Making a new life – Page 3 – On to the Next Adventure

Memories or Visions, I Choose Visions

The magic comes in the process of the unfolding, words and pictures brought together.
Reality created from a dream or a vision

Thoughts on Bravery

Some days, It takes being brave
Just getting up in the morning
Especially when it feels like the odds are against you.

A brand new yearWhat adventuresWill there be? I have a list a mile long,How much will I accomplish In 2023? It gives no promisesYet lots of possibilities. Will there be new glimpsesInto old questions? If I take the blocksAnd rearrange themWill it bring new answers? Just a turn of the headCan bring a new perspective.NewContinue reading “2023, what will it bring?”

Free Will

Now to this pencil painting called Free-Will. It is about making decisions for ourselves and letting go of the stories of my Christian upbringing which were always a challenge for me.

Buddha Moon

This piece, Buddha Moon, captures a need in me, and maybe you as well, to have a place to go to rest, rebuild, and renew

Almost Only Counts In Horseshoes and Hand Grenades

Many people resist the dreams that haunt them and settle for safe and comfortable.

Holding On to the Last Mask

If you could shed and be free of your masks, you were more self-aware and unattached from binding social structures. You were “Free to Be”.

Life Goes On

This pencil painting, “Life Goes On” was done in 2015, which is about mid-point to this sojourn I have been on, and is part of the “Left Hanging in Space” Series.
The poem I wrote yesterday captures the sentiment and repeats that spark of hope.

Worn

Something about being dressed up makes me feel complete.
I’m not talking about putting on a facade or mask, which of course could also be a characterization of being “dressed up”. I’m talking about stepping in to your best self at this moment.

Take the Plunge

This pencil painting is about personal change. Feeling vulnerable and unable to see what’s next, but knowing that change is inevitable.
Sometimes the most important decisions about changing our situation are like that. We can only plan so much and there is always the chance that things might go awry.