I'm looking forward to the solstice for the opposite reasons to you, Helen. While I know that it officially marks the return of the light, I'm in Canada and we will have plenty of dark cold days and nights still to come. I actually like that, like the hibernation, the cocooning in my inner life and creative practice. In that, we're the same -- embracing the stillness, the quietude.
Wishing you enjoyment of this time and emergence when you are ready.
Thank you Karen. Enjoy the winter peace. I always give in to it and enjoy it once I have the busy-ness of Christmas preparations done. I am looking forward to resting.
This is such a thoughtful post Helen and I agree that we need a quiet space and also a quiet mind in order to be able to think straight. Social media is a hungry beast and can gobble us up too often without giving back.
I have really enjoyed your card making course and reading all the posts from your blog. Thank you for all the artistic photography, the carefully chosen words and the encouragement of your students. These things only happen with a lot of expertise, care and thought.
I hope you find your own quiet space over the next weeks, Happy Christmas.
I agree with Sue, Helen. Your words are authentic. I appreciate your willingness to describe the blocks, the lulls, the quietness. And sometimes, as in speaking with a good friend, there’s often no need to say much at all, the emptiness, the silence says much too.
Thank you for your thoughtful posts. Have yourself the Christmas you need.
And, after a nervy start, I’m on my way to making gifts for special people in my life. There’ll be paint and stitching and lettering. And filling of bowls with bulbs.
I'm looking forward to the solstice for the opposite reasons to you, Helen. While I know that it officially marks the return of the light, I'm in Canada and we will have plenty of dark cold days and nights still to come. I actually like that, like the hibernation, the cocooning in my inner life and creative practice. In that, we're the same -- embracing the stillness, the quietude.
Wishing you enjoyment of this time and emergence when you are ready.
Thank you Karen. Enjoy the winter peace. I always give in to it and enjoy it once I have the busy-ness of Christmas preparations done. I am looking forward to resting.
This is such a thoughtful post Helen and I agree that we need a quiet space and also a quiet mind in order to be able to think straight. Social media is a hungry beast and can gobble us up too often without giving back.
I have really enjoyed your card making course and reading all the posts from your blog. Thank you for all the artistic photography, the carefully chosen words and the encouragement of your students. These things only happen with a lot of expertise, care and thought.
I hope you find your own quiet space over the next weeks, Happy Christmas.
Thank you Sue. That’s a kind comment that’s buoyed me up xx
I agree with Sue, Helen. Your words are authentic. I appreciate your willingness to describe the blocks, the lulls, the quietness. And sometimes, as in speaking with a good friend, there’s often no need to say much at all, the emptiness, the silence says much too.
Thank you for your thoughtful posts. Have yourself the Christmas you need.
And, after a nervy start, I’m on my way to making gifts for special people in my life. There’ll be paint and stitching and lettering. And filling of bowls with bulbs.
Take care.