While meditating on my way to work this morning (don't worry, I am really good at multitasking at 6:00 a.m on a country road), I started to think of things I wanted to change. The first thing to come to mind was I wanted to learn to be more grateful oriented. When I put an idea out there I always look for signs to validate my intentions. First off I read Traci Bunkers email from one of my yahoo groups and it had a "I am grateful..." prompt for visual journaling. Ahh ha! If that wasn't enough to persuade me I was on the right track the picture of my office on the left did. My van was parked right next to that silver car you see and it did not get a scratch. The bad news mother nature took out 4 other cars and the good news is it missed the building and no one was hurt. So... I am grateful for having a car I can meditate in, a body that functions better then some, wonderful friends and family, food on the table this week, a roof over my head, my art, and opportunity to change whatever is not working.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Grateful
While meditating on my way to work this morning (don't worry, I am really good at multitasking at 6:00 a.m on a country road), I started to think of things I wanted to change. The first thing to come to mind was I wanted to learn to be more grateful oriented. When I put an idea out there I always look for signs to validate my intentions. First off I read Traci Bunkers email from one of my yahoo groups and it had a "I am grateful..." prompt for visual journaling. Ahh ha! If that wasn't enough to persuade me I was on the right track the picture of my office on the left did. My van was parked right next to that silver car you see and it did not get a scratch. The bad news mother nature took out 4 other cars and the good news is it missed the building and no one was hurt. So... I am grateful for having a car I can meditate in, a body that functions better then some, wonderful friends and family, food on the table this week, a roof over my head, my art, and opportunity to change whatever is not working.
Monday, April 13, 2009
This is my very first blog! I am not sure what has led me to do this - all know is I am nervous and excited at the same time.
One of my favorite things to do is work in my visual journals. My pages are a mixture of painting, stamping, collage, and text.It is a place I go to find me and attempt to listen to my souls needs. It is a place where I visit my pain and confusion and remember life's joys and accomplishments. It is a place of homecoming.
Funny, just a little under 5 years ago I would not have been caught dead or alive recording anything about my life much less share it with the world, yet here I am doing just that. Hopefully I will not live to regret this.
I wonder what my life or others' lives will look like to the anthropologists or archaeologists of the future. Instead of digging up bones and ancient ruins one grain of sand at a time they will be sifting through a plethora of indulgent ramblings posted by millions of people from all over the world. How very interesting and hopefully not so boring.
How will I utilize my blog? Good question. For right now I think I will use this time and space to share my journal entries as a way to search for deeper meaning in my work. Indulgent? Yes. I am really looking forward to the journey so let's see what tomorrow brings.
One of my favorite things to do is work in my visual journals. My pages are a mixture of painting, stamping, collage, and text.It is a place I go to find me and attempt to listen to my souls needs. It is a place where I visit my pain and confusion and remember life's joys and accomplishments. It is a place of homecoming.
Funny, just a little under 5 years ago I would not have been caught dead or alive recording anything about my life much less share it with the world, yet here I am doing just that. Hopefully I will not live to regret this.
I wonder what my life or others' lives will look like to the anthropologists or archaeologists of the future. Instead of digging up bones and ancient ruins one grain of sand at a time they will be sifting through a plethora of indulgent ramblings posted by millions of people from all over the world. How very interesting and hopefully not so boring.
How will I utilize my blog? Good question. For right now I think I will use this time and space to share my journal entries as a way to search for deeper meaning in my work. Indulgent? Yes. I am really looking forward to the journey so let's see what tomorrow brings.
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