Soul Humming

Beautiful

The smallest of unwanted things is beautiful if you look with an open heart.

And within each of us, there is something powerfully wonderful that can create good.

If life seems confusing at times, remember that there is a divine power

that will show you the way.

 

Play Date

today i headed over to balboa island to hang out in the studio of my friend, carole akins.

here's carole with the salvador dali touch from my phone

she's a wonderful artist...

and she leads the art therapy group in which i particpate (she's been leading it for ten years).

our funny shoes

a few times now i've helped her come up with the idea for the workshop that we'll do.

and today we were making crowns. we're going to have two workshops in the same day this go around. hopefully this will allow more people to participate. i'm looking forward to making some funky crowns over the next few weeks to give the participants some inspiration for their own. i hope you are finding time to put some creativity into your week.

speak without words

hello neglected dusty blog. there used to be so much to say, so much to show. and now the words are stored upstairs in my attic (shh, the one in my head). often, they are never fully formed. just as they begin to bud someone needs their baseball pants washed like yesterday. and someone else needs to have me throw their toy over and over and over and over all the while leaping in my face barking. and, inevitably, someone else decides to crack his head open, think about passing out, and desire a side trip to the ER. so thoughts never bloom. they sit patiently in the very back of my day-glow brain and fester instead of unfurling with loveliness.

if i could speak to you without words, i'd show you this...

it makes me happy to be a girl. it makes me want to slick my hair back and dance. it makes me yearn for vintage clothes because prada doesn't fit into my blacktop, bike riding, hiking life just this minute.

i'm working on some crafty things this week. and as they come along i'll tell you about them with Words and Without.

 

how goes it with you? are you even there anymore?