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At the check-out in Trader Joe’s, I was asked what resolutions I had for the New Year. I replied that I don’t make any; that I believe they’re futile..

However,

I found something that worked out really well for me last year in creating a wordfor the year, rather than resolutions. It worked because it’s more a big picture thing than a list that I can give myself mental lashings for not completing…

The funny thing about an artist (of any medium) is that you don’t get from the human being what you get from the art speaking through them.

I say this from personal experience:

The human part of me is highlyreactive, irritable, intolerant, and hates change. It is incredibly introverted, and slightly self-absorbed (and apparently modest in its self-analysis). Often grumpy and impossible to move…

My daughter is an incredibly beautiful and highly intelligent being. She has been created to impact our world greatly, being lightyears ahead of me in her insight and early understanding of oppressive conditioning and the monkey training her generation is subjected to through our ‘educational’ system.

And, she makes me nuts. Constantly.

I recently removed the door from her bathroom in a…

Moon is in Cancer: Water your houseplants, and be aware of your need for seclusion and fluid emotions..

I encountered so many this past week (and the past 5 weeks, really) who have been feeling beat up. Still optimistic (there was very little whining), but awareness that something has been up.

Heading into winter, look into what Winter is all about: cuddling up, going dormant.. Recharging, resting, recuperation.. Sleep, silence, stillness.. Grounding.. Perhaps our instincts are telling us something…