permission granted
A few weeks ago, I snapped this photo and shared it on Instagram with these words: Permission to "sit on the floor of the kitchen and drink a cider and read while lasagna cooks and your family watches videos of the cast of Frozen singing in the other room" granted.
Such a simple self-care move to help me find my way back to myself.
And capturing this moment with my phone + writing down a few words becomes evidence of how I'm finding my way.
Your homework: Get into the picture this week + give yourself permission to take care of you.
Yes.
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In my book Inner Excavation: Explore Your Self Through Photography, Poetry, and Mixed Media, I gathered up many of my favorite ways to unearth pieces of our stories using the mediums of poetry, photography, and mixed media.
Through the prompts and examples in this book, you will be inspired to take photos of the everyday beauty around you (and even turn the camera on yourself), find the poet inside you, play with the art supplies you probably already have in your home, and take time to seek stillness in your daily life.
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creative self-care in inner excavation
Reader Comments (1)
Oh, that "self-care" thing is so hard to do sometimes. But this afternoon, now that I'm home from my part-time teaching job, I am going to do some self-care--put my feet up, rest my achy knee, watch some birds at the feeder (again), and give myself a rest before the rest of the family swoops in for "round 2" of my "day jobs."