It occurred to me (actually it occurred to my therapist, who I actually listen to) that I know a lot about being ISOLATED and maybe some of my experience therein could be useful for some people…who are maybe doing this sort of thing for the first time, and maybe don’t like it very much, and… Read More The Hermit’s Lamp: Tips on Coping With Social Isolation from a Bonafide Shut-In!
Hello beloveds! It’s been a wee while, hasn’t it? I’m sorry. I needed a step back to see how things were working out. I would like to say it was A Very Clever and Sensible Decision when really it was a Desperate and Confused Trudge into A Cave Like The Goblin I Am, but c’est… Read More I’m baaack…
I believe people I believe them without skepticism And I believe I fail at this when it suits me. I believe, a lot of the time, that I’m completely, totally and wholly insane. But at least that’s the end of it. After all, there’s not much to be done about being mad. I’m just… Read More I Believe
Allo beloved, How’s it gwan? How’s the new season treating you so far? I’ve been in a bit of a pit, to be honest, with lots of things touching uncomfortable spots that take me back years and years to places I’d rather forget I was in, ever, actually. But here we are. Everyone else who… Read More ‘You don’t know the depth of your strength.’ Regards, A Burnt Out Match
Hallo Beloved! How are you? I’m finally back in H-Town from my holidays visiting my sister in England before a little jaunt to NY. It was such a big trip for facing fears it’s lovely to finally be back to ‘normal’ life! I’ve tried to go back to England a few times recently, it’s been almost a year since my last… Read More I Don’t Want to be a Fearless Girl
That is, a letter TO MYSELF, and TO ANYONE WHO HAS EVER believed their ‘success’ depends on the size of their physical selves and how their features are arranged. Or any humans who have quietly hung some of their self worth on what their bodies can or cannot do. Or believed they’re more worthy of… Read More Letter to an Over-Zealous Seeker
Hallo humans! Happy Full Moon in Scorpio! One of the bigger moons of the year, it’ll be bringing up problems we might’ve been ignoring, issues of suffocating or out-dated self-concepts, and bits of our lives where we’re stuck in inflexible stasis. My offering to you today is in tune with this. I’m working on shifting… Read More Self-Transformation and Identity/Mercury and Scorpio
Hallo Beloveds. This is an essay I sent my email subscribers (whose ranks you can join via this link) back at the beginning of March! It took me donkeys to write so I thought I’d share it a bit wider after-the-fact! How’s your spring springing? It’s still snowing on my in-laws in New York, and obscenely also… Read More Meditation, the ‘Other’ and Art
If you’re new to this series of essays on how to effectively set goals as a creative weirdo, Part 1 is a stock-check of what you’ve got to build with right now, and Part 2 deals with recognising & selecting dreams to work towards. They’re recommended, but not necessary, prerequisites to today’s lesson. Being ‘creative’ is complicated.… Read More Goal-Setting Like An Artist Part 3 – Building
If you want to prepare yourself for this work on choosing dreams, check out Part 1, and if you want to build focus areas for your dreams see Part 3 of this series on goal-setting for creatives and mystics. If you’re a human you probably have a big stack of dreams. If you’re a cat… Read More Goal Setting Like an Artist: Part 2 – Picking Dreams
