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Creative Recovery

On ‘Stapled Wings’

September 20, 2010 Wholeness
Healing My Wings

Today, I read this at Sarah’s blog: Some people have a hard time acclimatising to life in this world. Even from a very young age, it is obvious they remember something simpler and more perfect. And so they present a paradox – angelic spirits with snarled moods, brilliant dancers who spend ages getting their socks [...]

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The Creative Path and This Blogging Life

August 21, 2010 Wholeness
Rusty Gate #34

Our beach is feeling terribly grey for an August Day today. I’m not happy about it at all. Last Saturday was much the same–wet and grey. Dismal. But with the wasps in tow, which seems all wrong, considering the weather. It feels more like November today than August. I guess I’m in a bad way. [...]

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You’re Not The Girl You Think You Are

July 22, 2010 Wholeness
Sunlight reflected in the millpond at Throop, July 2010

Lately, although I’d intended to be doing more drawing and painting, I’ve been taking more pictures. This is like getting back in touch with an old and long-lost part of me. One of my parents gave me an old camera when I was about 6 or 7 (I think it took a 126 film). I [...]

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Recovering a Sense of Strength

July 11, 2010 Wholeness
New Forest Trees, April 2010

What does strength mean to you? From where do you draw your strength and in what ways do you consider yourself to be strong? Not so long ago, I would have told you that my strength was in my independence and my singularity. However, as I dove deeper into my creative recovery, I discovered that [...]

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