Words of Lived Experience

I find these beautiful words by Omid Safi very inspiring and heartening. I remind myself that it’s okay – and indeed valuable –, to slow down and to carefully choose my words, that I don’t need to shout louder and more often than all the others, to make my voice heard above the roar of hungry posts and crying tweets! Continue reading Words of Lived Experience

12 GentleKeys

As part of my reflection on the fading year, I have been going through the music that has inspired and accompanied me in 2020. Now I want to share some of the songs that have touched me. Here’s a playlist I coined “12 GentleKeys”… it consists of 12 instrumental songs that I find soothing and… Continue reading 12 GentleKeys

“A Long December”

A twitter-bird just redirected my attention to one of my all-time favorite songs: “A Long December” by The Counting Crows.

Adam Duritz’s words and voice convey a mixture of sad brokenness and hopeful persistence that speaks strongly to me, especially after the challenging year of 2020. I want to tell you about the song and it’s lyrics, and I invite you to listen-look at it! Continue reading “A Long December”

love. create. journal

“Okay now – ready? May they continuously bubble forth: The (first) words of my journal on love/creation…”

These are the first words of my journal on my creative journey. From now on, I want to reflect and share my process and creations with you regularly… Continue reading love.create.journal