Drawing What Makes Us Unconfortable
I’m linking this post to the one right before. I think they make sense together, but what do I know.
This last weekend, I participated in a workshop, Awakening Creativity Through Spiritual Practice, taught by Sylvan at Reflections Mystery School. You know you’re in trouble when your response to a trance is, “Whoa! Deep! F**k!” The big [...]
Following the Man on Fire
I have delayed posting this as I tracked down the “perfect” image to illustrate it. I’m not finding it, which may be a clue that I need to create it, or that finding that image is not the point.
Last week, I had a dream. Actually, I usually dream, but every once in a while the [...]
Magic of Breath
Ghost of the Spirit by Chris Luckhardt, http://www.flickr.com/photos/motionblur/ / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Today, I am reminded, not “to breathe,” but to bring my awareness to my breath.
Breath is life.
Breath is magic.
Breath is both body and spirit.
As I have learned from various teachers including my mother, energy follows attention. So, if I attend to my breath, I am [...]
Winter’s Daily Practice
At Reflections Mystery School, we have seasonal daily practices that correspond to the element of the season: Earth in Winter, Air in Spring, Fire in Summer, and Water in Autumn. These daily practices are meant to connect us in a physical and energetic way to the element of the season.
In the Winter, we ground energetically [...]
2009 Creations
Just a little mosaic of some of the artwork I did this last year. Clockwise from upper left: Happy Buddha mala, Bastet shrine, photography that I plan to use for artwork in future, Chango shrine, healing altar, Ganesha and Hanuman altar, Strength, cosmic building blocks, touch drawing, beaded necklaces, Oggun shrine.
Looking at this is making [...]
Co-creating 2010
It seems everyone is writing the intentions they are setting for 2010, whether they be in the form of goals, or dream decrees, a word for the year, or vision boards.
I have a hard time with goals. I often feel indecisive about formally writing anything down out of fear. Fear of failing. Fear of changing [...]



