Physical and mental sadness can go hand in hand. Your heart is sad, and your body follows. If you cry or mourn for your loss, your body may mourn as well. This can come out as sleepiness, feeling too tired to get up, not having the energy to give anything attention.
Sometimes it can help to [...]
Heat. Real heat. So that our blood slows. Our thoughts slow. Sadness cannot be shaken. Nothing moves in the still heat of the afternoon.
It can be so heavy.
So slow.
So hot.
Two thoughts cannot coalesce into any action.
A blessing can live in that space. We can allow our minds to empty. Let go of [...]
Sometimes the sun is too much.
Kids splashing in the pool.
Barbeques and laughter.
And there we are.
Sitting with our loss.
Isolated. Alone.
Feeling we should join the party but we just cannot.
The contrast of happy/sad can feel intense at this time.
We do not choose the time of loss. It is just there.
You don’t need to feel other people’s happy [...]
Excited or nervous? Trying to stay with the excitement. I have no idea what will happen. I am a guest on the laxArtscene Live@Lunch program, today from noon until one. Please do watch if you can. I will be having a causal conversation with the artist Richard Godfrey.
It will be wonderful to explore how my [...]
Our pets. Amazing. Beautiful. Generous. Loving.
And so I created light. Curves. Candles. Grandeur. For them. For their love.
This urn is an expression of art allowed to expand. I created this with no limits in mind. It is huge. About 6-7 feet across and as tall as I am. Candles galore. Nothing held back…
Candelabra Pet Urn
