Current mantra: Soft like a flower, resilient like a weed. Working on your spiritual practice is not easy in a big city. Moving to a whole new city is pretty heavy for months at a time and sometimes you feel like you can't push forward. Sometimes the hill seems so high. And sometimes you feel like you have the whole thing planned out until the next day your big life plans get thrown out the window. For new ones. Better ones. And ones you didn't expect. Since graduating from School I kept thinking I had no idea what I was doing. I kept getting direction and then suddenly not able to find it again. It's been a real up and down struggle trying to find the person I want to be. It's been a struggle just to fall in love with my work again and it not feel forced. I spent so much time in school trying to make work that others enjoyed I lost my own drive and vision. But the thing is, even when you think you might be going nowhere if you just keep putting one foot in front of the other you eventually will end up in a place away from where you started. And when you look back on all the shells you out grew you will have a hard time even recognizing what it was like back then. Lucky for me my spiritual path and my art have met and it allows me to find my mission in deeper strides and with marvelous joys. It's lots of work but nothing we want in life can just fall into our lap without a few lessons and well deserved tears. Being human is not easy but it is amazing how we transform. I in no way have it figured out or know exactly what I'm doing but things are not as hard. I am not as anxious. I am more happy in my body. I am happy to create everyday. And I am in a place Now that I once wished I would be. So today I am thankful. I am delighted and nervous about the things to come. The quest is long and the road can be dangerous but I am excited for the next part of the journey because I know who I am better than I did yesterday. Cheers! #respecttheprocess . . . . . . . . #mylove #subnormalchild #silkscarf #itsok #growing #suka #justbreathe #thisismyjourney #keepthedreamalive #nevergiveup #keeppushing #springiscoming #bloomwhereypuareplanted #bloom #tillingthesoil #spiritwork (at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)