Tag Archives: Growth

Creativity Challenge Day 12

Posted on December 2, 2016 by 1sojournal

Creativity Challenge 12 The Challenge here is to use your creative talent to bring light into the current distress in the world around you, in whatever form that talent takes. Please remember that we are reaching out to a world … Continue reading →

Posted in Creativity Challenge Day 12 | Tagged Creativity Challenge, differences, Diversity, fear, Growth, senses, strength, understanding, weakness | 7 Comments

Safe Place

Posted on October 4, 2016 by 1sojournal

This is a design I created through a process of pen and ink sketching, then put the sketch through the kaleidoscope app. coloring it with India ink. The image always makes me think of the phrase ‘safe place’. There was … Continue reading →

Posted in Safe Place | Tagged allegory, development, Growth, meditation, Personal Mythology, Safe Place, spontaneous, symbolism, wild creatures | Comments Off

Perfect Imperfection

Posted on August 28, 2010 by 1sojournal

For Writers Island prompt #18: If Only http://writersisland.wordpress.com/ This is what I wrote, on the spur of the moment, the last time I was faced with this prompt: Circling Flashbacks Ah yes, those famous “If Only’s.” Vultures that visit in … Continue reading →

Posted in Perfect Imperfection | Tagged change, depression, downhill slide, Growth, If Only, perfected imperfection, regrets, revisit, upward climb, Vultures, Writer's Island, writing prompt | 29 Comments

Bea Arthur and A Skinned Knee

Posted on April 26, 2009 by 1sojournal

It’s Sunday and Bea Arthur passed away. Normally, I don’t blog on Sunday, but yesterday was busy and eventful and I never got here. And then on my way here, I read about Bea Arthur’s death. I really liked … Continue reading →

Posted in Bea Arthur and A Skinned Knee | Tagged Balance, Bea Arthur, breathing space, comfortable in own skin, commanded attention, confusion, consistant, definite message, demands and responsibilities, envy, falling down, feminine but not flashy, frustration, Golden Girls, Growth, height, lasting impression, life changes, Maude, militant, missed a step, need to fall down, niche, other messages, preconceived notions, role model, schedule, skinned knee, stinging palms, typecasting, under the laughter, uniqueness, vulnerability, woman with purpose and meaning | 3 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

Using Time, Music, and Color

Posted on January 25, 2009 by 1sojournal

Got the lonelies last night. They crept in from the shadows and I think, planned to take up permanent residence. I chased them away with colors and music. Funny thing is, the colors and the music may have been … Continue reading →

Posted in and Color, music, Using Time | Tagged alter perspective, black and white, blue, born full-grown, changes, choosing from whim and memory, color, colors and meanings, company, distinctive definitions, expression, fighting with feelings, friends new and old, grayish beige, green, Growth, intricate design, music, pastel pens, personal power, play, play list, purple, quiet acknowledgment, shades of gray, shadows, shopping, Using Time, various singing artists, wisdom and knowledge, wonderful experience, writing poetry | 4 Comments

Butterfly Day

Posted on December 27, 2008 by 1sojournal

I have found a new form of therapy. Coloring. I love it. The logic part of the brain is occupied with keeping the color between the lines. But the rest of the mind is free to roam and make connections, … Continue reading →

Posted in Butterfly Day, Creativity, emotional content, Family, Growth, learning process, Steps In Learning, Therapy | Tagged Butterfly Day, caterpillar, change, chrysalis, coloring, Connections, Creativity, decoration, experience, festivities, gathering, gift, Growth, larva, learning process, letting go, logic part of the brain, meditation, metamorphosis, pupa, releasing, stages, Therapy | 4 Comments