your corner...
December 1 from liz lamoreux on Vimeo.
today, i felt moved to make another video sharing something i just really want you to think about...something i really want me to think about. this idea of focusing on my own corner has really been pushing me lately. i have some projects/ideas/stuff to share in 2011 and i want to let go of all the what ifs and envy and fear and just show up as me and tell my story. sharing these little video snippets feels like one way to do this. thanks for watching. and if you feel moved to dialogue about this idea of focusing on our own corners, i welcome your thoughts...
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three other little things:
1) thank you (like big) for all the orders in the shop today. your response to my last post has deeply moved me. i am busy making more "seek peace" necklaces. there is such beauty in the experience of pounding those letters into metal. i have put my hope out into the universe that perhaps we will be able to donate enough to fund one family's stay at the Tree House (parent/family apartments) for one week. this is where jon and i stayed while ellie was in the PICU.
2) i have been receiving lots of inquiries for custom lockets/necklaces. at this time, i will take them through december 8. after that, i will be taking custom orders again in january. if you are interested in a custom order, please just send me an email or etsy convo.
3) i do plan to participate in december views again this year. i love this project. i especially love that there are no rules. this means i might just post another post today...or two photos tomorrow...or maybe just post on flickr. no rules. yes. love this. (let me know if you are playing along.)
notes to myself, your corner in in moving pictures
Reader Comments (32)
YOU are beautiful, and thank you for broadcasting from your corner. xo
Liz.. I am just surfing the net here at almost 11pm and this popped up on Twitter.. your video is something I needed to hear right now in this moment. I am struggling with defining myself and my creative view.. I compare myself to others and feel so inadequate.. I forget that those further on the path were once where i am , a newbie trying to find her way in the creative world.
I have loved getting to know you through inner muse and may our paths continue to cross
Big Love,
Karen D
a. i love and adore you
b. this video....this girl i call my dear friend is why i have been feeling it.
c. this girl....is getting it, working through it, pushing away the mud
d. dancing, singing makes ellie giggle and her mama is the reason behind that. yes - you are a fun parent
e. you are changing the world girl and i love that i get to sit in the co-pilot seat and take it all in as i stick
my feet out the window feeling the cool breeze on my toes.
f. i love and adore you, yep....you.
yeah baby, that is so what i am talking about over here in my beautiful corner ... :-) love this. love you. xoxo
Well, Miss Liz...for the second time in just a few hours, you have inspired me and moved me to tears. just what I needed to hear today.
xxox
Thank you for sharing the love from your own exquisite corner. Hearing your struggle is like hearing my own.
Thank you for giving voice to something I have been ashamed to articulate for such a long time. I'm tired of covering other people's stories. It's time to invest in mine.
Er, that shoulda been "coveTing other people's stories"! :-)
Wow! What wonderful and inspiring words. I loved your message and will be taking it to heart. Thanks for the encouragement.
These words are so wise. Sometimes this is the downfall of the blogosphere-- the constant peeks into other corners that makes the envy and self-doubt so accessible to us at all times. I'm really trying to find my voice and hone my eye. What will go unsaid if I don't say it? What can I see and share in a unique way?
Thanks so much for sharing this today.
thank you for this reminder liz. thank you for your courage and for the permission for us to practice our courage. i know it sounds simple but we make it oh so difficult. 4 year olds have it down. why dont we?
anyways, thank you. i needed to hear this.
your words went straight to my heart....it was what i needed to hear on this day, so thank you.
Liz,
I needed to hear this. Thank you. Namaste.
Keep making videos with truth in them.
Alexis
Liz,
Thank you. That was just what I needed... right now....
Thank you for sharing and thanks for being you.
Liz,
I was referred here by a friends post, this was just what I needed to hear today. Thank you.
I love seeing you through my computer screen and getting the opportunity to hear your voice. It is pure magic. This video is filled with so much inspiration and light about stepping deeply into who we are and letting the world see us. That is beautiful. Thank you for this. For opening my eyes up yet again to how important it is to tell my story and show myself to the world. Sending you love and light. xoxo
I know that my corner is my corner, and it looks like me and comes from me and is me, but I spend a lot of time worrying that it's not enough, that it's not good enough, that it doesn't look like someone else's corner, that they must know better how to do it. Time that could be better spent in my own corner, learning more about me and what is next to share. So yes, I will take up your challenge. Thank you.
liz,
i have been reading you for a long time.
and every day,
you find a new way to amaze me.
a new reason to make me wish i lived closer.
a fresh perspective,
a shared thought.
xo
oh.
and i meant to say
i love the video,
love love love it.
i love these little glimpes into "you"
and hope there will be more to come...
and that some day,
some day,
i may feel brave enough to attempt video myself.
xo
It is amazing to me that you could have these feelings after having written your amazing book, but we are all human. Thank you for this video inspiration - for having the courage to share this with your community. I need this very much right now! Hugs!
Yes, thank you.
Big love to you!
xoxoxoxoxoxo
wow - you've got me in tears....you are so right....but that first step, that plunge, that belief in yourself is so scary.....
Take it from this 61 year old grandma-you are a brave and beautiful young woman and wise beyond your years! I still work daily at making my corner beautiful-it's so easy to crawl into someone elses but not near as rewarding and comfortable......
FINALLY got around to watching the video. Oh, I'm so glad I did. I need to hear this, especially at Christmas, when it feels like the race is on to have a beautiful house! and presents under the tree! and so many projects to be about! but I breathe and remember what I want Christmas to be about for my little family. What I want my son to take away from it, even at three...and how I so love hearing your voice and really seeing you convey a message. Thank you for this!
oh Liz! thank you for posting this! I've been battling with this lately...with wanting to create but being afraid to at the same time. you see, I've been so inspired by other people's blogs...art...photos...etc. I look at something and I think "I could do that! I want to try that!" but then I'm scared that if I do try, they will think that I'm trying to copy them. It's just that I don't seem to have a lot of ideas that just pop into my head naturally. but I look at what others are doing and then I get inspired and want to do what they're doing. Without wanting to BE them, I want to try my hand at their style & learn from them. I know deep down inside that what I really want is to learn from them...and hope that it will eventually lead to finding my style, my art, my way. but I just get paralyzed at this place of not wanting to look like a fraud and I then I don't end up doing anything at all! :)
Yes, yes, and yes again!
I have been working on this the past year and it takes constant practice. Constant mindfulness. But the more I do it, the easier it is - to just-be-me.
Thank you.