overwhelmed?

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.

Anna Quindlen

An act of pure attention, if you are capable of it, will bring its own answer.

D.H. Lawrence
[narrative posted here]

  • ✅ Doing so as a tangible reminder of my creative control; artful and tangible prompts to use as a reframe and 🏁 start-point for my pen-to-paper practice.

Everything we experience is merely data: information for discovery and reference, healing and empowerment.

[Failure] is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

Denis Waitley
  • Miss-takes and delays and miscalculations happen; we are not “less-than” because of said realities.
  • Life goes on, and we have the capacity to decide on systems and sequences that serve us … but when we are in overwhelm we “forget.” 🙃
ICAD card from 2014 ✔ {all I need to do is the next thing//repeat}
This card allowed me to resist distraction; first, I painted lines and then I added doodles a line at a time throughout that day. It was a mini-act of grounding and kept me focused: productivity through creativity

And sometimes you do everything right and something bad just happens. It’s as simple, and as scary, as that.

Anna Quindlen

Learning to try softer is not a one time event but a way we learn to be with ourselves.

Aundi Kolber

  • 🙆🏻‍♀️ This can be tricky. And yet—trusting our pace, knowing our priorities and being clear about our self-devotion intentions (desires regarding what we need) is a simple way of stabilizing ourselves. (And avoiding overwhelm.) 💙

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I appreciate your interest and support.

~love & good wishes~

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⭐️ I am an artist and curator; I am one who communicates with color, found words and collage, inky marks and doodles as I cycle like the moon (as my calendar), chronicling oracles and abiding with the sky as a meditation.

⭐️ I host creative communities, safe spaces for gathering and sharing. I choose love and creativity for coping with the ongoing challenges of this world and I go to work—not because everything is fine but because I believe art heals.

  • This is possible, in part, by {you} and your presence here. But also because of the support of my Ko-fi patrons and the other member/subscriber communities I host (via their presence, input and paid subscriptions). 🫶