Category: visual thinking

• 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

• #bounceback

  Caregivers are compassionate. It is their nature. For most humans it is their nature and very natural to care. It can be an exhausting job though. Sometimes the compassion well feels pretty dry and empty. Oftentimes, caregivers are not the first to notice the symptoms of empty well or exhaustion until they are just about…

  susannasays

  January 5, 2016

  art, balance, compassion, compassion fatigue, contentment, creativity, depression, describing feeling, disappointment, equanimity, expressive art, expressive writing, fun, gratitude, Lapidus, mindfulness, paying attention, Poetry Therapy, resilience, rising above, SAD, seasonal affective disorder, service, thinking out loud, visual thinking, work, writing

  #bounceback, compassion fatigue, depression, expressive art, expressive writing, poetry, recover your self, resilience, think, visual thinking, writing

• Poems to Ponder … a new feature

  Every day blusters anew more yellow, gold, red, brown leaves dance down and down delighted to join brothers and sisters as they find their rest on earth and in earth as I would do and will do sooner than perhaps I would prefer   Autumn’s Grace susanna suchak Monday, November 3rd, 2014

  susannasays

  November 3, 2014

  balance, connection, equanimity, mindfulness, poetry, Poetry Therapy, spirit forming, thinking out loud, truth telling, visual thinking

• Learning…to listen

  Lately, it seems, I am making more time for reflection. Perhaps it is the season; perhaps that I am beginning to find comfort in the artful practice of contemplative photography; perhaps it is just who I am and who I am becoming. Reflecting requires a high degree of listening. That said, I am beginning to…

  susannasays

  October 27, 2014

  balance, connection, contentment, equanimity, learning as lifestyle, mindfulness, rising above, visual thinking

• Wordless Wednesdays

  Definitely Autumn…

  susannasays

  September 24, 2014

  connection, contentment, mindfulness, spirit forming, visual thinking

• Wordless Wednesday

  susannasays

  September 3, 2014

  balance, contentment, mindfulness, visual thinking