Showing posts with label self. Show all posts
Showing posts with label self. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Day 11

Lawrence of Arabia


When I was little, my mom washed my hair in the sink.  She would run her fingers down a strand of my hair and it would squeak.  "Squeaky clean! All done!"  Then she or my father would put a towel turban on my head "just like Lawrence of Arabia."

Monday, May 10, 2010

Where are my Words?

Lately, I have been posting quotes and poems more than I have been sharing my own thoughts and pieces I have written.

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Why?

Where are my words?

When are they going to come back?

What is holding me back?

Who knows better, can say better what I am feeling and thinking than me?

How can I tap the well of my feelings and thoughts so that I can express them in my own words again?
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I don't believe in "I don't know."

I think that lately I am more visual.  More inclined towards drawing, painting, and collage'ing' through my feelings.

I am also seeking answers through reading things that catch my eye, come to me in dreams, and fall off of shelves onto my feet.

I've been spending time cleaning my house, sorting through documents and photos and long forgotten possessions, and in the quiet of that I have found some clarity, some peace, a way to hear, to listen to what I need and to let go of the things I do not.

I find it difficult to write about the things I have been doing, this transformation I am going through, what has been happening to me, in me.  I post my photos and the quotes and poetry of others in the hope that they will convey my state of being on any given day at any given moment.  When I find these words, these gifts, I quickly gather and post them in hopes of preserving them and it comes from a desire to share the gifts I have been given by the world with the world.

BUT...

My writings are a gift, too.  My thoughts are a gift, too.  Not sharing my gifts, my talents, my authentic self, is a disservice.

Ill get there.  By writing this post, I am getting there.

I'm finding the words.

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Me Tonight

Good Night! Sleep Tight! Don't let the bed bugs bite! (that is a "my mom"ism)