Have you experienced the focus of a creator? Just be here—really be here, with all five senses and no thought of anywhere else—and then let your meta-self move you.” ~ from Martha Beck’s Diana, Herself There’s a gravel road in Clear Creek that winds for miles through US Forest Service land. I discovered it in…
playfulness
Longing for Home
Are you longing for home? Every time I slip into the ocean, it’s like going home.” ~ Sylvia Earle I walked behind my boyfriend and his buddy, Tom, who had landed at Heathrow earlier that morning. Fueled by dark and tasteless Delta coffee and a near-sickening level of excitement, Tom bounded along the narrow alleys…
Exchanging Duty for Playfulness
En mai, fais ce qu’il te plait.” ~ French expression (“In May, do what makes you happy.”) I spent the majority of my childhood engaged in imaginative play. My sister, our friends, and I created elaborate scenarios for whatever we decided to play. We might spend several days building a tree fort out of scraps…
