the state of constant flux

[slowlyunfolding]

cleaning

Last night I went head to head with the bedroom. It was a ferocious battle. I simply didn't have enough storage in my closet for my sweaters and all the random crap that got shoved in there. Stuff would pile up in laundry baskets, then get dumped out unceremoniously when it was laundry day, and then repeated a few thousand times because there was still nowhere to put stuff. I took this photo this morning. It's rather blurry. Oh well. Look! My bed is made! WTF. That is hardcore. You can see the ghetto floor. It's ancient linoleum type tiles. It's very cold in the winter. I threw some scatter rugs down to soften it up. If I really wanted to waste some money, I'd get a big area rug.

making a vision board

I haven't got to this one yet. I'm planning on this weekend to sit down and get it done. What is a vision board? It's a collage of images/words of dreams/inspirations. This has been percolating for quite a while inside me. I'm excited to sit down to see what comes out.

creativity +/- clutter

Some clutter is necessary for me to be creative. There a point where clutter slips over the edge and becomes a mess. Then, I get overwhelmed and frozen and can't finish anything, or stop what I'm doing to clean up. In the cleaning up process, I'll start getting inspired again & the cycle starts over again.

desire/sexuality

Now that I'm off the pill, my body went a bit wacky there for a couple of weeks. Well, emotionally I was all over the place. It was frightening feeling that roller coaster of emotions passing through me. I'm starting to feel like myself. The libido is perking up which is awesome. Not sure if my cycle will just snap back into routine, or will take some time to readjust.

beauty

At this time of year, everything is illuminated by a light that I can't drag my eyes away from. It's definitely spring fever. I'm hyper aware of the wind blowing against my skin. Colours are brighter. Everything is delicate and fresh.

writing/meditation

Currently reading Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg. I am LOVING this book. It's informing my meditation practice in a way that is unexpected & much deeper than anything else. I wonder what it will do for my writing.

Comments

[soulquake.livejournal.com]

My closet and drawers are so cluttered. I need to do a massive cleaning and keep aside things that I don't use anymore and donate them. Sunday sounds like a good day.

[river-cadence.livejournal.com]

Natalie Goldberg pretty much changed my life. She has another book, "Wild Mind", that builds on the first. All good stuff!