In October of 2003, I embarked upon the most transformative and healing journey of my life when I began my Creative Journal Expressive Arts (CJEA) training year with Lucia Capachhione. She and her work and the beautiful CJEA community she created supported me through the deepest grief of my life when Cameron died the following […]
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In the aftermath of the violence at our nation’s Capitol Building on January 6th, I find myself feeling anger, grief, despair and a sense of impotence or helplessness. I sense and fully expect more violence to erupt in the days ahead, between now and Inauguration Day, and even beyond. A sleeping monster has been awakened.
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I send my heart out ahead of me On softly feathered wings she fliesCarrying my intentionLike an olive branchOr a messageSeekingCreatingAn alliance between what isAnd a visionA hopeOf what might become Buoyant and agileKeen of vision and true in flightA homing beaconLighting the way with her gentle glowBuilding a bridge of rainbow lightOpening the way
SoulCollage® – Committee Suit – Sending My Heart Ahead Read More »
Two of my recent SoulCollage® cards, each belonging to the Council suit, remind me of my place in time, sandwiched between the long arc of history past and the infinite future that has yet to unfold. I am reminded of the importance of “being here now,” of staying mindfully in the present, that NOW is
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July 20, 1969. I remember watching the lunar landing with rapt attention. It was almost bedtime when Neil Armstrong took that “one giant leap for mankind,” but I stayed up, my eyes glued to the black and white images on the screen of the family room TV, still wearing my damp swimsuit from a backyard
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