Every one of your watercolors is breathtaking, but the painting of my meditation took my breath away. To see my inner landscape painted on a page—so accurately—is wild.
I’ve felt a call to shift my nightly meditation from the fireplace/candle to witnessing the moon. I’ve only done it once, because it requires hauling blankets and tea outside and putting on socks and a robe, at a time (after my daughter falls asleep) when I’m so very tired. But I keep feeling the call, so maybe I’ll head out tonight.
I am so into these sketchbook treasures! The watercolors, the shapes, the toothy paper. YUM. Agree with you, art is essential to my being, essential to the world. Even when it is expressing devastation, sadness, or rage, it is expressing life, it is life-giving. Loved your glimpse into a (harried? fatigued?) school morning, too <3 yes to the moon pouring her riches, lighting the way through so much inky darkness
Wow, Lindsey, not only is this a beautiful piece that hits me right where I am in this moment, but your art at the end is absolutely breathtaking. I wish I had a print of the bats flying above the little girl by the campfire.
Thank you so much, Matt. Shaina shared that visualization with me months ago and I haven’t been able to get it out of my mind. A girl wrapped in a blanket, under the wide open desert sky! 🌌
Matt, I looked on my comment on one of Lindsey’s prior posts. Here is the meditation, in case it serves you. It was so lovely to see Lindsey’s rendition! She captured it perfectly.
A meditation I sometimes practice, borne out of a journaling exercise, is to wrap myself in a woven blanket with a mug of tea. I imagine myself in a dessert, under a dead but still beautiful tree. And the night sky is so expansive, there is room for all my demons. They soar upward, and the universe is expansive enough to receive them all. While I sip tea under the warmth of a blanket.
Wow. Thank you so much! I’m really bummed - I was going to visit the desert for a retreat this October, but then I realized that’s when we finally got Taylor Swift tickets! (Yes…poor me.) It’s been too long since I’ve seen a desert sky.
This is very moving to me Lindsey. In particular the part about trying to decide which cups to take with us and which ones to leave behind speaks to thoughts I keep returning to about where we are and where we go from here. I love the idea of art as a way to channel rage too. I've been wrestling with my rage because it feels so big and constant, and I don't want to be swallowed up by it, but I also don't want to pretend it isn't there. Thanks for sharing this.
This really touched me. I'm finally getting clarity on a number of things right now, and a lot of it is bad news, but it's good to finally be able to see. Our creativity will get us through, right?
Every one of your watercolors is breathtaking, but the painting of my meditation took my breath away. To see my inner landscape painted on a page—so accurately—is wild.
I’ve felt a call to shift my nightly meditation from the fireplace/candle to witnessing the moon. I’ve only done it once, because it requires hauling blankets and tea outside and putting on socks and a robe, at a time (after my daughter falls asleep) when I’m so very tired. But I keep feeling the call, so maybe I’ll head out tonight.
Moon!🌖 I’m so glad you’re growing your connection with her.
I love this. So beautiful. to envision.
"Creativity is the only weapon I’m willing to wield in this world hell-bent on destruction." Love this! And love your art!
💗💗💗loved seeing your creativity in action with your beautiful earrings this week
I am so into these sketchbook treasures! The watercolors, the shapes, the toothy paper. YUM. Agree with you, art is essential to my being, essential to the world. Even when it is expressing devastation, sadness, or rage, it is expressing life, it is life-giving. Loved your glimpse into a (harried? fatigued?) school morning, too <3 yes to the moon pouring her riches, lighting the way through so much inky darkness
🙏🏽 🙏🏽 thank you, I know you get it.
So beautiful and yes to why I make art.
Thank you 🙏🏽 may our art heal those close to us and make ripple upon ripples
This is beautiful and timely, thank you.
Thank you so much 🙏🏽
Wow, Lindsey, not only is this a beautiful piece that hits me right where I am in this moment, but your art at the end is absolutely breathtaking. I wish I had a print of the bats flying above the little girl by the campfire.
Thank you so much, Matt. Shaina shared that visualization with me months ago and I haven’t been able to get it out of my mind. A girl wrapped in a blanket, under the wide open desert sky! 🌌
Matt, I looked on my comment on one of Lindsey’s prior posts. Here is the meditation, in case it serves you. It was so lovely to see Lindsey’s rendition! She captured it perfectly.
A meditation I sometimes practice, borne out of a journaling exercise, is to wrap myself in a woven blanket with a mug of tea. I imagine myself in a dessert, under a dead but still beautiful tree. And the night sky is so expansive, there is room for all my demons. They soar upward, and the universe is expansive enough to receive them all. While I sip tea under the warmth of a blanket.
Wow. Thank you so much! I’m really bummed - I was going to visit the desert for a retreat this October, but then I realized that’s when we finally got Taylor Swift tickets! (Yes…poor me.) It’s been too long since I’ve seen a desert sky.
This is very moving to me Lindsey. In particular the part about trying to decide which cups to take with us and which ones to leave behind speaks to thoughts I keep returning to about where we are and where we go from here. I love the idea of art as a way to channel rage too. I've been wrestling with my rage because it feels so big and constant, and I don't want to be swallowed up by it, but I also don't want to pretend it isn't there. Thanks for sharing this.
Oh Kelly, that feeling is so very relatable!
So beautiful. I love the one with the fire, bats, and stars overhead.
Thank you 🙏🏽 hope you got a minute with that gorgeous Moon!
I have a couple times this last week!
This really touched me. I'm finally getting clarity on a number of things right now, and a lot of it is bad news, but it's good to finally be able to see. Our creativity will get us through, right?
I’m sorry it’s not great news 💔 and yes to the creativity, may it be so!
Radical Uncertainty, indeed!
Thanks for reading, Carole
We all need more sketchbook time, when we can enjoy the process and experiment. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks, Heidi 🙏🏽 and appreciate the restack 🌖
Yes, yes to all of this.
Thank you, Hannah 💗🌖
I love every bit of this 💛✨✨✨
Thank you, Marla 🙏🏽 watching you heal and expand and experiment calls it forth in me!
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