Yesterday I found an AI art generative programme. Joanna Penn (the creative penn podcast) talked this week about how she is obsessed with hers and is using it for all things. It is inspiring and fun to run her characters and scenes through the software to see what they came up with as an image. […]
What tattoo do you want and where would you put it? I would get a “my wife is awesome” tattoo and I would put it on my husbands hand – to remind him
I am out of pretty words My brain cells are fried I’ve been writing for days Typing for miles Traipsing up and down the hills of my mind Pulling stories out of thin air Turning them into words I breath in And out Push my chair back And stare at the wall How peaceful it […]
Failure made me stronger Pain made me kinder Sadness gifted me compassion Grief gave me wisdom All of these feelings Which people strive to avoid I welcome in They fill the hollows, flesh me out Burn the straw men within Humble me Again and again Header photo: mine from awhile ago – a storm was […]
A shaft of sunlight caught my eye So golden I turned through the window I saw the sky changing colour I watched pink rimmed clouds transform It is evening I have lost hours writing But this matters too Beauty Peace Matters Too *yes it does
The clock always ticks I never realised how loudly When time rests in your ability To use it wisely *50 books in ten years. Five books a year. One book every two months. Written, edited at least three times and looked at by beta readers. And then there is the marketing. Is it possible? Not […]
Condensing the superfluous to a strong tonic Then drinking that tonic every morning. Clarity is the medicine The focus point I’ve needed Forever *We did the simplest of exercises whilst away on writers retreat. What do you really want to achieve in this life? We are all dying, but at any point, no matter how […]
My mornings are meetings with myself I ask questions about priorities Questions about goals Where I’m at What are my roles within my own company The company of the self I am CEO in here Nobody else I rise Or fall In this company of one A lonely place at times And yet I always […]
Why must the balance of joy Be pain so wide and so deep I cannot hold it? Not everyones At least . They must carry some How do I only eat my portion? When if I could solve this mess by taking it all I would. But if I take their pain I may also […]
Something I realised lately Balance looks nothing like we think it does. Balance is not perfection, it’s the opposite of perfection. Balance is seeing ourselves in our entirety All the things we loveAll the things we hateAcknowledging everythingAccepting everythingAnd getting on with making the best of what we’ve been given Balance occurs in nature not […]
