Wishcasting Wednesday: What Do I Wish to Transform?

I wish to transform myself.

Full Wolf Moon Wishes

This is Me by Tinkerbell the Bipolar Faerie

When I look at this collage, I see vulnerability, and my desire to carefully guard my heart against anything which may pierce it. I see, also, a desire to hide my vulnerability behind a wall of false toughness. I see a bareness of spirit, the result of my recovery from my addiction, a process which has stripped me bare of my many layers of Self. I see a delicacy, and with it, a sort of burgeoning yearn to reach out in my delicate vulnerability. Finally, in this collage, I see a gentle peace which has emerged from my heart, in the wake of letting go an old way of life. I see a desire to replace a life lived to extremes with grace and balance.

The Perfect Speed & Wishcasting Wednesday

I wish to feed the hunger of being there.

Perfect Speed by Tinkerbell the Bipolar Faerie

“You will begin to touch heaven, Jonathan, in the moment that you touch perfect speed. And that isn’t flying a thousand miles an hour, or a million, or flying at the speed of light. Because any number is a limit, and perfection doesn’t have limits. Perfect speed, my son, is being there.”

“To fly as fast as thought, to anywhere that is,” he said,”you must begin by knowing that you have already arrived…”

 ~ Richard Bach from Jonathan Livingston Seagull

What Flower Are You?

What Flower Are You?

You are an Iris!

 

The legend goes that when an ancient king found himself trapped between a river and the enemy, he cleverly used irises growing in the river as a guide to safety across the shallowest part of the river. Perhaps this is why the iris is now considered to be an emblem of wisdom. You are a rational and observant person, and therefore are an excellent problem-solver. You enjoy learning about how things work and often prefer to work alone. Independent, analytical, and a lover of learning, you stand out for your competence and intelligence.

#Reverb10 ~ December 27th

Ordinary Joy. Our most profound joy is often experienced during ordinary moments. What was one of your most joyful ordinary moments this year? (Author: Brené Brown)

How could I choose just one joyful moment? I can think of a few. And, of course, most of this joy I felt as a result of being at LIFE Recovery. Simple things brought the most cheer, such as seeing grey squirrels in the yard, fairly up close, visits from Simon the cat, spending time at the pumpkin patch, including meeting the baby goat. There are more, and below you'll find a mosaic to honour these moments.

#Reverb10 ~ December 25th

Photo – a present to yourself. Sift through all the photos of you from the past year. Choose one that best captures you; either who you are, or who you strive to be. Find the shot of you that is worth a thousand words. Share the image, who shot it, where, and what it best reveals about you. (Author: Tracey Clark)

Apparently 2010 was the year of self-conceptualizing ... I have put together a mosaic of self-portraits. The meanings seem, to me, self-evident.

Wishcasting Wednesday: How Do I Wish to Soar?

I wish to soar like this:

image credit: lauren {elycerose}

Waiting ...

~ Waiting takes many forms ~

Waiting for someone to arrive...





Waiting for your laundry to dry ...





Waiting for hooman to open the door ...





Waiting for fruit to ripen ...

That Building

That Building, originally uploaded by anEccentricMagnolia.

I recently spent a weekend in Vancouver after a two-month absence. It has sort of lost its charm for me. So much polarity, so much despair. But I do so love this corner, particularly at night, in the rain.

DTES Poppy Garden

DTES Poppy Garden, originally uploaded by anEccentricMagnolia.

Live. Laugh. Love. Cherish and RESPECT your fellow humans. Treasure and love your friends. I experienced the support of two true friends this afternoon. They accompanied me to confront a houseguest who stole things from me while I slept. I got my things back ~ all except for one small trinket. But, that's never the point. She STOLE from me WHILE I SLEPT! Grrrrrr. That's pretty low, shows a lot of desperation, and a psyche in need of repair. I feel quite proud of myself for doing what I needed doing. I try to see the golden good in everyone I come across, but in some ways that makes me a little naive. One never stops learning in life, huh?

Lilith, Fair

Lilith Diptych, originally uploaded by anEccentricMagnolia.

I met Lilith at the New Amsterdam Cafe. She's a real beauty, in the way of Marlene Dietrich and Grace Kelly, with a vintage style. I took this shot completely spontaneously. I'm pretty impressed at how it turned out. What do you think?

Window Shopping

Window Shopping, originally uploaded by anEccentricMagnolia.

Darkness had fallen, already, by the time I left the cafe. I walked to the grocery store in the misty rain. Armed with my trusty sidekick, of course. That old bookstore at the corner of Richards and Pender ~ what a treasure trove for one, like me, who adores the printed word, and bound, hardcover books with yellowed pages and passages underlined. The lights shone, with no one at home. So, I snapped away. And got this.

I wish you all a sacred and soothing Sunday.

The Tiniest Details Invite the Most Joy

I find it quite healing to simply immerse myself into the sensory experience of the present. When the most minscule details of nature suddenly become giant and immeasurable, when everything~ thru my eyes ~ becomes new and beautiful, I can only feel awestruck and grateful. Beauty shows itself even to the wounded ones. What grace.

Home Sweet Home ~ Pin-it-Forward

Welcome to today. Welcome to 17 June 2010. Welcome, it's my turn to pin-it-forward and share with you what home means to me. So, first, I want to thank Crafty Fanny for passing the pin to me. Second thanks to Victoria for organizing this mashup, and also to the people behind pinterest.

