so tired.
stuck in my head again and searching so hard and deep for my heart. I know the answers sit in there somewhere just waiting to shake me awake.
one thing that stuck with me the first week of the new year was my resolution to laugh more. I did laugh more and I know because I thought about that resolution every time I laugh.
suddenly there was sadness and sadness tends to stay with me. Maybe it's the Pisces in me that absorbs emotion like water in my gills, I'm not sure. All I know is when there is heightened emotion it weighs on me for a while.
for now I am focusing on the things that have made me smile lately...or feel something outside of myself. Is that even possible?
I do love this video:
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| we started our memory jar for the year...I saw the idea on pinterest and wanted to try it. You write down memories and funny stuff or whatever you want throughout the year and then read everything aloud on new years eve. |
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| I keep looking at these beautiful decals Jenn sent me for Christmas...I know exactly where they will go in my art room so Jeff just needs to hang them up since I am not allowed to touch the walls :-) |
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| a thousand years later I finally stretched "Jalaine" from my women's series. Now she can actually hang it up! |
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| I took a break from reading about research and writing to paint this frame a rough green. I am in love with it. |
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| A in a frame and it makes me smile. |
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| Jeff's Dad and his sweet Grandmother as she looks at photographs of her family. She is the sweetest and funniest, saw a very young David Bowie on PBS and said "who is that woman?" |
This is something that made me cry and smile...cry for the powerful words and memories of Veterans and also smile that my brother is able to have some creative outlet for his own experience. To learn more about Warrior Writers or to purchase a copy of the collection check out the website.
and of course when all else fails...who always makes me smile?
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