Tag Archives: choices

Awakening Moment

Posted on January 28, 2018 by 1sojournal

When I woke, this morning, an image came into my head. It was a long ago memory, but I suddenly understood something that I have always been curious about. Yes, I am a writer, and have been writing for close … Continue reading →

Posted in Awakening Moment | Tagged Awakening Moment, choices, Creativity, family dynamics, personal space, special classes, stepping on toes, visual arts, writing | 6 Comments

It Was A Very Good Year

Posted on December 31, 2009 by 1sojournal

That’s what some folks say about wine when it pleases their palette. They then go on to speak of the smoothness, robust flavor, color and taste. And, on some levels, I could say the same for this past year … Continue reading →

Posted in It Was A Very Good Year | Tagged Art House Co-op, car, choices, coloring, contentment, freedom, full-bodied, Good Year, robust, satisfaction, Sketchbook Project, wine | Comments Off

My Fight With Red

Posted on February 6, 2009 by 1sojournal

In response to Claudette’s Challenge #2 The Art of Humility I have been coloring Mandalas and have mentioned that here and elsewhere. Although I love doing so, I also like a challenge. I wanted to do something more intricate … Continue reading →

Posted in My Fight With Red | Tagged absorbing all other colors, admit out loud, admitting ones mistakes, Anger, Art in high school, avoidance, black, bosom buddies, Challenge, choices, Claudette's weekly challenge, colors, conflict, cooperation, Creativity, designs, dilemma, Dover Books, fight, fire, gratitude, harmony, humility, kaleidoscope, laying down colors, Lester Kubistal, new adventures, new paths, new possibilities, rage, raspberry, red, spite, teacher's assistant, warmth | Comments Off

That Friday Night Feeling

Posted on February 1, 2009 by 1sojournal

I just spent the better part of an hour and a half writing and talking about the issue of self-trust. It’s a biggie and the umbrella under which each of us travels through every day and night of our … Continue reading →

Posted in alone, Choice, comfort zone, fear, Friends, lonely, Relationship, Self-Awareness, That Friday Night Feeling | Tagged alone in a crowd, alone vs lonely, anti-social monster, choices, comfort zone, dispel the feelings, eliminate, fear of feelings, feelings vs facts, fly away hair, Friday night feeling, Friends, need of others, no one else, relationships, self-blame, self-doubt, self-pity, self-questioning, self-trust, separating shadows, slavering idiot, trusting me, Universal trait, unlovable, validation, what I do, who I am | 7 Comments

Challenges

Posted on January 30, 2009 by 1sojournal

In response to Claudette’s Writing Challenge # 1 “the Power of Creativity” Was very surprised when I went to check out the Writer’s Island prompt for today. The site has been closed and there will be no more weekly prompts. … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Challenge, challenges, writing prompts | Tagged activities, Art, Big A, challenges, choices, class, Claudette Ellinger, closed site, creating own prompts, Creativity, decisions, Definitions, direct challenge, energy, enticing self, Growth, healing, initiate, inspiration, no creative bones, old site, power, response, students, teaching, umbrella, Writer's Island, writing, writing prompts | 6 Comments

Guilt Is Not a Feeling

Posted on January 12, 2009 by 1sojournal

Many years ago, a very wise person told me that “guilt is not a feeling, it is a fact.” It took me several more years to fully comprehend exactly what that meant. If guilt was not a feeling, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Adam and Eve, Choice, forgiveness, guilt | Tagged accountability, actions, Adam, apologies, atonement, blame, burden of guilt, change of heart, choices, complain, delicate balance, Did I do anything wrong?, endeavor, Eve, feelings vs facts, finger pointing, freedom, God, guilt as habit, guilt feelings, healthy, motivation, negatively affects, paths, public or not, recompense, responsibility, sorting feelings from facts, vicious cycle | Comments Off

Signature Strokes

Posted on January 6, 2009 by 1sojournal

In the world of Fine Art, such as painting, one can, if one has the knowledge of such things, know who the painter is without seeing a signature somewhere on the canvas. It has to do with the manner … Continue reading →

Posted in Choice, comparisons, Creativity, expression, Fine Art, Individuation, painting, Signature Stroke, writing | Tagged balk, blog, canvas, choices, comparisons, Creativity, cubism, distinguish, expression, fashion designers, Fine Art, focus, Frank Sinatra, happiness, healing, individual, lay down words, Michelangelo, murder, my way, painting, perceptions, Picasso, recognizable, rules, Salvador Dali, schtick, Signature Stroke, subject matter, Van Gogh, worst enemy, writing | 5 Comments

About Authenticity

Posted on January 2, 2009 by 1sojournal

Writer’s Island prompts #12 and #13 “Change For the Better” Was a bit disappointed when I went to see what the prompt might be for today. My last blog was about all the changes I have had to deal with, … Continue reading →

Posted in authenticity, Balance, change, Choice, ee cummings, fitting in, Individuation, Journal Writing | Tagged authentic, authenticity, becoming me, belonging, birth certificate, change, choices, Definitions, dig in, doable, ee cummings, fitting in, for the better, inside my skin, justify, niggle, self, suggested attributes, tap dancing on a high wire, teaching and learning, this blog, validity, what is really meant | 6 Comments

Checking The Temperature

Posted on October 28, 2008 by 1sojournal

I have spent the last three days watching my temperature rise and fall drastically in both directions. I am speaking of my emotional temperature, not my physical one, although the physical one did some jumping around because of the other, … Continue reading →

Posted in Friends, Growth, Journal Writing, Life, Memory, Self-Awareness, Uncategorized | Tagged "A Cloister Walk", "Emotional Weather Report", assignment, choices, dark clouds, degree, deny, dust storm, flood warnings, Friends, horizon, ignore, Kathleen Norris, private, reality, remember, so and so, temperature, thermometer, Tom Waits, torrential rains, weather conditions, weather man | Comments Off