Go On
Magazine captions, titles etc can be great prompts for writing. At our last class before summer I put out a random bunch of pictures, titles, captions, words from magazines.
These words inspired the writing below: a little messy, expect more, stories, go on, take what you… of poetry, stories scoundrels, trailblazers and conspires to assist you.
Home, Love, Belong: the emotional journey behind a painting
A painting is most definitely a journey… some paintings happen easily without much struggle, others… not so much. I recently posted some new paintings on my Facebook Nathalie Vachon – Artist page (as works in progress from Flora Bowley’s Bloom True e-course so people could see the many layered steps involved). Here is a peak into the emotional journey that often accompanies each step:
HOME, LOVE, BELONG
Press Pound to Skip
PROMPT: Use the repeating line of there are / there is… (what are the things that are in your life?)
Press Pound to Skip by Nathalie Vachon
There are crocuses in my back yard, a clump of purple that keeps grabbing my attention, stopping me in my tracks. There are flowers that shouldn’t bloom yet; the one I bought two years ago whose name I have forgotten is already showing pink buds. There are leaves that need raking. There are thoughts in my head that need to be put to rest.
There are worries; a basement of filing cabinets with sterile walls and florescent bulbs that hum in the background of my life.
There are shoulders that have a hard time falling, releasing, resolving. There are messages on the answering machine that I have not answered. Press 1 to listen. Press 7 to erase. Press pound to skip. I skip over so much and there are emotions piling up. Seems I can’t feel them fully, can’t face them straight on so I press pound to skip…
Brene Brown: The power of vulnerability
Another must-see TED talk about vulnerability, courage, authenticity, and shame
Recent Paintings
