Knowing your inner landscape. What does it mean to become intimately familiar with both our inner landscape and our outer landscape? Do we approach each with a sense of mindful care? “It is a landscape so familiar to me that sometimes I have felt a species before I saw it.” –Terry Tempest Williams Knowing your […]
Finding freedom with meditation practice is a journey of personal and spiritual growth. We desire freedom from suffering and its causes —loss, grief, uncertainty, fear, self-doubt, lack of self-confidence, anxiety, depression, psychological and physical pain, illness, death. Finding freedom is possible in this moment when we choose to take refuge in our own breath with […]
My creative vision is changing. My photography has always been a contemporary inquiry into landscape, place, memory, narrative, and meaning. Much of my work has involved focus study of landscape and the notion of equivalence as investigated in the work of Minor White. The work has primarily explored equivalence in relation to emotion. Through the […]
Clarity is power. –Buckminster Fuller It’s only 9:30, and I’ve encountered this message twice today, that “Clarity is power.” Yesterday I had an awesome session with my coach, discussing my intentions and action steps for the next month. I’m juggling several projects at once right now, and when you add the business aspects to all […]
Embracing uncertainty is a courageous and sometimes terrifying act. The ultimate trust. To let go in the dark.—Carole Maso, Ava Lately I’m reminded again and again that this life really is about trusting enough to let go in the dark and practice embracing uncertainty. Though we balk at change and uncertainty, the truth is […]
Every day we are surrounded by the miracle of love. We often fail to recognize it because we are too busy or distracted, or we fail to embrace it because we either don’t trust it or we judge ourselves as unworthy. Take time today to be present to the love that surrounds you. Open your […]
What if we were to approach life as an everyday pilgrimage so that each day we embrace the awe inspired adventure? “To set out on a pilgrimage is to throw down a challenge to everyday life. Nothing matters now but this adventure.” –Phil Cousineau Some days I travel while at home—I travel through a […]
Naturally, I was thrilled when Dinty W. Moore contacted me and asked if he could send me an advance copy of his latest book, The Mindful Writer, for review. Mindfulness and writing are two of my favorite endeavors. Asked repeatedly to explain how Buddhism has influenced his writing, Moore, also author of The Accidental […]
Just say yes. I’ve been thinking about “yes” a lot today. I’ve been listening to the longings of several artist friends this week. Ambivalence is easy for creative people. We imagine, we dream, but some creative people rarely say yes. They say “maybe,” or “I will when..,” or “as soon as I…” My father […]
Today I am longing for a sense of groundedness that comes from living in place. Terry Tempest Williams writes in Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place, The bird refuge has remained a constant. It is a landscape familiar to me, there have been times I have felt a species long before I saw […]