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    Imagining 'Vague Days' Clearer through Writing*
    Lelia
    • Jan 8
    • 3 min

    Imagining 'Vague Days' Clearer through Writing*

    I’m experiencing a concatenation of ideas about writing, self-understanding and self-actualization. Joan Didion started it. After her...
    Endeavoring in 2022
    Lelia
    • Jan 2
    • 2 min

    Endeavoring in 2022

    I’ve never been big on making New Year’s Resolutions. In fact, the idea used to annoy me deeply back when I worked out at a gym and...
    Alter Ego as Creative Muse
    Lelia
    • Dec 24, 2021
    • 2 min

    Alter Ego as Creative Muse

    To my delight, I fell down a Maxine Hong Kingston rabbit hole and discovered this gem from an interview in The Guardian. Describing a...
    Edith Wharton + Principles of Creativity
    Lelia
    • Dec 21, 2021
    • 3 min

    Edith Wharton + Principles of Creativity

    Reading Edith Wharton, the biography by Hermione Lee, I’m becoming aware of why I never liked to read Edth Wharton’s novels, which are...
    Edith Wharton's Gardening Life
    Lelia
    • Nov 3, 2021
    • 3 min

    Edith Wharton's Gardening Life

    “I am intrigued by writers who garden and by gardeners who write. The pen and the trowel are not interchangeable, but seem often linked.”...
    Soul Vows, Astrology and Bette Midler
    Lelia
    • Sep 22, 2021
    • 2 min

    Soul Vows, Astrology and Bette Midler

    Soul Vows is my favorite of Janet Conner’s books. I have gone through it twice and have twice crafted my own set of vows. I think that’s...
    Keri Smith, Play and Antidotes to the Wasteland
    Lelia
    • Aug 17, 2021
    • 3 min

    Keri Smith, Play and Antidotes to the Wasteland

    I’ve been thinking about Keri Smith’s Wreck This Journal as a way to pay attention and engage with my imaginarium but it occurred to me...
    Dominique Christina, the 4th House and Toni Morrison
    Lelia
    • Aug 12, 2021
    • 2 min

    Dominique Christina, the 4th House and Toni Morrison

    I loved Dominique Christina’s This is Woman’s Work. It’s not a scholarly work on archetypes, it’s her lived experience of these...
    Creativity, Motherhood and Self-Remembering
    Lelia
    • Aug 11, 2021
    • 3 min

    Creativity, Motherhood and Self-Remembering

    I'm inspired by the boundaries women set to protect their creativity and how often women persevere in being creative even if they only...
    The Empress Tarot Card, Roses and Life Force Energy
    Lelia
    • Aug 9, 2021
    • 2 min

    The Empress Tarot Card, Roses and Life Force Energy

    I pulled the Empress card in tarot today and thought of the Dylan Thomas line “the force that through the green fuse drives the flower...
    Mystics, Creativity and the Spiritual Path
    Lelia
    • Aug 7, 2021
    • 4 min

    Mystics, Creativity and the Spiritual Path

    I’ve been trying to read Carol Lee Flinders’ book Enduring Grace and am having to confront my repugnance for asceticism. The first female...
    Scrapjournaling and Soul Exploration
    Lelia
    • Aug 5, 2021
    • 2 min

    Scrapjournaling and Soul Exploration

    Keri Smith has a great exercise in Living Out Loud in which you get a box and start a clipping file of anything that interests you. After...
    Food Writers, Detectives and Soul Guides
    Lelia
    • Jul 28, 2021
    • 2 min

    Food Writers, Detectives and Soul Guides

    I think of MFK Fisher as a food writer, but last night as I cozied up to Last House and a piece of pie (MFK Fisher would probably not...
    All Bad Art is Sincere
    Lelia
    • Feb 17, 2021
    • 3 min

    All Bad Art is Sincere

    Oscar Wilde wrote "All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling." Harold Bloom paraphrased Wilde's idea as "all bad poetry is sincere."...
    Chase Jarvis's Creative Calling and the 11th house
    Lelia
    • Feb 3, 2021
    • 3 min

    Chase Jarvis's Creative Calling and the 11th house

    "Most of us have a gap in our lives between where we find ourselves and the life we actually want to be living. It's time for you to look...
    Creativity: A Commonplace Book
    Lelia
    • Feb 1, 2021
    • 3 min

    Creativity: A Commonplace Book

    “... art is the bridge between what you see in your mind and what the world sees…” Twyla Tharp, The Creative Habit “Everything is raw...
    "Storytelling Is Good for Your Health:" A Commonplace*
    Lelia
    • Jan 16, 2021
    • 1 min

    "Storytelling Is Good for Your Health:" A Commonplace*

    I see her walking on a path through a pathless forest or a maze, a labyrinth. As she walks, she spins and the fine threads fall behind...
    Snibblets
    Lelia
    • Aug 4, 2020
    • 1 min

    Snibblets

    I love remnants and snippets, found objects and things that fall by the wayside. And I think it's really fun to put them together and see...
    What 15 Minutes Can Do
    Lelia
    • Aug 4, 2020
    • 1 min

    What 15 Minutes Can Do

    I've been angry at my garden this summer. Hot, humid weather, weeds, perfectionism and overwhelm have led to resentment, resistance and...
    Wobbly Mandala Day
    Lelia
    • Jul 24, 2020
    • 1 min

    Wobbly Mandala Day

    A Jill-Badonsky-inspired wobbly mandala in honor of Jill's July 26 birthday. "Trusting the process leads to peace and contentment....
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