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Tuesday
Jun192007

choosing the sun {self-portrait challenge}

i choose to face the sun

on the banks of puget sound, june 19, 2007


on the days when misunderstandings threaten to roll in the clouds. on the days when the missing rocks my heart and her voice seems lost to me. on the days when the last thread of possibility begins to tear. on days when the aloneness feels like a friend. on the days when dreaming feels immature and silly. on days when the patterns long left behind suddenly appear as an option. on days when i feel forgotten and realize i have actually forgotten myself.

on these days, like a violet on a kitchen windowsill, i choose the sun.
i choose.
i choose.

(see more reactions to the challenge of environment at self-portrait challenge)

Reader Comments (17)

your life = poetry.

June 19, 2007 | Unregistered Commenterkelly rae

all so lovely...

June 20, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterVanessa

Me too. You've said it all so perfectly and beautifully.

June 20, 2007 | Unregistered Commenterdeirdre

good choice. you are amazing, liz...i can't tell you that enough. this is what i needed today.

xo

June 20, 2007 | Unregistered Commenteramy

Beautiful photo and even more....a beautiful choice.

XO

June 20, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterColorsonmymind

You are an awesome and beautiful spirit. Thanks for reminding us that every moment of every day is a new opportunity to choose. Go, Liz!

June 20, 2007 | Unregistered Commentergypsy soul

You look so very peaceful here. Love the picture. :)

June 20, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterKaren Beth

so beautiful!

June 20, 2007 | Unregistered Commenterdaisies

Liz... this is so touching. It moves me...dear one... your words, your art, your spirit...

thinking of you!

xo

June 20, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterTracie Lyn Huskamp

Oh, thank you for your lovely words! You are so right about our choices, for in them we find our power! Peace, joy, and sunshine to you....Lisa

June 20, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterLisa from Ohio

You are so very beautiful and this post, meaningful. Thank you for sharing such an intimate moment.

On a side note, I was in Puget Sound a year ago December, and I fell in love with the place. I've often thought since that it would be a place I would love to call home.

Namaste!

June 20, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterGrace

What a beautiful photo of you, Liz. You really do look in your element there with the sun shining on your face.

Good choice :)

June 20, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterStar

that photo is so peaceful, and your words are just beautiful, liz.

June 20, 2007 | Unregistered Commenterluzie

Your blog has become a much needed breath of fresh air in my day! Thank you!

June 20, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterLINDSAY

Wonderful, Liz. Your poem and self portrait speak volumes ... you can look up & choose the sun or you can go another direction. Sending you much peace & love, xx, deb

June 20, 2007 | Unregistered CommenterJane Poe (aka Deborah)

Great self-portrait!

June 21, 2007 | Unregistered Commentervioletismycolor

powerful words liz...i really needed to hear them

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