A muse at day’s ending toward a new year
- Musing pen in hand…
In response to a blog post from Jane Davies (https://janedavies-collagejourneys.blogspot.com/2022/12/committing-to-play.html?fbclid=IwAR08TZhbc-mTGUCYBX0159bVh5PGEq7VkxyFEwwGpkLnj0ScDE5ROHf1czQ) an artist whose style I admire and whose teaching style fits my learning style, someone who I don’t even know posted this:
“… If the creative work gets to the point, where it is not enjoyable then I don’t do it anymore and move on to something else.
I am retired and really don’t want or need my art to become a “job” for me. I am old and life is short!…”
I’ve only shared a small portion of what this person “said”, but I am sharing what spoke most loudly and clearly to me.
I too, would be considered ‘retired’ by most people, but not in my mind. I just finished two Master’s degrees during our Covid lockdowns and I am chomping at the bit ready to put all that I learned out into the “world”. And I was doing just that, then came a blip.
I won’t go into details, but a site to which I was beginning to feel “attached” became unavailable and, if I am honest, somewhat uninviting. Now that is a personal observation and many may not agree. But it has become my reality.
So where do I go now? I mean that literally. The work needs to be done, but I am flexible. I’ve had to be.
Photo credit: Jeff Suchak of http://mythiclandscape.com
This is what I am pondering as the calendar year comes to a close. These next few days, I am spending a good part of my daylight hours putting my “studio” space, in good working order.
It felt laborious at first. Probably because I allowed myself to be weighed down with recent disappointments.
But, the most recent development or news has freed me somehow. It is hard to explain, but it is like Spirit is working and I am being forced to listen to her. There is always a way, when we come to perceived “roadblocks”, we just have to put aside ego and expectations and remain open to the opportunities that present themselves.
So, I am making art and making plans too. Plans to find the way for what is calling me to channel this. To bring this idea into focus, a focus so sharp that it materializes itself as an offering into the world that I believe so deeply needs the healing it brings.
It feels so impersonal to call this vision “it”. I wish I knew its name, but that will come as I spend time in the Southern Ontario Wren’s Nest Studio. For now, I just need to be open to listen and move to this music that is drawing me. In good time, all will come.
And though what needs birthing feels a little distant, like individual trees in a forest, I do see it shimmering, beckoning, smiling … and I know that if I focus on that which I am being called to do and be, all will be well.
And so it is…
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Moving House…erhm…apartments
Photo by Michal Balog on Unsplash Well, we’ve done it again. Moved that is. And this time we had “non-professional” help. A son, his childhood friend and his pastor. Wow! What a difference. I cannot express this strongly enough. This was our smoothest move ever. Professional movers could take a cue from how “professional” these three were. There… Read more
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‘Tis the Season
Many thanks to Vita Marija Murenaite on Unsplash for the use of this wonderful image! My early childhood years were spent in a boarding house with people older than my grandmother, except for my mother. It was a wonderful start to life. These people had lived through the First World War, the Roaring Twenties, the… Read more
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Summer Sky at Night
This is the month to watch The Pleiades, especially from the 10th to the 14th in my little corner of this big, blue marble, spinning, spinning in its place. So, yesterday, we napped mightily and snuck out to Hillman Marsh around 2ish to set up “camp”. No sooner was I out of the car, but… Read more
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Pool Musings … Midday
Sunday, August 9th We come down to “our” pool at midday for a swim and some exercise to work out the kinks accumulated over the years and through this pandemic indolence. Two men, one young, one older, attend at the barbeques on the patio. Corn and some other food are carefully turned. A man,… Read more
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Seskéha
Grandmother Moon will be fully illuminated tonight. (If you click on the link you can see a video from NASA that explains the hows and whys of the full moon.) It would be great to get outside under her glow. (whether you can see her or not, she is there.) In English we could translate… Read more
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Butterflies and Queen Anne’s Lace
Spicebush Swallowtail: Photo Credit: Jeff Suchak of http://mythiclandscape.com This gorgeous image inspired a poem… Even if part of you is broken … you are still beautiful and you can fly! If you wish, please refer to this often. The thought has kept me safe over these past few days when I was feeling a little… Read more
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Moving House…erhm…apartments
Photo by Michal Balog on Unsplash Well, we’ve done it again. Moved that is. And this time we had “non-professional” help. A son, his childhood friend and his pastor. Wow! What a difference. I cannot express this strongly enough. This was our smoothest move ever. Professional movers could take a cue from how “professional” these three were. There… Read more
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‘Tis the Season
Many thanks to Vita Marija Murenaite on Unsplash for the use of this wonderful image! My early childhood years were spent in a boarding house with people older than my grandmother, except for my mother. It was a wonderful start to life. These people had lived through the First World War, the Roaring Twenties, the… Read more
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Summer Sky at Night
