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"Softened" - acrylic and charcoal on paper, 12" x 18". Ready to frame. Available here and at Artfinder.
"It takes time to soften the habits of our heart and mind and work them in our hands, a little each day, in order for the heart and mind to be of use somewhere else."
MARK NEPO
January and resolutions.
I haven't made any New Year's resolutions, yet I feel the call to soften habits. Slumps I've fallen into. Indulgences that have gone a bit off the rails. Nepo makes the pursuit of change seem more attainable - allowing time to soften. A little change each day. Yes, please. But just a little. Being "resolute" seems much more challenging than "softening." I imagine my habits melting into puddles.
"It takes time to soften the habits of our heart and mind and work them in our hands, a little each day, in order for the heart and mind to be of use somewhere else."
MARK NEPO
January and resolutions.
I haven't made any New Year's resolutions, yet I feel the call to soften habits. Slumps I've fallen into. Indulgences that have gone a bit off the rails. Nepo makes the pursuit of change seem more attainable - allowing time to soften. A little change each day. Yes, please. But just a little. Being "resolute" seems much more challenging than "softening." I imagine my habits melting into puddles.
If you freed your heart and mind from just one less-than-stellar habit, where else would you put them to use? Maybe toward bravery, or making home-made ramen (like my soup goddess sister, Wendy), toward understanding something elusive or maybe just daydreaming of the many things you can put your newly-freed heart and mind to use on. :)
My hands are working gently at slump softening. One drawing at a time. One leave-it-all-on-the-table-in-a-heap-of-exhaustion life-drawing session at a time. Thank goodness I now live in the land of caffeinated goodness on every corner.
My hands are working gently at slump softening. One drawing at a time. One leave-it-all-on-the-table-in-a-heap-of-exhaustion life-drawing session at a time. Thank goodness I now live in the land of caffeinated goodness on every corner.
This week's PDX recommendation is Sweedeedee, where you can start your day with a savory porridge and a slice of honey whiskey bread. And where the staff will dazzle you with vinyl LPs played continuously while you eat. You'll get a kick out of saying "Sweedeedee" all day long, too.
And I love the idea of broad terms for resolutions. You've calculated the payoffs in advance, so that gives you a solid goal to make the daily humps easier to get over. :)
Fifteen in 2018? Holy mackerel! You are a production machine, Carl. Erratic or not!
Bad habits, puddle, good ones continue... just get strong and healthy and everything else will follow! Brachot!