Oscar is a master teacher he instructs "find a soft spot and rest........purrrrrrrr"This is the third day in a row that I've been home. Ah............We have taken a small break away from the work at my Mother's house. The weekend passed by rather softly. I have today to stay home and putter about.
There are plenty of things to do. The past few weeks a lot of stuff has been brought home. We've shifted bookcases around. My studio received a new bookcase and then a bookcase from the living room came into the studio too. Still I can not easily get to the surface of the table or desk - both are covered and I'm unsure of where the stuff on them is going to live and be stored. But I need to see that table surface - if I can get to it I know I'll find a spot to get creative again.
I've been working to soften. Yesterday I felt like I ought to be doing laundry and paperwork and finding places for things and rearranging closet space. -----------I took a bath instead. It was glorious to just soak and read and sink deeper into myself. A few weeks ago I would have skipped the bath and tried to tackle the mighty long to do list. I reached a place where I am just saying to myself ---sssh, sssh - soften - gentle - it's okay to rest. All these things on my to do list will and are slowly getting done. It's better if I'm more gentle with myself.
So today, I am reading and day dreaming. I've been reading Sonia Choquette's book True Balance. It's about the chakras. I noticed sometime in the blur that was late last year that some bloggers were studying it together. It got me curious. I've read the whole book through. I think my third chakra is the one that is most imbalanced. But I've also had many insights about the fifth chakra and sixth chakra. I've noticed that when I get stressed my vision and imagination turn very negative. I start imagining the worst case scenario. This is a sixth chakra issue. Also I have an aching jaw and must go back to the dentist. This is related to the fifth chakra so today I've been reading that chapter closely.
I feel like I've been under a rock for months. I'm a bit disoriented in the blog world - I find it hard to keep up. Julia Cameron has a new book out - Finding Water: The Art of Perseverance. A new group of bloggers are joining together to study it. I seriously considered joining because I so enjoyed the Artist's Way group last year. I will be stopping by to read their reflections but I have to make other things more of a priority right now. I wish them all the best of luck with it.
I feel more attuned to studying and balancing the chakras. I also need to find my creativity again but my instinct says I must find it by showing up to my studio and puttering about again. The time to refocus into my creative life is approaching - though it may be a few more weeks before I can make it anything of a big priority.