This is the month to watch The Pleiades, especially from the 10th to the 14th in my little corner of this big, blue marble, spinning, spinning in its place. So, yesterday, we napped mightily and snuck out to Hillman Marsh around 2ish to set up “camp”. No sooner was I out of the car, but… Read more
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Pool Musings … Midday
Sunday, August 9th We come down to “our” pool at midday for a swim and some exercise to work out the kinks accumulated over the years and through this pandemic indolence. Two men, one young, one older, attend at the barbeques on the patio. Corn and some other food are carefully turned. A man,… Read more
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Seskéha
Grandmother Moon will be fully illuminated tonight. (If you click on the link you can see a video from NASA that explains the hows and whys of the full moon.) It would be great to get outside under her glow. (whether you can see her or not, she is there.) In English we could translate… Read more
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Butterflies and Queen Anne’s Lace
Spicebush Swallowtail: Photo Credit: Jeff Suchak of http://mythiclandscape.com This gorgeous image inspired a poem… Even if part of you is broken … you are still beautiful and you can fly! If you wish, please refer to this often. The thought has kept me safe over these past few days when I was feeling a little… Read more
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Moving House…erhm…apartments
Photo by Michal Balog on Unsplash Well, we’ve done it again. Moved that is. And this time we had “non-professional” help. A son, his childhood friend and his pastor. Wow! What a difference. I cannot express this strongly enough. This was our smoothest move ever. Professional movers could take a cue from how “professional” these three were. There… Read more
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‘Tis the Season
Many thanks to Vita Marija Murenaite on Unsplash for the use of this wonderful image! My early childhood years were spent in a boarding house with people older than my grandmother, except for my mother. It was a wonderful start to life. These people had lived through the First World War, the Roaring Twenties, the… Read more
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Summer Sky at Night
This is the month to watch The Pleiades, especially from the 10th to the 14th in my little corner of this big, blue marble, spinning, spinning in its place. So, yesterday, we napped mightily and snuck out to Hillman Marsh around 2ish to set up “camp”. No sooner was I out of the car, but… Read more
-
Pool Musings … Midday
Sunday, August 9th We come down to “our” pool at midday for a swim and some exercise to work out the kinks accumulated over the years and through this pandemic indolence. Two men, one young, one older, attend at the barbeques on the patio. Corn and some other food are carefully turned. A man,… Read more
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Seskéha
Grandmother Moon will be fully illuminated tonight. (If you click on the link you can see a video from NASA that explains the hows and whys of the full moon.) It would be great to get outside under her glow. (whether you can see her or not, she is there.) In English we could translate… Read more
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Butterflies and Queen Anne’s Lace
Spicebush Swallowtail: Photo Credit: Jeff Suchak of http://mythiclandscape.com This gorgeous image inspired a poem… Even if part of you is broken … you are still beautiful and you can fly! If you wish, please refer to this often. The thought has kept me safe over these past few days when I was feeling a little… Read more
-
Moving House…erhm…apartments
Photo by Michal Balog on Unsplash Well, we’ve done it again. Moved that is. And this time we had “non-professional” help. A son, his childhood friend and his pastor. Wow! What a difference. I cannot express this strongly enough. This was our smoothest move ever. Professional movers could take a cue from how “professional” these three were. There… Read more
-
‘Tis the Season
Many thanks to Vita Marija Murenaite on Unsplash for the use of this wonderful image! My early childhood years were spent in a boarding house with people older than my grandmother, except for my mother. It was a wonderful start to life. These people had lived through the First World War, the Roaring Twenties, the… Read more
-
Summer Sky at Night
This is the month to watch The Pleiades, especially from the 10th to the 14th in my little corner of this big, blue marble, spinning, spinning in its place. So, yesterday, we napped mightily and snuck out to Hillman Marsh around 2ish to set up “camp”. No sooner was I out of the car, but… Read more
-
Pool Musings … Midday
Sunday, August 9th We come down to “our” pool at midday for a swim and some exercise to work out the kinks accumulated over the years and through this pandemic indolence. Two men, one young, one older, attend at the barbeques on the patio. Corn and some other food are carefully turned. A man,… Read more
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Seskéha
Grandmother Moon will be fully illuminated tonight. (If you click on the link you can see a video from NASA that explains the hows and whys of the full moon.) It would be great to get outside under her glow. (whether you can see her or not, she is there.) In English we could translate… Read more
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Butterflies and Queen Anne’s Lace
Spicebush Swallowtail: Photo Credit: Jeff Suchak of http://mythiclandscape.com This gorgeous image inspired a poem… Even if part of you is broken … you are still beautiful and you can fly! If you wish, please refer to this often. The thought has kept me safe over these past few days when I was feeling a little… Read more
-
Moving House…erhm…apartments
