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Never, in peace or war, commit your virtue or your happiness to the future… The present is the only time in which any duty can be done or any grace received.

C.S. Lewis, writing in the middle of a world war, on our task in troubled times. (via explore-blog)

Hello (howdy?!) from the studio of artist, Sylvia Raz! What an inspiration ✨

#artist studio #art #Sylvia Raz

The creative process unfolds as you find the essential tools in your toolkit. It means finding your subjects (not someone else’s) and finding your materials (not someone else’s) and most of all it means finding a way to live your life so that you can engage again and again the things you care about the most.

We’re in a spiritual crisis, and the key to building a true belonging practice is maintaining our belief in inextricable human connection. That connection—the spirit that flows between us and every other human in the world—is not something that can be broken; however, our belief in the connection is constantly tested and repeatedly severed. —Brené Brown, Braving the Wilderness

#community #creativity #brene brown

Note to self.

#matilijapoppy #poppy #flower #spring #ojaicalifornia #ojaivibes

We cannot see the wind but we can see the effects of the wind.

The average heart rate for a human being is about 72 beats per minute.

Today: try measuring your life in heartbeats, not time. Do not count the next day as twenty-four hours, subdivided into minutes and seconds, but consider it as an allotment of heartbeats. By this time tomorrow, you will have used an average of about 103,680 heartbeats. We usually count this interval with measurements of hours, but perhaps we should count it by the beats of this precious organ upon which the duration of our very existence depends.

Rework of an old drawing, thinking of making it a painting 🤔

#wip #workinprogress #artist #art #drawing #creativeguts

Spread love. What’s the alternative? 😘

#collage #morning collage #creativity #art #spreadlove

Today I learned to play pickleball. Two things:

1. Learning new things is so hard and so fun. I haven’t humiliated myself this many times in one day for I don’t know how long and it was hilarious.

2. The best things in life are the ones that come as complete surprises. Pickleball is not a sport I ever thought about playing. But some friends asked us along and I’m so glad they did.