Feeling spiritual fatigue feeling everything so deeply My mind always at full speed must slow down Taking everything so personally arrows through heart even when it’s the other soul’s shortcomings Sensitive Tender spots on old wounds Trying to see my own past failings and trauma as learning Opportunities As beauty, as parts of my story that dont need to be winced at 5 steps forward,…
Heal
Harvest Moon
Friday the 13th approaches And she will be a beautiful, fierce, full, harvest moon The autumnal equinox hangs before us, suspended in the balance in the liminal space of no longer, but not yet The shadow realm of witch work Oh, heaviest of chapters, close Death Fall away, decay Let us regain our posture The winds are whispering, chilly The light of the moon comes…
The Canyon and the Sunflower
I have learned something from standing at the tallest mountain tops Under the fullest moon Crisp mountain air From soaking in the hottest natural springs From drinking the coldest natural spring water I have learned from standing at the edge of the brightest blue ocean the crashing waves under the brightest milky way Wonder The coyote, the dolphin, and the bear Dusty trails, tallest pines…
Rebellion
Why do I choose to take my clothes off in front of a camera???? Why do I choose to publicly display my naked, perfectly imperfect body??? There are a few reasons. Empowerment. Mindfully practicing fearlessness. Art for the sake of art. I love photography, and I love artsy nudes, so, giving back to the art community. A practice in loving my body unconditionally. It brings…
Star Stuff
Big bang Life explodes Star matter leaking seeping in Mountains, kisses, insects twinkling eyes Ocean Droplets of joy taking shape it forms in an outline of you Light and shadow push and pull eachother in Life and death Contracting Expanding Prickling of emotion such rawness Being, and standing on the outside Observing all that has ever been Superposition We are all made of exploding love…
The Ladies
Thank you to Andrew Kaiser for helping us with this magic photo shoot. You can see his work here: http://andrewkaiserphotography.com/
SelfLove
The avalanche The volcanic eruption The hurricane that swept over my heart The devastation it left The chapters of karma and grief and repair The spiraling energy The lessons it left But today isnt for anger or grief It is for healing, for self care, for ruthless self love It is for embrace of our own darkness It is for writing It is for tea,…
poly-sensory
the sounds tickle my ears the pnw breeze chilly on my skin as the people walk by the traffic, the responsibilities the colors across my eyes the multitude, the layers of experience feelings how many times do you cross my mind? every place that has stained me, red, white, blue black, gold stained with love, anger, shame, joy, confusion, brilliance the explosion of emotion you…
Ghosts
the sun entered scorpio. and one of my ghosts came tapping at my consciousness again that night. the message: the unseen will be illuminated. hidden truths exposed, the darkness ripped forward to the light. healing, growth, expansion, mystery, death. if you can make it. withstand it. he is there often, waiting in the shadows, and I want it illuminated. how can I not be forever…
Up Till Dawn by Angela Swart
This is a contribution from my friend Angela. She is my longest friendship, we met when we were 12, in 7th grade, wearing shirts with cartoon characters on them. We have lived through many chapters together. In junior high and high school, we wrote poetry and songs together. We have both written ever since. We leave for St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands in…