Category: #Leafology

• Why Leafology?

  

  how I came to this name for my practice…

  susannasays

  July 17, 2025

  #Leafology, art, BLOG, connection, creativity, expressive art, expressive writing, gratitude, learning as lifestyle, poetry, Poetry Therapy, resilience, rising, rising above, spirit, thinking out loud, transformative language, truth telling, visual thinking, words, writing

  philosophy

• There are always shades of gray…

  Last evening we watched a deeply moving film. The title was, “Mrs. Lowry and Son“. I highly recommend it! As “artists” we were intrigued with the story, impressed with the cinematography and acting by both Vanessa Redgrave and Timothy Spall. Even though the subtle, yet adept directing by Adrian Noble produced a work deserving of…

  susannasays

  January 14, 2023

  #Leafology, art, balance, compassion, connection, contentment, creativity, depression, describing feeling, disappointment, equanimity, expressive art, expressive writing, gratitude, home, journaling, Lapidus, learning as lifestyle, Li Po, mindfulness, paying attention, poetry, service, slowing down, thinking out loud, transformative language, truth telling, visual thinking, voice, winter, words, work, writing

• Crow Lessons in poem form

  Crow Lessons susanna suchak Clickety, clack, talking back Crow sits, watches intently I sit, We—Sharing secrets he— Resting in old tree Me—Sipping cuppa tea Lone souls he and me Still, we’re Good company.

  susannasays

  July 22, 2015

  #Leafology, balance, contentment, equanimity, gratitude, learning as lifestyle, paying attention, poetry

  #Leafology, crow, gratitude, poetry

• Sunshine!

  Right on cue the sun has reappeared in the Owen Sound sky. Tomorrow we gather at Heartwood Home to play, to laugh, to connect. I am sooo ready for this. Thanks to Teesha Moore and Carla Sonheim for sharing their talents which inspired me to stretch and grow my creativity… We’ll take our glossy “junk…

  susannasays

  January 13, 2015

  #Leafology, art, connection, creativity, fun, journaling, laughter

  #Leafology, art, imagination, journaling