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Red Shoes Barefoot

"The craft of questions, the craft of stories, the craft of the hands—all these are the making of something, and that something is soul. Anytime we feed soul, it guarantees increase." ~ Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes Having been forced to dance to the tune of someone else's drumbeat (actually someones else's drumbeats in two different locations), I am now in a time of reclaiming myself, my time, my freedom to sleep all night, to concentrate, to meditate, to feel safe and comfortable ... read more

Forest Floor

I am the damp dank brown undergrowth

I am the palette of spent life

I am the tangle of the dead of winter

I am the lifeless leaves underfoot

I am the fragrant stench of decay

I am the life that begins in death

I am the humus of ending and ... read more

Making Space To Manifest

The Reaper SoulCollage Card

Returning from London, the first thing that I noticed was the hill behind our house had lost some of its vibrant colours. I had meant to take some photographs of the rich blankets of oranges, reds, yellows and browns but time moved on and now the colours are muted as the leaves drift on the earth. Things are ending and so beginning again, old leaves drop to the earth ... read more

I Am Ready To…

I am ready to...

... sit within the rainbow

... show myself

... be introspective in the limelight

... hold the boundary between myself and undesired clamour

... shine

... shield myself when I need to

Intimidated Self ~ SoulCollage

I am the one who is invisible

I am the one who is torn

I am the one who is disconnected

I am the one who is in anguish

I am the one who sings silence

I am the one who is cut deep

SoulCollage® is the ... read more

Red Womban

I pull the card from the box and smile. Is it coincidence or connection that draws my fingertips to it? It is the first time I smile this morning - this morning is about managing pain... In SoulCollage we use the "I am the One who..." exercise to speak from the card...

I am the One who bleeds

I am the One who sees women ... read more

Quit Floating

I have not been giving my blog much attention recently and so I decided to resort to pulling a random SoulCollage card from my deck and free-writing from it (a handy trick that has worked in the past for this blogger).

When I pulled the card out I had a "oh no not that one - put it back quick!" reaction. As uncomfortable as it usually is, I find it is the signs, ... read more

SoulCollage Snippet

Despite the chaos of moving house, the boxes that are everywhere and the circular journey of things as they are moved from one place to another as we try to set up house.... I managed to sneak an hour of creative play and indulge in the luxury of being able to spread out on my new table and make a mess... Two new SoulCollage cards created themselves and I love them both, not least as they are the first cards I have created in Fife :)

The Moon Bull Speaks

Pulling a random card from my deck I am faced with the Moon Bull. This card came together a long time after I had a potent dream guest starring a white bull. This white bull has returned to my dreams a number of times and seems to have taken up residence in my personal pantheon.

I am the one who stands at the boundaries I am the one who holds the space I am the one who protects what is ... read more

My SoulCollage Cards

SoulCollage® is the process, developed by Seena B. Frost, of creating a deck of collaged cards from found images—cards that are arranged in suits for the primary purpose of self-exploration and self-acceptance. SoulCollage® cards are made from original purchased art (e.g., art published in magazines, calendars, books, cards, etc.) and personal materials (e.g., photos). SoulCollage cards are not to be sold, traded, or bartered and are to be reproduced only for the personal use of the maker ... read more

Stirring the Loch

I am the one who feels exposed... I am the one who stands before a locked gate... I am the one who feels locked in... I am the one who is sleeping beneath the surface... I am the one who is hiding in the mist... I am the one who is standing still... I am the one who cannot see the path ahead of me... I am the current shifting below the still ... read more

Card for Today

[caption id="attachment_335" align="alignleft" width="187" caption="SoulCollage - "earth mother"][/caption] I haven't written for a while and some reasons for that are good reasons rather than unfortunate excuses... Like being in California for ten days of Soulskin time :) I'm still trying to fix this blog so it looks the way I want it to and so please bear with the stark an un-me white for now... Anyway, one of the things I got up to in California was completing the training that allows ... read more

The Long and the short of it

I temporarily suspended my sock knitting adventure to concentrate on finishing the baby papoose. Although I'm a fairly new knitter, I see myself as having a Work In Progress basket always filled with a number of projects... but the baby papoose doesn't have the luxury of lounging amongst half knitted socks and the fantasy of other things I imagine creating with needles - babies grow fast and there are no guarantees this garment could be shuffled to accommodate the "next baby". The reason I ... read more