You're a work of art. Celebrate it.
Since I started moving my body regularly a few years ago, it was always with some goal in mind. I lifted weights first to lose weight, then to keep the weight off and eat whatever I wanted, then to beat the previous record for deadlift or squat. I started running to lose weight again, then […]
Driving was always a stressful experience for me. I only drive a few times per year, cause where I live it’s usually the least convenient option. I never got to practice it enough to feel comfortable as a driver. Knowing I am in charge of a runaway metal bullet that might kill someone if I […]
I brought you a plate of
Interstellar space
Pregnant and teeming
With possibilities
The harder I try to
Circle it with words
The harder my gift
Appears to be seen
Look
I’ll just stand here
Empty handed
And wait for the reality
To crack
Where it wants
True discipline is really just self-remembering; no forcing or fighting is necessary. Charles Eisenstein
There’s plenty of advice that seems to work on everyone else but me. Todo lists are a great example. Whenever I’m feeling overwhelmed with having too much on my plate, someone inevitably suggest I create a todo list and start crossing things off. It works pretty well for a day or two, but then I […]
I hugged an old tree
And the tree
Hugged me back
Tiny leaves sprouted
Out of my ears
So thirsty for the Sun
It might have been some
Five minutes or
Maybe fifty years
(…)
A few weeks ago I discovered an entirely new bird species in my neighborhood. Right after that, I started seeing them everywhere. The birds were likely there the whole time, but I was completely oblivious to them. Now that I know what to look for, I can’t fathom how I missed them for the previous […]
Is there anything or anyone you hold as sacred? Unless you subscribe to one of the major religions, there answer is often no. Some people might hold a special reverence for their family, nation, or local football team, but to many it’s not even that. Sacredness has little space in the postmodern world that pulled […]
The world as we knew
Erupted in a
Supernova
The world as we don’t know
Might soon come
To birth
Ash and dust in the air
Shimmer like
Summer fairies
Singing of all the things
That once were
Or might have been