Take a minute to consider the potential for entrapment in New Year’s resolutions. We are so easily taken by the promise of an ideal brought about as a result of specific goals or plans. We imagine a version of self that is completely undone and then rebuilt from the very foundation to be superior, rescued,…
First Light, My Muse: Your Monday Encouragement (27/12/21)
The most important work you can do is in trusting the journey. The time between the end of the holiday season and the emergence of the New Year can come about abruptly and be undefined. There is a sense of liminality as…
Katoomba Photo and Travel Diary: The Three Sisters, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre: Post Haste and Epicormic Growth Exhibits + Beverly Place Art Street
A few Tuesdays ago my good friend Phillip and I decided to properly explore my hometown. Our vision for this day trip was to weed out spots neither of us had seen before. It proved surprisingly easy- we walked instead of drove, crossed to the right side of the street and walked straight ahead. It…
First Light, My Muse: Your Monday Encouragement (20/12/21)
In what places and ways do you seek to carve out joy? Do you attempt to find pleasure and affirmation through vices or have you committed to doing the inner work to avoid these troubling shortcuts to fleeting satisfaction? How often do you let joy pursue you, unexpectedly and by…
First Light, My Muse: Your Monday Encouragement (13/12/21)
First Light, My Muse: Your Monday Encouragement (7/12/21)
What you focus on and direct your energy towards has a way of intensifying, growing, becoming more prominent and significant. It begins taking up room, space and influence within the sacred centres of your mind, body, heart and life. Christmas is a big season for the western world. It has become not only a religious…