obstacles, expectations, and writing for myself
I recorded this voice-note after feeling entirely stuck and fed up with my approach to writing, and while I suspect my relationship to this craft will always be up and down, I am determined to create less obstacles between us
letโs have a sardine picnic & catch up
I didnโt think I would make a video this month, so when I sat down one day with the idea of putting together something short and sweet and not at all what I had planned on doing, I surprised myself by thoroughly enjoying the entire process.
on not abandoning everything
The only decent remedy Iโve found to feeling unsure about the thing want to keep doing but youโre not sure how to keep doing because the doing doesnโt come easily, is to keep doing it regardless.
the 2024 studio tour recap
I didnโt feel that my expectations were on the studio tour itself, more but the process of creating pottery, and why it felt so important to me to re-establish that relationship
from the pottery studio in my garage
The garage door is propped open a little bit to help counter any fumes coming from the kiln that is on and slowly getting hotter and hotter.
this is going to be a lot, ok?
Yesterday, I framed and hung up pictures of our dog, and once finished, I wandered around the house to admire my handy-work, and to admire him in all of his expressions.
to begin again
Iโm sitting at my office desk, slowly packing for a flight I have later this evening, having just read a few of the comments a letter I wrote to Kona, our beloved dog that died in August.
chemical changes & an invitation
What I came up with is: what I want right now is community. A space to learn and be inspired, and with room for us to change our minds and try new things and let ideas go.
inspired by
Inspiration as a resourceโas it relates to those that make and share through their creative medium, and in turn, motivating you to write or read or draw or paint or sing or dance or take an improv class.
as of late
With rapid, micro-changing moods, visits with family, keeping up with the current state of the world, and tending to work tasks, my mind has been elsewhere, and whenever Iโm somewhere else, I find it difficult to find my way backโto land anywhere close to where I was before.
when in community
While community used to be something I nurtured in public, itโs now something I tend to in the shadows of my day-to-day (between appointments, after work, before I sit down with my coffee, while fussing over my rosebushes, or over long weekends).
on the topic of well-being
This morning, I deadheaded a few of the potted plants, leaving behind me little piles of dried flowers as I moved from pot to pot. And just above, thereโs a helicopter making its way to the hospital half-a-mile or so west of where we live.
an epilogue: experiments in motion
A few things have come to mind since I shared my latest experiments in motion, and Iโd like to share them now before they slip my mind (which they will, because they always do).
experiments in motion
Going off of the idea that an experiment is something weโre actively choosing to learn more about, try on, better understand, play, interact, imagine, or express ourselves withโฆ
foundational resources
Rather than thinking of resources as something fixed and unchangeable, weโll focus on the resources that work for (and with) us right now. The resources that might change shape or drop off for awhile.
without expectation
I was on a walk earlier this evening with my husband. Itโs been a cool day for a day in mid-June. The wind piercing through our sweatshirts while we pause in patches of sun that warm our faces.