what seems to be what is layers / colors time to sort through shifting light words come last

writing, drawing, gardening, painting, photography, cooking… — The online definition of healing: the process of making or becoming sound or healthy again. Again… implies that we are whole/sound/well before we fall away from this state of wellness and that healing is a return to this previous state of health. Taking time to see and appreciate beauty. Taking…

or not — Change happens weather we want it to it not. Remember the last time some software you liked forced you to auto upgrade? Like it or not, we live in a world of constant change. Many changes are so small and incremental we fail to recognize them — until we suddenly…

its threads extend through time — Like this moment when I saw the sun shining through a hole in the clouds highlighting just one section of the wall of trees. The light was changing, fading away, almost before I could snap a photo. Watching the march of time as it’s reflected in these trees is a…

the moon sets in the morning —

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. ~from When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chödrön. Things seem to regularly fall apart in my life — jobs, relationships, plans. Sometimes I spend too much energy trying to fix something that has fallen apart in…

in Art and Life — I developed several different editing processes that I’ve used for a number of years. One is to let things sit overnight and to re-read and edit first thing in the morning. This resting period comes after a number of re-reads and edits. …

Many things grow in my garden — some that are not planned are surprising, ephemeral, and beautiful.

Giving up is not the same as letting go — In my family we took these ideas to heart: never give up, keep trying, try harder, never quit. These are not traits that make for peaceful conversation or a calm life. When my mom had cancer in the 1980’s the prevailing ideology was to “fight” the disease. She had treatment…