Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to realize this too, was a gift. Mary Oliver In July of 2012, I was packing up my house to put it on the market. I’d filed for divorce. My soon to be ex-husband had quit his job, and I’d been a stay at home mom for nearly …
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Disappearing Act
Lewis Carroll For two years I disappeared. Well, I gave it my best effort, anyway. Shortly after my fortieth birthday, I discovered that my marriage was a lie. That sort of realization causes a palpable shift to take place. I lost my center of gravity. Literally. I felt unsteady on my feet. I walked …
Raise your Hand
Unused creativity is not benign. It metastasizes. It turns into grief, rage, judgment, sorrow, shame. We are creative beings. We are by nature creative. It gets lost along the way. It gets shamed out of us. Brene Brown A couple of years ago I was entertaining the thought of opening an art school. …