my brain is still only functioning at 42.718% capacity (as opposed to the usual 60 7/8th) so i don’t find myself to be able to say much. what little brain power i had went to work today and another fabulous mental health chat on twitter. but i feel guilty for not blogging enough [...]
Entries Tagged as 'creativity: poetry, art, etc.'
8 from google
March 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Tags: blogs of note · creativity: poetry, art, etc. · depression and mental illness · eating disorders, body image & similar topics · interesting books · news and events · peace, environment, social justice et al · psychological research and other things academic
family life – a fantasy
March 15th, 2010 · 2 Comments
she opens the door.
“laura hapley?”
“yes …. ?”
“and wally hapley?”
“yes. and you are … ?”
he is 6’6”, broad shouldered, dressed in thick leather from boots to gloves.
“could i speak to mr. hapley, as well, please?”
“he is busy right now. what is this about?” she glances towards a door in the back.
he produces two [...]
Tags: creativity: poetry, art, etc. · emotional health · peace, environment, social justice et al
a song for anorexia
February 1st, 2010 · 2 Comments
this week is eating disorders week. to start it off, here is a song one of my twitter contacts wrote for someone who was struggling with this difficult, often life threatening disorder (the fourth song, “you are not alone”)
and the lyrics:
you are not alone
music & lyrics by bob gray © october 22, 2003
there [...]
Tags: creativity: poetry, art, etc. · eating disorders, body image & similar topics · news and events
suicide and … what? do words make sense here?
January 24th, 2010 · 4 Comments
i’m sitting here checking my email after a lovely weekend away. my daughter is doing the dishes to hedley’s “for the nights i can’t remember”. my husband is exercising on the Wii.
and i just opened an email from an artists’ email list i belong to. norm tucker, a fellow vancouver artist [...]
Tags: creativity: poetry, art, etc. · depression and mental illness
feather on a wordless wednesday
January 6th, 2010 · No Comments
image by it’s life
Tags: creativity: poetry, art, etc. · wordless wednesday
snowy geisha on a wordless wednesday
December 23rd, 2009 · 3 Comments
this antique photpgraph comes to us via okinawa soba
Tags: creativity: poetry, art, etc. · wordless wednesday
journaling – what works for you?
December 18th, 2009 · 2 Comments
today, please visit marie at coming out of the trees. about her blog she says
i’m passing along a collection of excerpts from my personal and therapy journals to whomever needs to read them. i’m sharing my story so that those of you who are on a similar journey can know that you aren’t the only [...]
Tags: blogs of note · creativity: poetry, art, etc. · spirituality · therapy
waving. life.
November 27th, 2009 · 3 Comments
just wanted to send all you guys a quick wave – NaNoWriMo, the national novel writing month in which i am writing 50,000 words towards a novel, is almost over, and i hope to be able to pay more attention here again come next week.
what an experience this is! it is, among other things, an [...]
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higher! higher! on a wordless wednesday
November 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment
image by matteo
Tags: creativity: poetry, art, etc. · wordless wednesday
scribbling like mad: an excerpt from my nanowrimo novel
November 13th, 2009 · No Comments
here’s an excerpt from the novel i’m writing for national novel writing month (NaNoWriMo). it’s raw and unedited, just the way i wrote it. 19,391 words and counting …
“next thing i can recall is a bed, the softest, most comfortable bed i’ve ever slept in. there were blankets all over, so soft and so [...]
Tags: creativity: poetry, art, etc. · interesting books · spirituality
superior scribblers
November 6th, 2009 · No Comments
i want to thank janet riehl for passing on the superior scribbler award to me. it had been given to her by matilda butler and kendra bonnett who have a blog that supports women writing their memoirs.
this is a great way to introduce you to some blogs that i haven’t mentioned much, or maybe not [...]
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scriptio divina
October 17th, 2009 · No Comments
in a guest post at alison’s blog writing mental illness, i discuss the idea of scriptio divina, or spiritual writing. here is a little excerpt:
i don’t think it’s possible to truly connect with ourselves and with the divine (whatever you want to call it; from the traditional christian god to the new age universe [...]
Tags: blogs of note · creativity: poetry, art, etc. · spirituality
blog action day: buddhists and climate change
October 14th, 2009 · 3 Comments
once again, blog action day and the october buddhist carnival fall on the same date. let me present to you, then, a few colourful strands from that corner of the blogosphere where buddhism and climate change intersect.
icebergs are buddhist monks
we always start that buddhist carnival with a poem. here is an excerpt from [...]
Tags: blogs of note · creativity: poetry, art, etc. · interesting books · news and events · peace, environment, social justice et al · spirituality
mental illness awareness week 2009
October 10th, 2009 · 2 Comments
today marks the end of mental illness awareness week. here are some bloggers who wrote about it, and a poem
a rant against mental illness awareness week and the desire to decrease stigma around mental illness
about childhood schizophrenia, by a blogger who wants to set yo head straight
this week appears to be supported [...]
Tags: creativity: poetry, art, etc. · depression and mental illness · news and events
what poem opens your heart?
September 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments
after the post on happy questions last friday, i decided to ask some happy questions on twitter and it was a wonderful weekend conversation. you can find most of it by searching for #happyquestion on twitter. one of the questions was inspired by qrystal, one of the first people i ever followed on [...]
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