I Couldn’t Fall Asleep Last Night

I tossed. I turned.  I sat up and laid back down. I went to the bathroom.  I brushed my teeth. Then I brushed them again. I pulled the covers over my head. I picked up my phone and looked at random shit on the internet.   When I finally said enough is enough. The moon…

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Painting Life…Literally

[vc_video link=’http://youtu.be/UMn2q35HBeQ’] There are a few things that I love about this Ted Talk with painter Alexa Meade. One, I love that Alexa heard the calling to be an Artist, and despite her extensive schooling in the political sciences, she followed.  She listened.  She moved back into her parents home and painted in the basement.…

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When I Chose To

There is a stillness that exists. Inside me. I find it on the mountain top. When my feet glide steadily into the river. As the sun soaks into the back of my neck. A stillness I rarely stay with- But miss desperately Every time we part. She feels like expansion But is as solid as…

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