Today, I walk into the forest looking for the Light. I have been a hunter of light for some time now, and experience has taught me that if you want to see it best, you must look for it in the dark. So I follow the trail until it’s swallowed in shadow. I walk, and […]
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What an Insomniac Doesn’t Tell You…
I like the world best by morning light… The way it pushes into the room through every opening. The way it fills up every space with an invitation to begin, now, while the canvas is blank and the page uncluttered. I am an insomniac. I have been for all my life, starting from the moment […]
waterwords
i go down into the liquid riverdark: wet. moon-lap leaf-light, white. the river in my mouth and the light in the river– Go on, moongirl: swim.
Same Body, Second Glance: Last Look
August 10, 2014 Today my heart is hungryfor some new horizon.I’m not talking about a placeyou get to with a passport.I’m talking about a placeyou get to by opening your eyes. And I want to reclaimall the places inside meovertaken by darkness–dark not because the lightstopped shiningbut because my soulstopped seeing. /// {{Wondering what’s going […]
Same Body, Second Glance: Day Forty
August 9, 2014 Today is my fortieth day … Can you believe it? And *this…* This is what I’m holding onto… ❤ /// {{Wondering what’s going on here?? Almost a year ago, I found myself on bad terms with the person in the mirror. So I made a commitment: every day for forty days, I’d […]
Same Body, Second Glance: Day Thirty-Nine
August 8, 2014 You guys know this is a brave photo for me … BRAVE. So I must be having that kind of day today. ❤ /// {{Wondering what’s going on here?? Almost a year ago, I found myself on bad terms with the person in the mirror. So I made a commitment: every day […]
Same Body, Second Glance: Day Thirty-Eight
August 7, 2014 A shot from today’s walk in the woods … As always, I went hunting light and shadows… ❤ /// {{Wondering what’s going on here?? Almost a year ago, I found myself on bad terms with the person in the mirror. So I made a commitment: every day for forty days, I’d take […]
Same Body, Second Glance: Day Thirty-Seven
August 6, 2014 This is me taking a second look at one of my paintings … & myself. Creator, creation, all caught in the act of creating … again. ❤ /// {{Wondering what’s going on here?? Almost a year ago, I found myself on bad terms with the person in the mirror. So I made […]
Same Body, Second Glance: Day Thirty-Six
August 5, 2014 If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the past thirty-odd days, it’s that I can’t get enough of playing in the light: It transforms everything it touches — erases, reveals, alters all the lines… When I’m standing in it, I see the world differently. I see *myself* differently. I’m fluid, capable of […]
Same Body, Second Glance: Day Thirty-Five
August 4, 2014 /// {{Wondering what’s going on here?? Almost a year ago, I found myself on bad terms with the person in the mirror. So I made a commitment: every day for forty days, I’d take *one* photograph of my body that I could honestly see as beautiful. Want to follow my journey? Start here.}}