Photo by Michal Balog on Unsplash Well, we’ve done it again. Moved that is. And this time we had “non-professional” help. A son, his childhood friend and his pastor. Wow! What a difference. I cannot express this strongly enough. This was our smoothest move ever. Professional movers could take a cue from how “professional” these three were. There… Read more
-
‘Tis the Season
Many thanks to Vita Marija Murenaite on Unsplash for the use of this wonderful image! My early childhood years were spent in a boarding house with people older than my grandmother, except for my mother. It was a wonderful start to life. These people had lived through the First World War, the Roaring Twenties, the… Read more
-
Summer Sky at Night
This is the month to watch The Pleiades, especially from the 10th to the 14th in my little corner of this big, blue marble, spinning, spinning in its place. So, yesterday, we napped mightily and snuck out to Hillman Marsh around 2ish to set up “camp”. No sooner was I out of the car, but… Read more
-
Pool Musings … Midday
Sunday, August 9th We come down to “our” pool at midday for a swim and some exercise to work out the kinks accumulated over the years and through this pandemic indolence. Two men, one young, one older, attend at the barbeques on the patio. Corn and some other food are carefully turned. A man,… Read more
-
Seskéha
Grandmother Moon will be fully illuminated tonight. (If you click on the link you can see a video from NASA that explains the hows and whys of the full moon.) It would be great to get outside under her glow. (whether you can see her or not, she is there.) In English we could translate… Read more
-
Butterflies and Queen Anne’s Lace
Spicebush Swallowtail: Photo Credit: Jeff Suchak of http://mythiclandscape.com This gorgeous image inspired a poem… Even if part of you is broken … you are still beautiful and you can fly! If you wish, please refer to this often. The thought has kept me safe over these past few days when I was feeling a little… Read more
-
Moving House…erhm…apartments
Photo by Michal Balog on Unsplash Well, we’ve done it again. Moved that is. And this time we had “non-professional” help. A son, his childhood friend and his pastor. Wow! What a difference. I cannot express this strongly enough. This was our smoothest move ever. Professional movers could take a cue from how “professional” these three were. There… Read more
-
‘Tis the Season
Many thanks to Vita Marija Murenaite on Unsplash for the use of this wonderful image! My early childhood years were spent in a boarding house with people older than my grandmother, except for my mother. It was a wonderful start to life. These people had lived through the First World War, the Roaring Twenties, the… Read more
-
Summer Sky at Night
This is the month to watch The Pleiades, especially from the 10th to the 14th in my little corner of this big, blue marble, spinning, spinning in its place. So, yesterday, we napped mightily and snuck out to Hillman Marsh around 2ish to set up “camp”. No sooner was I out of the car, but… Read more
-
Pool Musings … Midday
Sunday, August 9th We come down to “our” pool at midday for a swim and some exercise to work out the kinks accumulated over the years and through this pandemic indolence. Two men, one young, one older, attend at the barbeques on the patio. Corn and some other food are carefully turned. A man,… Read more
-
Seskéha
Grandmother Moon will be fully illuminated tonight. (If you click on the link you can see a video from NASA that explains the hows and whys of the full moon.) It would be great to get outside under her glow. (whether you can see her or not, she is there.) In English we could translate… Read more
-
Butterflies and Queen Anne’s Lace
Spicebush Swallowtail: Photo Credit: Jeff Suchak of http://mythiclandscape.com This gorgeous image inspired a poem… Even if part of you is broken … you are still beautiful and you can fly! If you wish, please refer to this often. The thought has kept me safe over these past few days when I was feeling a little… Read more
-
Moving House…erhm…apartments
Photo by Michal Balog on Unsplash Well, we’ve done it again. Moved that is. And this time we had “non-professional” help. A son, his childhood friend and his pastor. Wow! What a difference. I cannot express this strongly enough. This was our smoothest move ever. Professional movers could take a cue from how “professional” these three were. There… Read more
-
‘Tis the Season
Many thanks to Vita Marija Murenaite on Unsplash for the use of this wonderful image! My early childhood years were spent in a boarding house with people older than my grandmother, except for my mother. It was a wonderful start to life. These people had lived through the First World War, the Roaring Twenties, the… Read more
-
Summer Sky at Night
This is the month to watch The Pleiades, especially from the 10th to the 14th in my little corner of this big, blue marble, spinning, spinning in its place. So, yesterday, we napped mightily and snuck out to Hillman Marsh around 2ish to set up “camp”. No sooner was I out of the car, but… Read more
-
Pool Musings … Midday
Sunday, August 9th We come down to “our” pool at midday for a swim and some exercise to work out the kinks accumulated over the years and through this pandemic indolence. Two men, one young, one older, attend at the barbeques on the patio. Corn and some other food are carefully turned. A man,… Read more
-
Seskéha
Grandmother Moon will be fully illuminated tonight. (If you click on the link you can see a video from NASA that explains the hows and whys of the full moon.) It would be great to get outside under her glow. (whether you can see her or not, she is there.) In English we could translate… Read more
-
Butterflies and Queen Anne’s Lace
Spicebush Swallowtail: Photo Credit: Jeff Suchak of http://mythiclandscape.com This gorgeous image inspired a poem… Even if part of you is broken … you are still beautiful and you can fly! If you wish, please refer to this often. The thought has kept me safe over these past few days when I was feeling a little… Read more
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