Jul15
Posted on Jul 15 by Ruth Davis
Your attention is the most powerful creative tool that you have. We’ve all heard that energy follows thought. That if we think….. then…… is bound to happen. If you seek out kind people, you will meet kind people. If we are always complaining about something, then there will always be something to complain about. What would happen if you shifted your thoughts? Adjusted your attention? Would you even be willing to try? For one day, consciously pay attention to everything that you think is beautiful. It could be a vase of flowers, the sky, a table setting, a person’s smile, the arrangement of fruits at your local market–whatever beauty is for you–notice it, acknowledge how it makes you feel, even share it with someone else. At the end of the day, write or draw or express how your day of beauty felt. What else did you notice about the day and the interactions you experienced? Would you be willing to do this every...
Jul04
Posted on Jul 4 by Ruth Davis
For months, probably years, I have been wanting connection. Connection to others, to myself, to nature. Saying this, acknowledging this, becoming aware of this need is a wonderful first step. But I wanted more. I wanted a deeper connecting. As with everything, I had to begin with myself. Connection happens in the quiet moments when we are able to tune out the chattering voices in our heads and move into the deeper, wider space inside. It takes patience to find this space and practice to be able to stay there. And yet, it takes very little action on our part to begin. Every morning I sit outside with my bowl of bran cereal dotted with dried cranberries and I begin my day with noticing. I notice my thoughts, the sky, the smell of the eucalyptus leaf mulch that covers my dirt yard. I sip my coffee and delight in the fat yellow cat claw blossoms strewn on the ground from last night’s wind. I watch the birds in my yard, but it isn’t until I notice their individual stripes...
