To Do: 1. Walk into the woods. Find a leaf. Maybe it’s long and slender: a birch leaf, or a willow… Tuck it behind my ear, the way some people wear a pencil. Wear it all day. 2. Put on a spring coat, even though it’s fall. Walk slow along the sidewalk, watching for […]
Tag: self portrait
This is me, before I wore my body like a ball & chain … {on innocence lost … & joy reclaimed}
The other day, while rummaging around in an old box of photos, I stumbled over this snapshot from the 1990s, and I just couldn’t look away: For two days now I’ve been going back to it, trying to puzzle what it is about the image that haunts me so. And then today, it struck me: […]
The Day the Light Overtakes Me …
Yesterday, I walk into the woods and into autumn’s first blush: red dogwoods and the crackle of dry leaves underfoot. And I find myself breathing a deep sigh that feels — strangely — like relief. Autumn is usually a hard season for me, in spite of the goodness of hot cider and apple-picking, boots and flannel […]
Secrets, Self-Portraits & the Subconscious … & also, a Silver Lining
I am a keeper of secrets — especially from myself. * A long time ago, I realized I was one of those souls who felt everything too deeply — Who wept inconsolably when I saw a little bird crushed by a car tire. Who agonized over the troubles of friends and characters in books. And so, over the […]
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 […]
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