Thank you so much Brian, I really appreciate it! Are you an artist as well? I draw everything just with ink on paper first, then sometimes I draw it again or add to the piece digitally. So this was at first black pen on paper, then I reworked it with digital pen on a drawing tablet. I prefer analogue, but sometimes it's fun to play with what digital can offer too ☺️
You are welcome! As a creative it gave me peace, Thank you.
Well, I guess that silence guides us to surrender more to it. I believe in those inner hunches and signs to get home. For me, I like early mornings, when everybody is still sleeping. I can read, focus, think or just stand still. When I succeed in having those early moments, I feel like I have done most of what I had to do for the day. Funny, right? I am a big fan of just walking and watching nature. Drawing is also a silence tool :)
Wow I'm so similar to you. If I manage to get up early, my whole day is different. I feel like I need that quiet time before anyone else is up, just me and my journal. Even if I don't use that time productively, I still find it just changes how I feel for the whole day. Beautiful!
Thank you so much Donna. Exactly, the difficulty is so often in the heeding the call. We usually know exactly what we need, but it take more than that to actually do it/give it to ourselves.
Thank you so much! This is why I started doing these posts every second week, just an image and a short prompt 🥰 Love the name of your Substack by the way! Clever!
I have so much I want to share, but have been stuck in my head these last months. I love the idea of shorter posts and sharing art and photos. I look forward to seeing more x
Don't worry, literally ALL of my mentoring clients get stuck in their heads and find blocks in the way that prevent them moving forwards sometimes, or that prevent them from taking action/doing the thing they want to do. It's a totally human reaction and it happens to us all at different times or for different projects. I've had months on end sometimes where I've been stuck and going round in circles..
The good news is that it can be really easy to move past the stuck phase! Try asking yourself what might be keeping you there, in that place. Is it fear of rejection/judgement etc? Is it procrastination/putting other things and people ahead of yourself? Gentle inquiry can really help to shift our energy...
Thanks Tamzin, I really appreciate your encouragement on this. I’ve been going through a lot over the last six months, so I lost momentum and focus has been on other urgent matters.
I am finally feeling inspired and ready. In fact I’m just editing my next post and feeling positive to put it out into the world this week!
You’ve helped me see doing a mix of shorter posts and longer ones will really help me get posting more regularly. 🤍
So glad to hear it. Just carry on, do what feels good, and don't pressure yourself to post consistently or anything if it doesn't feel nourishing for you and for your needs.
Thank you for sharing, this is a very true sentiment
that moment when you blink back to reality and realized you had been gone for a while into the silence, headphones on but nothing playing, life happening but only around you. The silence cevered you for a second because you needed it
I have had to be in more silence this week, so withdrew to my studio and connected with the clay, the light, the water. I find that sometimes it's hard to quiet that mind that tells us all we "shouldn't couldn't, etc). Yet, when I give myself the space to just "be in the dirt" all that fades, all goes away and into the clay. Transformed into something I yet to know ... I'll have to come back to post a photo or two of what emerged this past week when I turned over all to the "silence of being". Thank you for your image that reminds me of "flow".
This is so beautiful Karen. Thank you for commenting, I'm always so happy to hear from you. Please do post some photos, I'd really love to see what emerged. You really seem to create in such a true, authentic manner of deeply connecting to and processing emotion through art. It's wonderful...
I will be reaching out soon. I also need to learn more how to use Substack to post on my own site, also here I don't see how I can add a photo, But know just connecting in this way is a true gift and inspires me beyond words.
This art is stunning. Can you share the medium, I’m very curious!
Thank you so much Brian, I really appreciate it! Are you an artist as well? I draw everything just with ink on paper first, then sometimes I draw it again or add to the piece digitally. So this was at first black pen on paper, then I reworked it with digital pen on a drawing tablet. I prefer analogue, but sometimes it's fun to play with what digital can offer too ☺️
Nice! My art is poetry...I’ve never dabbled in sketching or drawing.
I will check it out!
Profound!
Thank you so much Stanley, I appreciate it 😊
Silence speaks wonders! Thank you for this beautiful piece of art ✨️
Thank YOU Keva. I really appreciate that. Let me know if you have any tips for finding more silence in our day-to-day...
You are welcome! As a creative it gave me peace, Thank you.
Well, I guess that silence guides us to surrender more to it. I believe in those inner hunches and signs to get home. For me, I like early mornings, when everybody is still sleeping. I can read, focus, think or just stand still. When I succeed in having those early moments, I feel like I have done most of what I had to do for the day. Funny, right? I am a big fan of just walking and watching nature. Drawing is also a silence tool :)
Wow I'm so similar to you. If I manage to get up early, my whole day is different. I feel like I need that quiet time before anyone else is up, just me and my journal. Even if I don't use that time productively, I still find it just changes how I feel for the whole day. Beautiful!
Definitely a treat. lovely words too.
Love the art and your gorgeous words Tamzin. This calls to my soul and is a gentle reminder to heed that call.
Thank you so much Donna. Exactly, the difficulty is so often in the heeding the call. We usually know exactly what we need, but it take more than that to actually do it/give it to ourselves.
I really appreciate your art, so great to have something visual to enjoy along with your words. 🤍
Thank you so much! This is why I started doing these posts every second week, just an image and a short prompt 🥰 Love the name of your Substack by the way! Clever!
I have so much I want to share, but have been stuck in my head these last months. I love the idea of shorter posts and sharing art and photos. I look forward to seeing more x
Don't worry, literally ALL of my mentoring clients get stuck in their heads and find blocks in the way that prevent them moving forwards sometimes, or that prevent them from taking action/doing the thing they want to do. It's a totally human reaction and it happens to us all at different times or for different projects. I've had months on end sometimes where I've been stuck and going round in circles..
The good news is that it can be really easy to move past the stuck phase! Try asking yourself what might be keeping you there, in that place. Is it fear of rejection/judgement etc? Is it procrastination/putting other things and people ahead of yourself? Gentle inquiry can really help to shift our energy...
Thanks Tamzin, I really appreciate your encouragement on this. I’ve been going through a lot over the last six months, so I lost momentum and focus has been on other urgent matters.
I am finally feeling inspired and ready. In fact I’m just editing my next post and feeling positive to put it out into the world this week!
You’ve helped me see doing a mix of shorter posts and longer ones will really help me get posting more regularly. 🤍
So glad to hear it. Just carry on, do what feels good, and don't pressure yourself to post consistently or anything if it doesn't feel nourishing for you and for your needs.
Thank you for sharing, this is a very true sentiment
that moment when you blink back to reality and realized you had been gone for a while into the silence, headphones on but nothing playing, life happening but only around you. The silence cevered you for a second because you needed it
So true, coming in and out of noisy reality to quiet reality can be so lovely.
I have had to be in more silence this week, so withdrew to my studio and connected with the clay, the light, the water. I find that sometimes it's hard to quiet that mind that tells us all we "shouldn't couldn't, etc). Yet, when I give myself the space to just "be in the dirt" all that fades, all goes away and into the clay. Transformed into something I yet to know ... I'll have to come back to post a photo or two of what emerged this past week when I turned over all to the "silence of being". Thank you for your image that reminds me of "flow".
This is so beautiful Karen. Thank you for commenting, I'm always so happy to hear from you. Please do post some photos, I'd really love to see what emerged. You really seem to create in such a true, authentic manner of deeply connecting to and processing emotion through art. It's wonderful...
I will be reaching out soon. I also need to learn more how to use Substack to post on my own site, also here I don't see how I can add a photo, But know just connecting in this way is a true gift and inspires me beyond words.
Beautiful 🫶