Following yesterday’s lack of vision I thought I’d go down an old tried and tested route to try and get busy.
I’ve been reading Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy by Sarah Ban Breathnach since the beginning of the year. It’s full of short thoughts for each day which can motivate, inspire or soothe. It’s packed with sense (sometimes just commonsense!) and wisdom and reading it for me is kind of like sitting down with someone older and wiser who can tilt my view on life through wise words.
I’ve also been having a go at art journaling since December having seen some really inspiring examples on the wonderful web. Here are some of my faves…
Anahata Katkin – click on Jornal pages in left hand side bar.
teesha’s circus – click on Teesha’s journal pages. There is also a link there to how to start yourself which I found really useful.
So I often use the thoughts and quotes from the Breathnatch book as inspiration for a page in my art journal.
Yesterday’s reading had a quote from Rumer Godden referencing an Indian proverb (May 2nd if you’ve got the book. I’m not very good at keeping up each and everyday!)
“Everyone is a house with four rooms, a physical, a mental, an emotional and a spiritual. Most of us tend to live in one room most of the time, but unless we go into everyroom everyday, even if only to keep it aired, we are not a complete person.”
How true is that! And as usual it’s what I need to hear, when I need to hear it.
So today I am trying to visit those rooms and I feel a whole lot better for it.
