This mythical story is autobiographical. It’s how it felt to quit a job that was killing my soul in order to embark on what became this very course, Transpersonal Art Therapy.
Category: Creative Writing
The Tissue Box: Rupi Kaur Writing Workshop
A surprising insight into my subconscious via a tissue box
The details of a city
It’s like a blink, a moment caught on pause before it’s flooded over with conversation or movement. I love that kind of photography.
An ode to slowing time
Surely there’s a way to make time at least feel a little slower?
The voyage through a broken heart
At the ripe and all-knowing age of 19, I thought I knew everything about love.
Recipe for a new outlook
I hereby present the deliciously tasty: new outlook cake!
The Mexican Fisherman
As an alternative to this month’s ‘Words of Inspiration’, here’s an inspiring little fable that reminds us all what’s really important in life.
Joy
It’s that unmistakable swell of jubilation, like a wave just before it curls and crumbles.
Chilly winter mornings
It’s odd to experience winter in the middle of June. It will always be a month I cannot help but associate with warmth and summer. Before leaving for work this morning I wrapped my scarf around my neck, slipped my mittens in my pocket and grabbed my umbrella. I stood at the front door, peering […]
Is love an illusion?
Romantic love has been advertised in the same way as pharmaceutical drug commercials; when an attractive couple runs in slow motion down a sun-setting beach and a male commentator with a smooth voice starts proclaiming all the ways this ‘drug’ will improve your life. Then at the very end of the commercial in a very quiet, rushed whisper he admits the side-effects may include heart failure and imminent death. But we were too distracted by this image of perfection to allow the words “heart failure and imminent death” to resonate.
