When Darlene and Duke were visiting me in Crescent beach last week, we quickly came to cherish our evening strolls through the softly lit lanes ambling along to the beach with my dog Roxy. One night it was pouring rain and quite naturally in the most surprisingly magical way. Well, we meandered along and Darlene would chatter away brainstorming creative ideas to embark upon and it was incredibly lovely and the togetherness was warmhearted and amiable in the best way possible. What is it about a simple evening walk that is so uplifting? It gives such a vast scope for space to think, for the body to move freely, for the soul to wander undistracted in the gentle peace of the wild open air.
Anyway…on this particular evening Darlene directed such an enchanting little film (if I do say so myself) of me skipping along Adam’s lane with Roxy and singing (which luckily you can’t really hear:) I truly love it. What you can hear if you listen so closely is Darlene’s happy voice and Duke’s murmur in the background which, awww! makes me miss them so.
speaking of moving pictures…i will be taking the train (sooo yay!) to seattle for a few days and can’t wait to share some of that fun in images with you
‘clouds’ polaroid photo shot with my sx70 camera and artistic TZ film stock
unphotographable ~ the responses that moved me to my very innermost being when I asked my grade seven students in the photography class I am teaching (open to exposure) “where do you feel most like yourself?’ which is their assignment to photograph this week ~ I cannot WAIT to see the photo’s they shoot
~ ‘actually the place I feel most like myself is a time of day ~ at night when it is dark and quiet and I can be alone with my thoughts peacefully’
~ ‘it’s more of a mood where i feel most like myself and it sounds a bit strange but I love to be down at the beach when it is raining and warm out and i am just wearing a tee~shirt and I look up into the sky while the rain splashes on my face ~ it feels so free somehow’
~i feel most like myself in the evening walking in my neighborhood when it is dark, but you have a soft glow from the streetlamps and I have my headphones on listening to music
~I feel most like myself at camp, it may sound funny but there is something about the moon at camp that is just so beautiful
~Oh, I feel most like myself on stage in drama class ~ you may think I am acting but actually that is the real me but no one knows that, and I feel like that is where I am most myself
~I feel most like myself in the art studio because the teacher let’s us choose freely what we want to paint and I just love being there
~ My Dad and I go canoing and it is so beautiful and peaceful but there is a specific moment I love and somehow think about often which is when I put my hand into the
water and we drift along ~ i feel most like me in that moment
~ In the mornings my Mom and I sit on the front deck and we can see the ocean. We always have tea together and it is just her and me and we watch the sun come up and one day it was really this perfect line of pink and that is when I most felt like myself
This week ~ was perfect in every way and I am so grateful for the honor of teaching these tremendous and artistic little souls ~ and somehow I can just tell already that is really me who is the student, and once again I am reminded that love is indeed all around.
The past few days have been imbued with little scoops of wonderfulness. Nothing went to plan and yet I rose to the challenge with inspired improvisation, luring me down pleasing paths. I saw a most beautiful film, (unexpectedly so, which is always the best kind of beautiful) discovered I quite love singing this song in the shower (exactly the way Zooey sings it I might add because I think she is perfectly marvelous) and decided to launch my new children’s e~course because kids sure do delight me.
I am feeling a happy inner summoning which propels me towards heavenly bursts of creativity which is never a bad thing, and oh! I took some rather lovely photo’s of hands this week which I am hoping to post to flickr tomorrow. I have a serious obsession with hands if you didn’t know already. Speaking of flickr….I am thinking this is a great proclamation to add as a resolution for the new year, yes?
I am also preparing ‘conversations‘ interviews which are flowing in…and would love some inspiration…if you can think of any fabulous questions I might add to my list please feel free to leave them in the comments. I would greatly appreciate any fresh curiosities.
And…because it is SO worth repeating every week…It is Sunday.
