtle ways we were told over the years that we couldn’t be artists. This includes negative messaging from others (parents,…
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Continue reading →: Walking the Artist’s Path
Three or four years ago, I stumbled across a copy Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way at a thrift store. I knew that this was a nudge from the Universe, because I’d had the book recommended to me just a few days before. Even so, as things tend to go with…
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Continue reading →: The Feels
The other day on a group therapy call, I said something in passing that the facilitator asked me to repeat. In the moment, I was a little confused why he’d be interested. But from the “ooohs” and “whoas” from the rest of the group, I appeared to have hit on…
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Continue reading →: What’s Next?
Things aren’t going well. I wish I could say that they were. I wish I could say that I am happy, healthy, thriving, hopeful for everything to come. The truth is that I have always felt like a failure, and nothing has changed. I want a way out of this…