In the Court of the Dragon Queen - Part 6

I asked the Dragon Queen if the unicorns were too pure and peaceful to join my army.
"It's not that," she said. "It just that they're really hard to relate to."

In the Court of the Dragon Queen - Part 5

In the Court of the Dragon Queen - Part 4

The Dragon Queen, seated on the Stone Tuffet, asked, "If you become my Knight of Swords and command my Goblin Army, you must learn to be very clear on what you want the outcome to be, and who you want captured, where you want to march, and what you want beseiged."
"Why?" I asked.
"Because they are an army of goblins."

Renewal

 Even though things continue to speed up, I have been taking so much time to bring in small changes.

Even though it was overwhelming, we cleaned out a very old storage unit, and now my toys are back home with me.

Even though my cottage is filled with boxes that need to be sorted, I took lots of time to sit outside today.

Even though I lose myself and stuck in my head during the day, I am glad for how it drives me back into my heart space as soon as I remember to do so. I recover with candles, oracle cards, sketching, and making notes in whatever journal is close by, and later realize those were small steps on the path. ... And sometimes, even though I want to escape into those relaxing steps, I go ahead and finish and organizing project or clean some house and find those are small steps too.

Even though I'm not very good at it, I have been walking and exercising every day this spring.

And according to these pictures, apparently I live in rural Japan, Colorado.

So that is pretty special.

Little Thumbnails

So much intensity this week. Sending lots of thoughts to poor Oklahoma and everywhere - there's so much.....going on.........going through.

Really been so full of roller coaster of intensity and then needing recovery, then that same cycle over and over. 

Time and energy all over the place ..... didn't do a great job of getting out of my head and into my heart .... best attempts were through short thumbnail breaks here and there, and it does make a difference exponentially to snap me out of the worst of it - it's something I don't want to forget about.

Fan Art: Christina Hendricks

May 21 Energies

Is May Even Helping At All?

These last few springs have been Such a Big Deal. I used to hate spring and high summer so much, but now I like them because I can embrace their energy of growth better than I used to. Not that I claim to be growing, but I am certainly not against growth as much I used to be.

I've learned a lot more about my anger. I revisited the past like I normally do, but found out I was still extremely angry about a lot of it. But that should not have been news to me. I've never stopped complaining about some of this stuff.

When you are surprised to find out something you've always known, is it still a surprise?

I knew that I needed to do releasing to heal, so I'm like "Okay so I need to release the anger already."

But now this realization: anger is an ingredient in the process; it's not the wound. It's the cleansing agent, not the grime. It's just like our other emotions - shining a light on the state of things. In the body, the liver is nature's drain filter. Anger is the slick bile doing its job of detoxifying me, the liver of my life.

Rest, Then Take a Nap

If I could describe the energy of May for creativity, it would be to remind myself to keep craft time as light, funny, in flow, and unproductive as possible. Quick sketches, big messes, half-started ideas, terrible disorganization, whatever feels fun, only what comes easy .... those are the best because it means you aren't doing any work. Because working with what you're working with all day, you need a big break.

Fan Art: Sheroes

Whirlwind of Skylanders

Chick Protoss

Kill Bill, the Chick from Psi Factor, and Debra Messing's Character in Prey

Jana of the Jungle

Sabrina of Archie Comics

Lady Amalthea of The Last Unicorn

Sketchbook Pages this Week