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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."...

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Feb 17, 20213 min read


Lessons from Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Harold Bloom wrote, “Information is endlessly available to us; where shall wisdom be found?” I find lots of wisdom in biographies. People...

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Feb 15, 20215 min read


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...

Lelia
Feb 3, 20213 min read


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...

Lelia
Feb 1, 20213 min read


Healing Touch for Animals
A few of my Healing Touch for Animals clients.... I've always wondered how an animal reacts to a distance session, so I was grateful to...

Lelia
Jan 30, 20211 min read


Gardens: A Commonplace
"In summer, we work hard to make a tidy garden, bordered by pansies with rows or clumps of columbine, petunias, bleeding hearts. Then we...

Lelia
Jan 24, 20214 min read


"Read, read, read, read, my unlearned reader!"*: A Commonplace
"Read books. They are good for us." Wild Mind, Natalie Goldberg "... books have been my windows on to vast tracts of experience, both...

Lelia
Jan 21, 20213 min read


"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...

Lelia
Jan 16, 20211 min read


Nature Mandala as Healing Practice
I'm grateful to my friend Sarah at Studio Sadie for introducing me to the idea of the nature mandala. In the kind of synchronicity that...

Lelia
Oct 30, 20201 min read


Healing Touch Testimonials
"In recent months, I have had several Healing Touch sessions with Lelia. My primary goal for these sessions was to work on stress...

Lelia
Aug 28, 20202 min read


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...

Lelia
Aug 4, 20201 min read


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...

Lelia
Aug 4, 20201 min read


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....

Lelia
Jul 24, 20201 min read


"Inviting Us to Our Greatness"
John Lewis broke rules and made "good trouble." His life and example, Jon Batiste reminds us, are an invitation to our own greatness. As...

Lelia
Jul 22, 20202 min read


Noticing Leads to Wondering
I'm a reluctant gardener. Sometimes I get cranky at the work it requires. But once I get outside and start noticing what I'm seeing, what...

Lelia
Jul 12, 20201 min read


Buckminster Fuller and the Dymaxion Chronofile
Happy birthday to Buckminster Fuller, born July 12, 1895. He was a man of seemingly uninhibited uniqueness, to use a Jill Badonsky...

Lelia
Jul 12, 20202 min read


Making Bad Art
I'm taking pleasure in Sol Lewitt's advice, which comes to me via Austin Kleon. The blind contour self-portrait to the right is one of...

Lelia
Jun 26, 20201 min read


The Art of Noticing
“Every day is filled with opportunities to be amazed, surprised, enthralled—to experience the enchanting everyday. To stay eager. To be,...

Lelia
Jun 26, 20201 min read


A Writer's Guide to Wayfinding
Reading Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird, I noticed that her advice for developing a fictional character could also be helpful in finding an...

Lelia
May 9, 20201 min read


Gardening Lessons
"Become a gardener with an emphasis on wonder and play." - Bill Plotkin, Nature and the Human Soul The garden is always a great teacher...

Lelia
May 5, 20201 min read
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