Now, here's my answer to the pin-it-forward question.

What Does Home Mean to Me?

1. Francois_Halard ~ People 2. Portugese Vintage ~ Portugese Vintage @ Etsy 
3. Fernando Gregory ~ Hide and Seek 4. Nicholas ~ Man of Mud

1. Home is where my heart lives. I put my heart into making a mere space HOME.
2. Home means a place where I can gather my favourite people to enjoy a meal. A gathering always invites joy, as the colour yellow reminds me.
3. Home ~ a place where I can enjoy a cup of tea served in the prettiest of china tea cups.
4. Home provides a place that welcomes the beautiful chaos of children playing.
5. Home means sooothing, and warm ~ a place that welcomes lavender, raindrops and fresh cut lilacs.
6. Home always welcomes fresh cut flowers.
7. Home is filled with charming red doors, just waiting to be honoured and opened.
8. Home is a whimsical, unique hideaway.
9. There's no place like home.
10. Home means a place where I can sink myself into a bed of feathers ~ waiting beauty and comfort. Home means I can let my hair down, paint my toenails, where I can wait. And, know what? Home waits for me, too.
11. Home means where my roots have thickened and deepened.
12. Home means where I can explore new directions. More often than not, home itself provides me with an idea or whimsy for a new direction. Home means safety, shelter, aesthetic so I can concentrate on my direction, and steering thereto.  
13. Home means a place where I can envision so many possibilities which the golden staircase of life offers me. Joy lives at home.Above all else, home means clean; it means a place where I can hide away from it all, soak myself in my thoughts, or in a great book.
14. Home means zen to me. Part of that exists in nature ~ a flower patch, a garden, and space where I can sit outside my door or window and ... zen.
15. A kitchen ~ the true hearth of home, a place where family gathers for sustenance, both physical and spiritual.
16. Home exists where my heart lies, aflutter. Home means those people with whom I share my space, and not just the space itself, regardless of how pretty.
17. A touch of whimsy makes a flat home for me. Whimsy ~ not too much, not too little ~ reflects who I "am."
18. An open door, a place where I always feel welcome, included, safe from the elements, from the chaos of the world.
19. A sacred place, where I can embrace the stillness and starkness of solitary moments, where I can contemplate things much larger than me, than life.
20. Art. Art makes me feel at home. Home feels barren and sterile without art to give some context and humanity.
21. Home seems incomplete without a kitty, doesn't it? Kitty provides a formidable pest control, making home feel safe like it should.
22. A place can never "be" my home unless clean to my standards. Home sweet home means any one can eat off of the floor, or even the toilet seat! What welcomes more than a spotless flat?
23. Once again, home exists wherever the heart lies, fluttering, waiting, wanting, willing.
24. Home means LOVE.

{click on the heart image below to view images below in a lightbox}

1. Loveology, 2. Holly.Skye

Also pinning-it-forward today: rent.sardine.therapy, fit to be seen, room, life of linz, diary of a smart chick, heart handmade, little ashes, one blue wren, the baker's daughter

Tomorrow, the chain continues at Markhed Design, where Marie will share her vision of home as she answers the pin-it-forward question. You can check out the rest of the pin-it-forward posts here.

Thru My Eyes

1. One Hundred Years Ago [at] Hastings and Cambie, 2. Magic, Mother Nature's Language [at] on my way home, 3. Now, the Gateway to Living [at] a stroll thru my neighbourhood, 4. Life's a Journey ~[at] Trout Lake Park

How the Light Gets In

~for the latest, very huge, change taking place in my life visit this post. ~

There is a crack in everything, That's how the light gets in. ~ Leonard Cohen

Through the Crack, originally uploaded by Andy King.

Terrestrial Stars

Fencing, originally uploaded by anEccentricMagnolia

What a desolate place would be a world without flowers! It would be a face without a smile, a feast without a welcome. Are not flowers the stars of the earth, and are not the stars flowers of the heaven.
~ .A.J. Balfour

I Crave Tulips

1. Fields of Gold, 2. tulips in spring, 3. Dutch Delight, 4. Tulip, 5. Tulip!, 6. Welcome!, 7. through the fields, 8. red beauties, 9. Yellow and Red Tulips - One in a million

I am spending delightful afternoons in the garden, watching everything living around me. As I grow older, I feel everything departing, and I love everything with more passion."
~ Emile Zola

Tea ~ A Cup of Joy

If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb

I Simply Remember My Favourite Things ....

1. Untitled, 2. The girl on fire., 3. Nice, 4. is there something like ......."justice" ?, 5. you used to love me, 6. margerine and sugar, 7. Untitled, 8. buddha5, 9. Wet chalk-ing always reminds me of Mary Poppins..., 10. Jodie, 11. zebra, 12. Vancouver at Night, 13. Life is but a dream, 14. Spiderweb, Home is where you weave it., 15. Spider web dew drops, 16. Celebracion!, 17. wolf's teeth, 18. wolf, 19. The king of the lake..., 20. Happy Valentine's Day, 21. My sweet heart, 22. Finding A Way Out, 23. Joy, 24. A Snow Heart For You :) xoxox, 25. Jump for Joy, 26. I am back!, 27. Flaming Moe, 28. What's Up Pussy Cat, 29. Untitled, 30. Untitled, 31. Untitled, 32. Head to Head, 33. heart shadow, 34. ....kids., 35. Minolta abuse, 36. Untitled