Wisdom Wednesdays

“The Truelove” A lovely poem by David Whyte about the courage to finally say, “yes” to life.

song of the white dove. “i love how she sits far back in the black, tangled branches of that wild oak tree.” by Beth Anne Boardman

I have just met Kira Freed who found the blog online and wrote to me to tell me about her project: processartjournal.com. She is a huge proponent of “process art” a name I’ve not heard before but a concept I have lived and supported for the last 16 years.

I want to know if you are prepared to live in the world, with its harsh need to change you; If you can look back with firm eyes saying “this is where I stand.”

Such a beautiful reminder that, as peaceful as it sounds, we don’t get to leave life in order to make our art. A Dream of Trees by Mary Oliver.

I am listening to a tape of David Whyte speaking to a group of people about embracing the whole of life: the dying half and the living half.

The great singer/songwriter, Joni Mitchell, writes about loving the other person’s calling as the natural order of things in her song, Urge For Going.