AKA pulling apart a piece of art, with some web-weaving via inappropriate footnoting. This entire piece is about a rapidly made Instagram reel
Naming, Angels, and Missing Sisters
Can anyone truly see what's missing? It’s a paradoxical view. What's in a name? One of my teachers told me folks with the last name DeAngelis
What makes any given website run
I just had to explain this to a client. I figure you may need to know this too if you have a domain name and website hosting and don't want to be
project project & on demand on you
This is about putting the marketing cart before the horse with Human Design, and it apparently working.1 Oh yes, and moonlighting...And examining
Gail Force
Gail lived with us for several months when I was five years old. Gail was 15 years old at the time, an avid 1970s free spirit, a pot smoker, and
Titles First (and foremost?)
I saw a delightful and giddily relaxed David Bowie1 in an old video clip saying something so true: artists are more comfortable describing their
Skipping Stones
This is shear poetrytransparent like the way I express myself these daysand try to hear you too. Transparency means invisible. This is good on
State the thing | Stare at the thing | Stair the thing
How positively-framed statements make matter & how to serve wisely within your own makers way. After Tim Snyder wrote a book On Tyranny1,
The Mess
I love my mess. Truly. Just like I loved it in my old Dodge Aspen with cigarette butts falling out of the ashtray onto cassette carriers filled with
A Burning Bridge to Now-here
My favorite candle sits on my dining room table. It's inside opaque black glass and sits on its own wooden cover like a little pedestal. I refer to
Early Earnings, Archetypes,and Your Personal Way to Wealth
(with an obsessive case study in American Politics) The archetypes1 represented in your earliest "receptive" associations are a powerful way
Through Lines, Titles, & Hiding While Seeking
Thoughts on being an artist and privacy. As an artist who expresses herself through the medium of digital construction, I'd like to introduce
Ordinary Abortion Story
If you know me at all, you know I try to let my work speak for itself, and I don’t like to reveal myself clearly online. It’s scary for me to be 'out
What is God?
I asked my 11 year old son on our walk this morning, after a long ramble through the woods where we talked about the philosophy of cross country
The Name of the Game
Ever wake up with a song in your mind for no apparent reason? Today was one of those, and here it is by ABBA. The song couldn't be more on target with
Protected: when ‘us’ turns 20
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Hosting Hos: an explainer
In my professional life, I've been one heck of a website ho. Stewarding website after website, using my pro tools and licenses and caring for dozens
10 minutes to problemlessness
I have 10 minutes to write this post. My goal is to only share truth, and that which helps set people free. This morning I discovered a bevy of
Word
Words explain my world to me, and I'm guessing I'm not alone. What I mean is that every definition is steeped in memory of when I first learned the
Stale questions, fresh answers
I'm treating myself to some new questions in my self-styled spa day today, because my old questions haven't been serving up much joy or love. I
Portals: belying space and time since the beginning of space and time
My woods walk today taught me about portals. They appeared like little natural occurrences that reminded me of the way we try to see things about
Title remains silent
She again searched the recesses of her mind for her most central conception. "Confections" she called them: ideas that were partly made up, definitely
Truthiness and tricks: the authoritative voice
Ooops. I did it again. Spoke with the "royal we" from the stance of collective truth teller, and my husband called me out on it over pour over coffee
Seeing vs sighting: a creative’s guide to perspective
Axes, dimensions, observers, and the role of inner perspective. As a girl, one day while standing on the side of a cliff looking out over the
Seeing: a creative’s guide to the senses
philosophical practices in nature -|- the art of trusting your senses The idea to put together this series came this morning in the woods. Most
Body knowledge for the hopelessly articulate
What if your body was talking to you in myths and symbols? What if the myths you know, the dreams you have, the stories playing out in front of
The Living Legacy™ Worksheet
What if you could discover your life's natural purpose in 5 minutes? This is the original Living Legacy Worksheet, written around Y2K. I just had
Spirits of the Medicine Women
Last time I was up at the hospital getting a routine mammogram, the test happened "behind the veil." The experience was like a dip into the world of
“non-specified spiritual experience “
And the origin of new beliefs: a head-on, common-sense take on cracking up "Non-specified spiritual experience" (NSSE) was the language my
Tracking Freedom
Tracking is an ancient and natural art that brings the tracker physically into the pattern of nature, by materially connecting the seeker and the
marketing: is it human trafficking?
What does marketing and advertising do? It moves people, psychologically, economically — and often physically — to do something. A
always be moonlighting
I've had many jobs in my life. Usually two at once. Sometimes even three. It's been helpful to always be moonlighting at all my jobs, because it
On citing self: academic v. experiential knowing
The greatest teachers of all time rarely cite others to enhance their lessons or prove their validity. Their knowledge comes from experience, and
Your ordinary, extraordinary life
There is a form if you'd like to share on this topic below. The first part of my life, I wanted to be extraordinary. Driven by a distant father who
Hemingway, quantum mechanics, and personal inquiry
I think it was Earnest Hemingway who said to write well, start with one true sentence. My true sentences come from my raw, emotional questions and
We can only get insulted if we’ve hidden our real mission
There are Clark Kents all over the place. Example: as a teen, once I became skilled enough as a waitress to do the job (i.e. get the right plate to
Sock Drawer Philosophy
When I moved in with my husband I had a funny insight about styles of life. I was loading balled up socks into the bottom drawer of my bureau and it
Going Dark, in the Morning, Joe
Note: This post was originally published in 2018 as I watched a decline in the quality of political news on TV. I suggested that a show I loved -
What you see is what you can free
Don't get trapped in a prison of your own making. -W Leitzen