Brilliant as always, love the analogy as I feel like that crumpled bit of paper also, constantly working to remove what I can, iron out the creases and surrender what I can’t fix…which is a lot of it! I focus on today, what can I do today for a better tomorrow and little by little things begin to shift🙏 Thank you for another thought provoking essay🫶
We each are a mixed media work in progress. Meditation won't erase or change the marks that are already laid down but it can help strengthen the paper and allow more layers and marks that inevitably will be laid down.
Thank you. I have been following you for a while now and enjoy your words. This particular post could have been either written by me or for me. We are all the same but different. Keep doing what you are doing. It is beneficial to me and I am sure lots of other people all over the place.
Many years ago, I told myself I would paint every day for a week. To do it, I went in my kitchen, grabbed some food and. In a small workspace, I put a wooden cutting board to place the food /still life on
I Started with a beautiful summer tomato and a piece of basel. Several days into it, I selected a small salami and chunk of cheese with several pieces sliced. My husband came in for lunch and I heard from the kitchen..."did we finish the the sausage and cheese???" Oops! "No but right now it's being a still life!" Ha!
This great and inspiring. I too, have had anxiety for many years, some years worse than others. Will get the app, it seems I just keep painting watercolor tubes when I get out my sketchbook, lol! Would you let me know what is that great radio you have on your kitchen counter?
Ich liebe jedes Wort deiner vor Einfallsreichtum und Wortwitz sprudelnden Essays. Und in diesem über die dog ears (im Deutschen heißt es Eselsohren - just another animal) berührt mich, dass auch du von Ängsten und Gedanken über die Welt gepeinigt bist. Seit ich nicht mehr arbeite, male und sketche ich sehr viel, um ruhiger zu werden, im Hier und Jetzt zu sein, und mich wesentlichen Dingen zuzuwenden. Da sprichst du mir ein weiteres Mal aus der Seele. Danke dafür.
You're on an excellent path! Good for you! If I may recommend (since I'm on a similar path and this helps me enormously) EckhartTolleNow.com. Eckhart wrote The Power of Now and several others after. I joined this online community and listen to one or more of the immense library of videos and there's at least one monthly "meeting". It's what has led me to understand just what presence (now) is and begin to live in it. This isn't a necessary thing to do, as you're already on the path, but it helped me to understand the past and future vs now so much more clearly. Very best to you!
I relate to this. Also trying with success on and off. I found that Breethe and InnerFlow have good content including music and more to assist Good luck. I am originally from NYC. I think something is built into the genes that makes meditation difficult ! But I think eventually doable
Brilliant as always, love the analogy as I feel like that crumpled bit of paper also, constantly working to remove what I can, iron out the creases and surrender what I can’t fix…which is a lot of it! I focus on today, what can I do today for a better tomorrow and little by little things begin to shift🙏 Thank you for another thought provoking essay🫶
Hi Danny: Looked for your app on the Apple and Microsoft app platforms, but couldn't find it. Any suggestions? Thank you! Love everything you create.
We each are a mixed media work in progress. Meditation won't erase or change the marks that are already laid down but it can help strengthen the paper and allow more layers and marks that inevitably will be laid down.
Thank you. I have been following you for a while now and enjoy your words. This particular post could have been either written by me or for me. We are all the same but different. Keep doing what you are doing. It is beneficial to me and I am sure lots of other people all over the place.
Brilliant! Love this!!
Many years ago, I told myself I would paint every day for a week. To do it, I went in my kitchen, grabbed some food and. In a small workspace, I put a wooden cutting board to place the food /still life on
I Started with a beautiful summer tomato and a piece of basel. Several days into it, I selected a small salami and chunk of cheese with several pieces sliced. My husband came in for lunch and I heard from the kitchen..."did we finish the the sausage and cheese???" Oops! "No but right now it's being a still life!" Ha!
This great and inspiring. I too, have had anxiety for many years, some years worse than others. Will get the app, it seems I just keep painting watercolor tubes when I get out my sketchbook, lol! Would you let me know what is that great radio you have on your kitchen counter?
Ooh, congratulations on the app! That's so cool, and so helpful. Just in time for my sketchy long weekend!
You make it look soooo easy. So I keep trying!! Thanks for sharing 💕
Ich liebe jedes Wort deiner vor Einfallsreichtum und Wortwitz sprudelnden Essays. Und in diesem über die dog ears (im Deutschen heißt es Eselsohren - just another animal) berührt mich, dass auch du von Ängsten und Gedanken über die Welt gepeinigt bist. Seit ich nicht mehr arbeite, male und sketche ich sehr viel, um ruhiger zu werden, im Hier und Jetzt zu sein, und mich wesentlichen Dingen zuzuwenden. Da sprichst du mir ein weiteres Mal aus der Seele. Danke dafür.
A lovely metaphor for the creases that life leaves on us. Although the wrinkled piece of paper can say things that the new, smooth sheet never could.
You're on an excellent path! Good for you! If I may recommend (since I'm on a similar path and this helps me enormously) EckhartTolleNow.com. Eckhart wrote The Power of Now and several others after. I joined this online community and listen to one or more of the immense library of videos and there's at least one monthly "meeting". It's what has led me to understand just what presence (now) is and begin to live in it. This isn't a necessary thing to do, as you're already on the path, but it helped me to understand the past and future vs now so much more clearly. Very best to you!
Good one!
Beautiful - a perfect analogy. We need to remember to write afresh on that paper! Thank you Danny, wise words and I needed to hear this today. 👍❤️
The best advive you ever had 🙏
I relate to this. Also trying with success on and off. I found that Breethe and InnerFlow have good content including music and more to assist Good luck. I am originally from NYC. I think something is built into the genes that makes meditation difficult ! But I think eventually doable