by Kate | Aug 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
They tell you that you must plan ahead: put the light spots there first and work around them carefully. They tell you that if the dark goes down first there is no way to recover. But you discover as you go painting yellow desperately across blue That the light shines...
by Kate | Jan 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
For several years, I’ve been practicing whatI call The Delight of the Day. Each day I watch for moments that inspire a strong feeling of gratitude and joy within me. I mentally label the strongest such moment The Delight of the Day. The practice encourages what...
by Kate | Nov 2, 2012 | Creativity, kind promises
Kind Promise: I will appreciate blessings. To appreciate my blessings means to feel gratitude. (When I arranged my kind promises for the year, I chose this one so that it could coincide with the season of Thanksgiving.) Yesterday, I asked myself, “what color...
by Kate | Apr 27, 2012 | Creativity, meditation, mindfulness, monsters
Practicing mindfulness of the moment brings me to be more conscious of what happens when I’m not in the moment. It makes me more aware of my monster-mind. The other day, I was painting (yay!). In the moment, I am watching blobs of color interact with paper and...
by Kate | Dec 16, 2011 | Forgiveness
>I’ve asked the non-verbal part of my brain to tell me what it knows about forgiveness.You may have noticed that I am highly verbal. I remember, as a child, narrating my life out loud. (“She walked across the street.” I remember exactly what street I...
