Grow, grow, grow.

“Every blade of grass has its angel that bends over it and whispers, 'Grow, grow.'” - The Talmud

Vision Boards

These are my Vision Boards for 2009, made at the end of 2008. I started with the intention to make one but there were several clearly defined categories so I ended up making 4 smaller ones. One for Career, one for Health and Wellness, one for Spiritual Growth, and one for my Personal Growth/Enjoying Life Through Creativity.

Inner Wisdom

I see and hear in all directions. I have giant arms to hold you. I guide you and support you. I am your inner wisdom. I want to release you into the world knowing you are safe.

*I did this in an expressive arts therapy class, while practicing allowing images to bubble up from the unconscious, and listening to what they have to say. The words are what the image "said" when I asked her. 

Shadowbox Graveyard

bury you bury you bury you

but not inside myself

 this is how zombies are born - stuffed for too long

in the dark dank swamp of the inner world and all its secrets

the dystonian mystery

what once was frightening re-emerges

distorted, grotesque, unrecognizeable

having lost their names

They claw their way out and make their presence known among ordinary things, like tea parties

They grab ahold of your voice and try to silence you by squeezing

They freeze your body and clench your fists or ring the alarm bell in your brain

And like a nightmare, you want to run away but you can’t…

No, I will not bury you inside my belly.

This time, you will be buried in cool, moist earth

to be lovingly dispelled by shiny earthworms

and rainbow-backed beetles.

This time, you will not torment anyone.

This time, you will grow into flowers.




* I did these while taking a psychology class, and learning about how when we bury our "unpleasant" emotions they can crop up again as anxiety or other symptoms, demanding to be expressed. And just having a bit of fun with the language and imagery. It flowed out very spontaneously and in the name of self-expression I didn't edit it.